(Nehemiah 6:16) “And when all our enemies
heard of it, all the nations around us were afraid and fell greatly in their
own esteem, for they perceived that this work had been accomplished with the
help of our God.”
Exploits done in the name of the Lord
must drive every Christian to learn a valuable lesson, which is less of us and
more of Him! It’s not as if we have been called to be uninvolved, we must be
very active participants with our daily activities, but there must be an
obvious shift in our mentality. WE MUST BELIEVE THAT GOD IS ABLE! It can’t just
be lip service it must be our actuality! Every true Christian believes that God
spoke the creation into being; I am not talking about that kind of belief; that
could almost be construed as objective faith. It is a fact in accordance with
God’s Word, therefore it cannot be argued by the Christian. “God said” and the
land brought forth its abundance. What is argued is whether the world is 6000
years old or millions of years old. Both are right by the way! God created man
with age and therefore when scientist tells us that rock faces are millions of
years old, so be it! What prevented God from creating creation with age?
Absolutely nothing I would suggest! It is only the time that handicaps our
thinking; God is sovereign and therefore must have the ability to move in and
out of any realm, therefore time has no hold on him! The Apostle Peter has this
to say; “But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that
with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” (2Peter 3:8)
Now back to my point; we all say we
believe the Bible, many uses it with a twisted set of rules, which is
manipulation and all, will have to give an account of that type of trickery; those
false prophets and teachers that use God’s Word for their own gain.
Christianity is all about God extending His helping hand to a lost world;
offering His favour to people who had transgressed His laws. God showed mercy,
it’s all about what God was able to do, but more than that, What He was willing
to do by choosing to show mercy. He had it in His power to forgive and chose to
extend grace, and every Christian can bear witness to this marvelous act of
God’s mercy. But if that message gets skewed, then we need our sails trimmed;
we must always place “GOD FIRST” in everything we do, He must receive all the
glory. This is not negotiable! By projecting this message we will shift
people’s attentions from what may appears to be our achievements, helping them
understand that it is rather God’s gracious work in our lives that empowers us.
The only thing that will ever silence
the enemy is the brilliance of God. When they actually witness His majestic
power! The grandiose miracle of the Rea Sea swallowing up the Egyptian army was
heard far and wide; in fact even Rahab the harlot had this to say about that
event; “For we have heard how the LORD
dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and
what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to
Sihon and Og, whom you devoted to destruction. And as soon as we heard it, our
hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the
LORD your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.” (Joshua 2:10-11)
– Unfortunately for many they will have to see to believe, but then it
will be too late as the bounds of God’s grace will eventually have run its
course.
It is imperative that we must make every effort
to point people to the finished work of Calvary and learn to be quick with what
come out of our mouths. Comments like, “by God’s grace”, “if the Lord wills”
and “Lord willing” we will do this or that! It is up to us to at the very least
to let people know that we believe in the only true God, the God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob! And with everything we achieve in live it is only because of
the grace of God in our lives. Sure we all have differing abilities, but that
is also only because of the grace of God! Everything must be given back to Him!
This must be our resolve, wherever possible and whenever an opportunity
presents itself to glorify God with our mouths. We will suffer persecution for
it, but some may see the light and we know that if one sinner repents, the
whole of heaven rejoices. Not all of us have the gift of the Evangelist but we
all are capable of opening our mouths and glorifying God for who He is for what
He has done for us.
Let us be slow to curse but may God give us all
boldness to be sharp with our tongues in praise of Him! To God be the glory now
and forever more, Amen!
A man’s self-esteem must be crushed for Him to
realise that he is in need of a Saviour! Until we understand our need we will
never call for help! It is the sick man that seeks out the aid of a physician!
Signing off
Tyrone
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