In search of God

Christianity is synonymous with good because our God´s nature is good. The theme is replicated all over the scriptures. One cannot be a Christian and not have good works. The fruits of the Holy Spirit that lives within us after accepting Christ are guide us to do good works as shown in Galatians 5:22-23, ´But the fruits of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control...´ These good works should not be done for publicity´s sake so that we may get the approval of men but should be done in silence because God sees what is done in secret and will reward you for it. It should also not be done so that we may exalt ourselves in our eyes as being righteous because good works do not benefit God but our fellow man. Our good works should also be extended to those that we consider to be our enemies and/ or those that hate us as guided by the Lord Jesus. Doing good to those who are good to us is easy and expected but doing i...

when you build your life around Christ, no one and nothing can touch you. You will be protected from the evil traps set for you. You will find refuge under his wings. You will find yourself being fearless in the midst of turmoil just as in Psalms 91:5-16, ´You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you make the Most High your dwelling – even the Lord who is my refuge – then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against stone. You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the s...

After making the bold decision of accepting Christ into your life as Lord and Saviour, you need to decide on the church to go to in your quest of knowing more about the Lord. But this is not as easy as it seems because there are many false teachers around peddling false doctrine in their attempt to ensnare the new converts and mislead them from the true knowledge of Christ.  So what do false prophets engage in, one they devote their time and topics to myths and endless genealogies of Christ aimed at promoting controversies rather than God´s work of faith. Their preachings have turned from preaching God´s love that stem from a pure heart, good conscience and sincere faith and turned to meaningless talk. They talk so confidently but do not understand what they say. Paul told us of the rise and characteristics of false prophets during the later days in 1 Timothy 4:1, 'The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits...

When you pray with covetousness in you heart God will not answer you. We pray when we are envious of our neighbor and want what he has, or so we may have more than them, or for fame God will not answer as shown in James 4:3, 'When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.' God sees the motives in our heart, even when we ourselves do not want to see it. Sincere prayers for those that have submitted themselves to the Lord will be answered as the Lord will bless you exceedingly above and beyond your supplications. The other thing we need to understand that God´s will is supreme, He is good in nature and therefore whatever He wills for us is good for us. When Jesus was praying at Mount Gethsemane at His final hour, He prayed for the ´cup´ to be taken away from Him but He also acknowledged that if it was God´s will that He drink it, then God´s will be done (He was referring to His imminent crucifixion Math...

The struggles that men face in this world are not of flesh and blood but against spiritual forces of evil. We are not fighting against fellow men but men who are slaves to the authorities, powers and principalities of the heavenly realm. The evil forces are under the command of the devil and his schemes are to cause us to rebel in disobedience against God. Paul said this best in Ephesians 12, ´For our struggle is not against flash and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly reams.´    Therefore we cannot overcome this forces with natural and human forces but with spiritual forces of good. We have to put on the armour at our disposal from God in order to realise the victory that is already ours. He explains to us what the armour of God is in Ephesians 14-17, ´Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled round your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in ...

We are meant to live judgment of the wicked to God. We should be careful of who we choose as our role models. We naturally envy those that are with material wealth but it is upon us to determine to what extent they motivate us banishing what they do that is evil. We are supposed to delight in the Lord and live righteous lives irregardless of what the rest are doing. Do not focus on the wicked for they will rile you up and stir up anger and vengeance in your heart that may cause you to sin. Vengeance is the Lord´s and he will give them their due in His own time. This is seen in Psalm 37:1-10, ´Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away. Trust in the Lord and dwell in the land and enjoy safe pastures. Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine ...

´Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Praise the Lord with harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skilfully, and shout for joy.´