REVENGE

Sometimes people offend me and I just wish before they turn from my presence fire should consume them or something else should happen to them. Sometimes I even tell God, you’ve seen what this person had done, don’t let him go unpunished.

We know we carry power, a spirit that can do and undo, but Jesus gave us a classification of the spirit we carry – one that saves not one that kills.

 When you ask God to destroy someone who offends you, you don’t know what you are doing to the person and you don’t know the implication of what you’ve said on the kingdom, that might be a potential believer, you just delete the hope of such repenting.

And you now know why God seems not to answer such prayers? Because he hasn’t come to destroy men’s lives but to save them. Your judgment should be to Forgive them for they don’t know what they do.

DO THE EXTRAORDINARY – RUTH 2:11

The bible never recorded that Ruth was an orphan, she probably had her own family or people. So when her husband died, she should have just stayed alone or gone back to her father’s house.

But she decided to stay with Naomi in thick and thin, she wasn’t thinking of an option for herself, maybe she had thought within her – oh! See this old woman, no son, no husband and now she is asking the daughters-in-law to go away, how will she survive? That was selfless sacrifice of love.

That alone changed her story, she was blessed more than before and of course she kept her promise towards Naomi. God loves sacrificial love, that was what he gave us as a father, we are to give back to him and our neighbours [ love God and love your neighbour as thyself].

TESTIFY OF ME – EXODUS 13:14

You can't imagine how bad it is when a man who can’t even save his own life lives and act like there is no God.

God never stops helping man, be it good or bad but the man still feels there are a lot of things he can do for himself without God.

Imagine this: a friend came to you for a huge sum of money and told you places he’s gone to but no one was ready to help, you thought to yourself, “After all he’s my friend, let me help”. After a week, it was a normal friend gathering, you and your friend with other friends, “I finally completed my project after so much effort in raising the money, well I alone know what I went through to get that money, no one helped…”

Those words are hurting to a faithful friend like you, your ego will tell you, man, you don’t deserve that. Even though you gave the money with no motive of holding him indebted, those words of his will really hit you hard.

When someone has done you good, don’t forget to mention but when God has done you good, don’t stop mentioning. God won’t hesitate to always help those who will brag of his deeds any day any time.

Your testimonies are not just to bless God, it is also a good tool to overcome the devil and strengthen other brethren.

NEVER FORGET: In your STORY, GOD is the owner of the GLORY.

STONES CRYING OUT

In those days, when the architecture of the Lord’s house is given, have you ever thought why there was always some precious stones, the images of cherubim? 

 

I was just studying 2 chronicles chapter 3 then Luke 19:40 came to my mind. It therefore occur to me that if the people refused or failed to praise God, to cry out hosanna , those stones and cherubim that seem lifeless will sing out in place of them.

How possible is this? As possible as it was to give life to a lifeless and empty molded clay in Genesis 2:7.

WHEN SIN IS INVOLVED – JOSHUA 7:12-1

No wonder we decree and it doesn’t come to past, we command and it’s of no effect, we pray and don’t hear God. We open our eyes and in our presence the enemy is having the final say. We now live in fear of “what if” towards the devil and different things. 

All these and many more happen because we’ve been stained. It is indeed true that God’s eyes cannot behold iniquity.

Joshua started well and God was really winning all of his battles for him, Israel had courage to face great nations and they conquered, God was on their side as they were on his side. God found a place to dwell in their midst.

But sin came into the picture, the same set of people whose enemies run from, now run from their enemies. The Lord stopped going with them because there is an accursed thing in their midst.

CHOOSE WHAT HE WILL – ISAIAH 66: 4

What can make a protecting, loving, caring, ever providing father change his words to his children?

The same who told them in time past not to fear and promise that he is with them, he again is saying he will bring their fears upon them and choose their delusions.

Two things went wrong according to the verse above:

1.       1. God spoke none of them heard

2.       2. They chose that in which he has no delight.

Those two things can even break a human-to-human relationship. How insulting it is when you speak to your friend and he blocked his ears or ignored your words? I can easily conclude the person doesn’t need my presence around, I’ll just excuse myself.

A good parent knows what their kids have delight in and vice versa. A good husband knows the delights of his wife. If any of the mentioned party should get something contrary, that’s a way to call for trouble.

If as human such things offend us, how much more God who loves us with forgiving and undying love. He wants you to listen when he speaks and he wants your wish/will to be transformed to his. Don’t go for what he hates.

Pray God opens your deaf ears to hear when he speaks and help your decision making to be by his leading.