The Key To Recovery

-
In retrospect to what I shared yesterday is today's post. Some guy asked me why one needs to pursue at all if at the end of the day it is what would be that would be. And seriously, the guy spoke my mind.

Candidly, why should we fast and pray over something that actually God might just think, "Hmm, my child doesn't need this now, angels, let's ignore his plea". Imagine that, and the person in question is crying and waiting on God. In my ordeal, the Holy Spirit opened my senses to some things that really matter, and I pray that He will open yours now too in Jesus Name(Amen).

The Holy Spirit says the reason why we have so much worry over our faith is because we do not know the mind of God over what we are seemingly trusting Him for. Most times, we just assume He's given a go ahead, when He really didn't. God's silence over a matter should not at all be mistaken for an approval. We're going to be looking at the story two kings in the bible as a case study, both of which were chosen by God, King David and King Saul.

The story of interest about King David is in 1Samuel 30. "And the LORD told him, 'Yes, go after them. You will surely recover everything that was taken from you!" (Verse 8b NLT). "David got back everything the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives" (verse 18 NLT). Then let's also check out King Saul in 1Samuel 28:5-25. "When Saul saw the vast Philistine army, he became frantic with fear. He asked the LORD what he should do, but the LORD refused to answer him, either by dreams or by sacred lots or by the prophets. Saul then said to his advisers, "Find a woman who is a medium, so I can go and ask her what to do" NLT.

I read this part of the scripture, and I'm like wow! This is just what is practically happening with Christians this day. We do not hear anything from God, and we go ahead to ask a Pastor or any other person whom we feel can tell us what to do. To know what happened to King Saul thereafter, you can continue on that scripture.

I believe you now can see why we pursue, and get frustrated but still recover not. The key to recovering all is knowing the mind of God. Sincerely, this post has brought even I, myself to repentance, asking God to forgive me of those times I was angry with Him because I didn't get what I pursued. I want to believe you are already asking God for mercy too, right? God is good, believe it.

 So, friend, from today, seek to know the mind of God before you venture into anything at all. Saul lost God at the end of the day (1Samuel 16:1), we won't in Jesus name, amen. Shalom.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Midlife Crisis and the Bible

-
Image
Midlife crisis, "a loss of self-confidence and feeling of anxiety or disappointment that can occur in early middle age." Generally, midlife crisis occurs between ages 45 - 55. But, I would say midlife crisis can occur at any age. Or how do we explain a frustrated Engineering Graduate who works as an unskilled labour due to unemployment? These days, twentysomethings are not far from midlife crisis. What does the Bible say about midlife crisis? How does one go about a dashed dream at twentysomething? Apart from what you know, what else has the story of Ruth thought you? Ruth 1-4 tells us of the story of a young Moabite lady, Ruth, who lost her husband at a very young age. Ruth, then went with her mother-in-law, Naomi, back to her home in Judah. Thinking about it, Ruth was a young lady facing a midlife crisis. She was a widow without a child. We do not know what hopes and dreams got shattered along with the death of her husband. However, we can say that a lot o...
Read more

Things You Shouldn't Do In Church

-
Last week Thursday, I was in the Bible Study in my fellowship, and while the message was being preached, I rested my head on my thigh (bending forwards to rest my head, with my arms as support on my thigh), you get what I mean right? I wasn't exactly sleeping though, but in that position, I appeared to have somewhat gone far away from the Bible Study. Out of nowhere, the Bible Study secretary called me to answer a question! I couldn't even at that first instance comprehend the question, so, I asked him to repeat himself, and guess what? The congregation busted out laughing. I didn't have much of an issue with that, not until the Bible Study secretary had to compare me with Eutychus right in front of everybody, (Oh My God!!!). That was quite unnecessary if you would ask me, you know, I wasn't even sleeping in the first place. Alright, end of story. One thing I (you) should try as much as possible NOT to do is sleep during a sermon, or Bible study, or rather, appear...
Read more

What You Should Know Before You Start Every Competition

-
COMPETITION, is one thing, as mortal beings, we cannot but do. Thanks to Biology, competition is one of the characteristics of living things, so it's not as though it is a sin. But as a Christian, there are some things you ought to know while you are out there competing with others. 1. The aim of every competition is to win, to come out better than every other counterpart. As a matter of fact, some Christians now compete to oppress the losers so to speak. That is bad actually, and is in no way healthy. When you find yourself in a situation where you have to just compete, your aim should be to win, and not to oppress your counterparts. You should be able to be a team with your competitors at any point in time if need be, and not sworn enemies. It is the devil and his own who oppresses, and you are not one of his, are you? 2. When competing, let's say in a business environment, it should always be at the back of your mind that you are a Christian who lives to serve and to ple...
Read more