“I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great;”
Genesis 12 : 2
Picture God telling you this “I will make you a great nation, I will bless you and make your name great”… Wow ! Now here is an interesting question … how long would you wait for it to come to pass ? One thing that I have learnt and am still learning is to be sensitive to God’s leading. Sometimes we hear a word from God and then go all out in trying to make it come to pass one way or the other :-)
When God promises He fulfills. No doubts there. Sometimes we get so carried by the How’s and when’s that we lose our focus.
When you are 99years old would you still hold on to what God told you years ago believing He is a God who is true to His promise ? That’s the faith God has called us to have .
Sometimes we try to figure out how God works based on how humans work… But He is GOD ! He love is incomprehensible. His ways and thoughts are way higher than ours ! Praise the Lord for that !!
Enjoy waiting on the Lord ! Enjoy resting in Him ! Enjoy trusting Him to direct your every step because He is a perfect God !
His love and His faithfulness is always steadfast . Its we who waiver from time to time.
So if you are waiting on the Lord for something , if there is something that you have been praying for a long time , don’t worry … Our God is the Alpha and the Omega, He is the great I AM … And His word is true… So walk anxious free… Keep looking to Him !
God Bless
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Yours for the taking
“And the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people: “Shout for the LORD has given you the city!””
Joshua 6 : 16
A very familiar passage for most. Jericho was this super securely shut city. We read in Joshua 6: 2, “And the LORD said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.” Some versions go like this “Then the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men”.
Isn’t it so interesting that God said “I have given” , “ I have delivered” . In other words, hey its already done !! God didn’t say “I’m going to give” , He said “I have given”. Its all Joshua’s for the taking.
Jesus Christ has already paid the price for us. We have been ransomed by His blood. He has already conquered sin and death. He has set us free. He has purposed us for His glory. Its all ours for the taking !
Now while God had already given Joshua Jericho , God also commanded him to do something . We read in verses 3-5 , “March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in”
Here is a step of faith , of obedience and perseverance . Wait wait wait ! “How in the world does marching around a city every bring a wall down ?” , “ Why should I walk once for six days and on the seventh day for seven times. Im just too busy , how about I split it up into two days, six times on one day and seven times on the other so that I can do what I want on the other days” :-) Sometimes we try to fit God’s super high ways into our very limited thinking. Some times we think “Oh ok , let me fit this into what’s convenient for me”. We forget what its all about … Faith in God and simple and complete obedience ! :-)
God gave the city , God brought the walls down, God gave the Israelites the victory. All He expected from them is faith and obedience.
Have we super complicated things ? I pray we will go to God just as a child. In simplicity of heart and complete obedience trusting God with our everything. Walking in faith and doing as He has commanded us.
Verse 20 “So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.”
Ready to take the city for Christ ? Its all ours for the taking !
God Bless
Joshua 6 : 16
A very familiar passage for most. Jericho was this super securely shut city. We read in Joshua 6: 2, “And the LORD said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.” Some versions go like this “Then the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men”.
Isn’t it so interesting that God said “I have given” , “ I have delivered” . In other words, hey its already done !! God didn’t say “I’m going to give” , He said “I have given”. Its all Joshua’s for the taking.
Jesus Christ has already paid the price for us. We have been ransomed by His blood. He has already conquered sin and death. He has set us free. He has purposed us for His glory. Its all ours for the taking !
Now while God had already given Joshua Jericho , God also commanded him to do something . We read in verses 3-5 , “March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in”
Here is a step of faith , of obedience and perseverance . Wait wait wait ! “How in the world does marching around a city every bring a wall down ?” , “ Why should I walk once for six days and on the seventh day for seven times. Im just too busy , how about I split it up into two days, six times on one day and seven times on the other so that I can do what I want on the other days” :-) Sometimes we try to fit God’s super high ways into our very limited thinking. Some times we think “Oh ok , let me fit this into what’s convenient for me”. We forget what its all about … Faith in God and simple and complete obedience ! :-)
God gave the city , God brought the walls down, God gave the Israelites the victory. All He expected from them is faith and obedience.
Have we super complicated things ? I pray we will go to God just as a child. In simplicity of heart and complete obedience trusting God with our everything. Walking in faith and doing as He has commanded us.
Verse 20 “So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.”
Ready to take the city for Christ ? Its all ours for the taking !
God Bless
Monday, January 2, 2012
Have a FAITH FULL New Year !
“By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith”
Hebrews 11: 7
Going back to the book of Genesis , the latter half of Chapter 6 talks of the instructions God gives Noah to build the ark. What if Noah had procrastinated ? What if he woke up every morning and said “ Na I just don’t feel like building the ark today… Im tired of chopping wood and measuring stuff”. :-) We read in Chapter 6 and verse 22 , “This Noah did; according to all that God commanded him. so he did.” Some translations have it like this “Noah did everything just as God commanded him”. Wow !
We read in Chapter 7 : 1 “ Then the LORD said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.” As we keep reading we see how Noah’s family entered the ark and then the various animals, birds went into the ark. Now take a step back with me… Noah’s obedience had so many things hinging on it. He did everything just as God had commanded him, he built the ark . And then his family entered the ark. And then the various living creatures. And then the floods came. Building the ark was definitely no cake walk. It required perseverance. It wasn’t a day of perseverance , it wasn’t months… It was years … Years of perseverance. Years of waking up every morning and saying ,” I’m going to do just as God has commanded me. “ and then living it out .
By faith ! He lived years of perseverance living by faith based on what God had said and commanded him. He didn’t think a year down the line “What if this doesn’t matter anymore..” Nope.. He persevered ! He moved with Godly fear and became heir of righteousness which is according to faith.
Here we are blessed with a whole new year ahead of us. I don’t know what your past year has been like. But I do know one thing for sure .. we are called to do everything just as God has commanded us. Not just hearers of His word but doers of His word. Yes , it requires perseverance. And He gives us grace to press on , to go forth . We are not here by accident. We are here according to His purposes. He has plans for us and things hinge on our obedience.
May we step out in faith and persevere as He has commanded us and live out our faith .
Have a wonderful blessed Christ centric year.
God Bless
Hebrews 11: 7
Going back to the book of Genesis , the latter half of Chapter 6 talks of the instructions God gives Noah to build the ark. What if Noah had procrastinated ? What if he woke up every morning and said “ Na I just don’t feel like building the ark today… Im tired of chopping wood and measuring stuff”. :-) We read in Chapter 6 and verse 22 , “This Noah did; according to all that God commanded him. so he did.” Some translations have it like this “Noah did everything just as God commanded him”. Wow !
We read in Chapter 7 : 1 “ Then the LORD said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.” As we keep reading we see how Noah’s family entered the ark and then the various animals, birds went into the ark. Now take a step back with me… Noah’s obedience had so many things hinging on it. He did everything just as God had commanded him, he built the ark . And then his family entered the ark. And then the various living creatures. And then the floods came. Building the ark was definitely no cake walk. It required perseverance. It wasn’t a day of perseverance , it wasn’t months… It was years … Years of perseverance. Years of waking up every morning and saying ,” I’m going to do just as God has commanded me. “ and then living it out .
By faith ! He lived years of perseverance living by faith based on what God had said and commanded him. He didn’t think a year down the line “What if this doesn’t matter anymore..” Nope.. He persevered ! He moved with Godly fear and became heir of righteousness which is according to faith.
Here we are blessed with a whole new year ahead of us. I don’t know what your past year has been like. But I do know one thing for sure .. we are called to do everything just as God has commanded us. Not just hearers of His word but doers of His word. Yes , it requires perseverance. And He gives us grace to press on , to go forth . We are not here by accident. We are here according to His purposes. He has plans for us and things hinge on our obedience.
May we step out in faith and persevere as He has commanded us and live out our faith .
Have a wonderful blessed Christ centric year.
God Bless
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