Trusting God through every season, prayer, and the daily walk of worship.
The good and the best cannot live together. One must go. God in His wisdom allows the good that we are so used to and seriously value, to go. Then God allows the best that we know nothing about to sneak in or surprise us and when we look back we are grateful. Sometimes we lose the good to gain the best!
They are theoretical believers in God but practical atheists. That is because they cannot substantiate their claims. If you believe but do not practice you are not a believer, because your life can’t substantiate your faith!
You have made applications. You have filled out forms. You have submitted what was required. As you wait for results, there is nothing else you can do. When there is nothing else you can do, you pray about it!
The instructions are given by human beings, but the origin of those instructions is God. Human beings give instructions at the behest of God the Holy Spirit. Human beings are just the conduit that delivers God’s will to us. Therefore, to reject the instructions is to confront God directly. Those giving the instructions may look as human as possible but they are on a divine assignment that is greater than all of us.
As we mature we learn to control our bodies. We should also control our bodies when sexual desires kick in. Control your body by refusing to engage in sexually arousing chats and talks. Control your body by disposing of and refusing to consume pornographic materials. Control your body by having dates and meetings with members of the opposite gender in public spaces where you cant be tempted to get intimate. Control your body by selecting movies and music that don’t give you suggestions of sexual nature. Control your body with difficulty at the beginning but over time by God’s grace, you will have managed to control your body in sexual matters. This is the control at which many keep failing.
Prayer gets corrupted when we treat it as a requisition form to get stuff from God. Prayer ceases to be prayer when it becomes an opportunity to hand over a list of needs to God. A relationship where the only communication is making requests and demands will not survive for long. Communication should be an opportunity to interact, appreciate and express concerns, fears, and expectations as we do to our friends.
The needs will not be met according to our list of needs but according to the riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Many times when we think of this text, we think of needs being met according to the list we have developed. Our list may not match the list that is developed in the riches of the glory in Christ Jesus. When the list we have and God’s list differ, we expect God will use our list, but He uses His own list for our needs. Therefore when we say Amen to this text, many times we do not have God’s list of our needs in mind. That is why it is easy to misunderstand this verse.
The best lesson is a lesson that has great benefits to the learner and the community they live in. The best lesson should be available to everyone so everyone is exposed to the best lesson. If we learn what is in the Bible text today, we would have learned a very important and excellent lesson in life.
A breakup can lead to another opportunity related or not related to relationships. A job loss can lead to a better job or a flourishing business with more income. A delay in school due to fees or low grades can lead to what looks like a coincidence yet it is God’s plan for a better life. Even the death of a loved one painful as it is can lead to something else. One thing leads to another!