Let's get into the word!

Have you find yourself always not able to make time to read or even listen to the word of God? You are not alone.

The devil wants you to focus on other stuffs which seem to be more important and possibly more urgent. The bible says the devil comes to steal, kill and destroy. What does he want to steal in the first place? It is the word of God from your life! If he is able to make inroad in this area, he will be able to destroy other areas of your life! Don't even let him have the slimmest chance to steal the word of God from you!

Make time to hear or read the word. It may be just five minutes or a few tens of minute. Whatever it is, just spend the time of the day to hear or read the word. For in the word lies the power to transform your life from losing to winning! It has the power to bring you from glory to glory. It has the power to transform you from within!

There are nuggets of revelation which will help us in our daily endeavors. Not just in our walk with Christ but in our every affair. Be it our work life or social life or personal life. Whatever the challenge may be in any area of our life, somewhere in the bible lies the answer to that challenge. The Lord will give an answer through His word to the overwhelming issue that we may be facing right now.

There are so many testimonies shared by Christians, who submitted their testimonies to the church which I attend, how their lives are being transformed by simply listening to the word preached by the pastor. It is God's way that we, through the foolishness of preaching, should be sozoed in every area of our lives. It is total healing in every aspect of our lives! When you spend time in the word, the zoe life will flow within.

We start to be able to do things which we were not able to previously. We starts to see things way before any other person sees it. We have the strength to see through the day and much more left over for our families. We have the mind of Christ to be able to do things effectively and efficiently, both at work and at home. Somehow, we seem to have more time to do the things we want to do. That's because the Lord prolongs the days of the righteous.

Lets get into the word by tithing our time for it. God is a rewarder of time as well. When we tithe our time to hear or read His word, He will multiply it many folds back to us. That's God way of doing things. He will always multiple many times back what we commit to the Lord! Even in the midst of fierce battle in our professional lives, spend time in the word and suddenly, you see how God fights the battle for you. See how He turns things around for your good!

Lets do the one thing which Mary did: sitting at Jesus' feet and listening to His word. From this one thing, and through Christ who strengthens us, we will be able to do many things at the right time and be found at the right place as well. Hallelujah!

Keep taking from God

God is a lavish giver! He can bless all other people in the world with plenty and still bless you with more than enough. We can never out-take God for His blessings are never ending. He is so full and He is always waiting for His beloveds to take from Him.

One way we take from Him is to draw from Him by sitting at His feet to listen to His word. That's the one thing that Mary did and Jesus took noticed of it and this event was recorded in the bible for our learning. Though Mary seemed to be doing nothing yet Jesus praised her for taking from Him and rebuked Martha for been too careful and worried about many things.

Now, Jesus didn't rebuked Martha for preparing the meal for Him and His disciples, but for been not restful within. God cares about our shalom peace more than anything else for out of a tranquil heart, comes mighty exploits of the Lord. When we are so restful within, God will be able to guide us in all our endeavors as we will be sensitized to His prompting and leading within or without. The chiefest thing Jesus wanted His disciples to have was to have His shalom peace.

The bible says Jesus bequeathed His peace to His disciples. This is the peace which the world cannot understanding and comprehend. Jesus is always restful and never hurried. Even when a "demand" was placed on Him in the case of the death of Lazarus, Jesus was able to look to Abba Father for His miraculous working power to raise Lazarus from the dead! When the five thousand men, not counting women and children, were hungry, Jesus simply took the five loaves and two fishes of a boy and blessed it and fed all the people there with twelve baskets full left for His disciples! That's our rich God!

Be conscious of the presence of Jesus in our lives for greater is He who lives in us than he who is of the world. Be conscious of the constant supply from God. All that we ever needed are been supplied by God. There is sufficient grace for today. Don't worry about tomorrow for there is only grace for today and when tomorrow becomes today, God's grace will be there to see us through! It is like the manna principal in the old testament. The manna was always supplied in the morning and it was always fresh.

The children of Israel never lack anything when they were wondering and wandering in the wilderness when they were under the unmerited, undeserved and unearned favor of God. God provided for their clothing so much that even their shoes were never worn out. These are just pictures of the grace of God before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at the cross. What more we who are under the new covenant where we are the righteousness of God in Christ through the sacrificial work of Jesus at the cross.

Expect good things to happen to us for this is what the bible says: the path of the righteous shall shine brighter and brighter unto the perfect day. Also, the bible says all things will work out for good for those in Christ. Not all things pleasant, pleasurable, or even good, BUT God will cause all things to work out for our good! Hallelujah!

God knows what you are going through

The bible says God even counts the number of hair on your head. He cares for the very minute details of your life. He cares for you more than you care for yourself.

Rest assure God is doing mighty things behind the scene for our own good. For the bible says all things will turn out for good for those in Christ. The bible says so and so be it. For it is the written word of God.

Whatever challenge or trial we may be facing now and it seems there is no light at the end of the tunnel, praise and worship God knowing He is doing something about it. Be it a terminal disease one is fighting against or a huge debt one is trying to clear, knows that God has the answer to all of them: and the Answer is Jesus!

The bible tells us when the disciples and Jesus were crossing the sea of Galilee and the disciples were fearful of the "mega" storm that has brewed, Jesus simply calmed the storm and also calmed their fearful hearts. It was their fears that Jesus was more interested to address rather than the outward storm. For Jesus cared for His disciples and wanted them to be restful in spite of the raging sea they were seeing. That boat will never sink for Jesus was onboard!

In the story of Lazarus, Jesus knew what the sisters were feeling when He arrived at the tomb, where Lazarus was buried, some four days later. He came to raise Lazarus from the dead and also to comfort the two sisters, Martha and Mary. He came to bring life into a dead situation. What can be worse than having someone already dead for a few days?

If it is a financial lack that one is in, knows that Jesus is working behind the scene to bring one out of that financial lack and to bless that person with more than enough to be a blessing to those around that person. Jesus' parents on earth weren't rich when Jesus was born. But because Jesus was with them, wise men from the east came to offer their worship to Jesus and present their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Joseph and Mary were made rich because of Jesus.

Even in dire situation such as the one where the children of Israel was about to cross the Red Sea with the Egyptian army hot on their heels to kill them, God made a way for them to cross the Red Sea by parting the Red Sea and drowned every Egyptian soldier who tried to cross it. God will always make a way where there seems to be no way. That's our God! He so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son to die for the world that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Be conscious of God's love in your life for God is love. The moment God ceases to love, He ceases to be God. And because God loves His beloveds, He will make sure they are well taken care of. That is Fatherly love that human father cannot give and understand fully. Be at rest for the battle belongs to the Lord. Cast all your cares upon Jesus and see Him performing the miracle that you want! Enjoy Jesus' love for you and be at rest inwardly. Hallelujah!