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Reflections on what you see

There is an interesting story in II Kings 6:8-20. We read of the encounter of the prophet Elisha with the Syrian army. The background to this story is that the king of Syria had ordered his army to arrest prophet Elisha on the grounds of espionage. The troop sent by the Syrian king had moved in over the night and surrounded the town where the prophet dwelt.  By the time the servant of the prophet was up in the morning he observed that the troop from the Syrian army had surrounded their dwelling place. This fellow was so afraid and terrified that he immediately notified his master about the situation. Now, here's where the story gets really interesting, by the time prophet Elisha was informed about the situation and he saw the great army that had surrounded them, he was not even moved. He immediately knew that the reason this servant was afraid was because he was limited in his vision. He could only see in the physical, the Syrian troop that surrounded their dwelling place and nothi...
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Dare to Keep Your Dream Alive

                                              Gen. 37:9  Then Joseph had another dream, and he told his brothers about it. He said, “I had another dream. I saw the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing down to me.” (ERV) Everyone grows up with a dream, it could be a big dream or a small dream, depending on a number of factors. The beautiful thing is that at a certain point, we tend to be believe that our dreams are achievable. But it so happens that as you grow up and interact with the world system, you begin to see that your dreams may just stay at the level of dreams after all, and not necessarily be achieved. Well, it seem like that was the exact story of Joseph the son of Jacob in the bible. He was a young man with great dreams. He told his dream to his brothers who were older than him, and probably understood better how the world works, but rather than encouragin...
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Get in the Way!

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's brethren. Gen.24:27 (KJV) One of the greatest enemies of progress and indeed of success is waiting for all necessary and sufficient conditions to be right before you get started pursuing your dreams or the desires that God has put inside of you. This is not as though the conditions cannot fully align, but many times they do not, and they don’t have to for you to succeed. People talk of how much they can do or achieve if only the conditions are right, like if they had more resources, more time, more connections, more help, more money, and so on, but it almost never works like that. When you have more money, you will realize there is still something else missing that is stopping you, when you have more connections, you will realize that you don’t have time and so on. The challenge with such thinkin...
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Blessed By Association - Updated

Abraham by God’s calling had become a blessed man walking in the blessing. God appeared to him, changed his name and gave him the covenant of circumcision. You would have thought that all this will happen to just Abraham and his family, but not so, the blessing as we see it (Gen 17: 12-14) was also for as many as were with Abraham at that time. They came into the lineage of blessing simply by association with the man Abraham, they were to be circumcised just like Abraham, and came under the same covenant blessing. These people who were associated with Abraham at that time, including his household servants, enjoyed the most of the covenant that God Almighty gave to him. It therefore goes to show that there are associations in life that will forever set you up for the blessing. That is why you must treasure the relationships that God brings into your life, and never take them for granted.  In one of the piece published on this blog,  Identity by association , it was emphasized t...
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On Power and Wisdom

    But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 1 Cor.1:24 (NKJV)   As christians, there are several things that we ought to give proper thoughts to if we must succeed in our walk with the Lord and in this life generally. This has informed the need to pen down this piece on wisdom and power.   As I reflected on this subject, and as I made my observations, I found it interesting that many believers have a far greater appreciation for the power of God than they have for the wisdom of God, and if you fall in that category, it may infact be the main reason why you are not making as much progress as you would have wanted to.   The power of God is not superior to the wisdom of God, but there are believers who despise the wisdom of God consciously or unconsciously, all they seek is power. Such response to the wisdom of God is a result of ignorance of the word of God, and the workings of the kingdom. I know...
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Updated: Don’t Bind the Brook, Don’t Rebuke the Ravens - Simple Lesson in Obedience

  Over the years I have come to understand the place of simple obedience to the instructions of God, and the huge difference it could make in one’s life. I have also come to see how easy believers can be in disobedience, yet be able to cover up with some form of spiritual activity, then in the end attempt to pass on the responsibility for their failures on God.   This can possibly account for one of the biggest reasons why there are believers who seem not to be making progress in life in spite of their seeming spirituality. The situation is even more compounded when older believers who should set the example for younger believers fall into this group. The implication is that there will be a generation of young believers who cannot seem to find the proper alignment between the Christian faith and being productive in life.   The story of the prophet Elijah in 1 Kings 17, clearly illustrates my point.  The Word of the Lord had come to the prophet to camp by the bro...
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Flourishing in Hard Times

  No doubt we are in very challenging times, there seems to be crisis everywhere, and most economies in the world are affected. Many Christians have become casualties of the the economic hardship that is raging across the world, and worst still is that many seem really helpless even in the face of the obvious help that God has promised His people.   This piece seeks to highlight a few important points that could be of significance in helping the believer to flourish in these hard times.   1.      Know that your sins are forgiven and enter His rest   And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. Gen.26:1   The bible records that that there was a famine in the land and Isaac moved to Gerar. Gerar signifies a lodging place or a place of rest. Many believers have yet to come to that place of rest in Christ. They still live with a consc...
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