In search of God

Psalm 121, 'I lift up my eyes to the hills - where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip - He who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD watches over you - the LORD is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will keep you from all harm - He will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and for evermore.' Are you in despair, do you feel overwhelmed by the trials and tribulations you are facing, does it seem like the barrage of bad news, bad breaks and bad luck is unyielding, do you feel like giving up. well friend, am here to tell you that you are not alone. that there is one who loves and cares for you so much and has never stopped loving you, no matter what you have done. It is the LORD God our Savior and refuge, the maker of heaven and

Ecclesiastes 6:29, ‘This only have I found: God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes.’ When God made Adam, he was perfect, filled with the Spirit of God. But Adam rebelled against God’s authority by disobeying Him. Since then we have been living life chasing our own schemes which is vanity because no matter what we chase, we will never be satisfied. Now through the second Adam, Jesus the Christ, we have been made upright again by faith through the grace of God. In Christ we can now stand confidently before God, because we are clothed by the righteousness of Christ, who at the cross ,became our sin and faced the righteous judgment of God for our sins so that we are now no longer slaves but children of the living God. If you depend on yourself, you will always be chasing after worthless schemes that will lead down the path of death and destruction. I urge dear reader, make the choice of letting God make you righteous again.

Isaiah 61:3, ‘They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of His splendor.’ Under the new cross, we are clothed with the righteousness of God in Christ, not because of our own effort but because of the efforts of the second Adam, that was judged and found to be without sin and then He was made sin so that we may be righteous. We do not earn our righteousness but receive it by faith through the amazing grace of God, therefore we are a planting of the LORD, so that through us His magnificence can be seen and He may glorifed forever more.

Ezekiel 18:20, ‘The soul who sins is the one who will die.’ The world has led us to believe that so long as everyone is doing something then it is right, that corporate sins remove responsibility from us. But this is a lie; everyone will pay for their own sins. If you do not live a life dedicated to loving God and your fellow man, only you will be guilty of your rebellion. No one can and will share your guilt. Your righteousness will be credited to you as your wickedness will be credited to you. God is just and will not punish you for the sins of another, therefore rebuke generational curses that have been laid upon your family for in the new covenant you are free from them. Believer, you are covered with the righteousness by faith, therefore through your faith this righteousness will be credited to you. Do not allow yourself to be deceived by the world, just because everyone is doing it, does not make it right before God.

Joshua 2:24, ‘They said to Joshua, “The LORD has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the people are melting in fear because of us.”’ The LORD is faithful and has already given us victory over all circumstances of this life. All we need to do is trust in Him and depend on His grace. Be it financial, health, mercy, love, hope, faith, He has given us abundantly above and beyond our imagination or what we could ask. Isn’t that wonderful news? Rejoice in Him who has called you according to His purposes, dwell in His amazing grace and see yourself lifted from glory to glory, not because you deserve it but because He loves you and has clothed you with His righteousness in Christ and therefore you can access all the promises due to the righteous. Because of His Mighty hand upon you, your name will precede you, wherever you go, people will glorify the name of the LORD, saying there is the LORD’s anointed, His favor has rested on Him, everything He touches prospers, so that as y

Matthew 6:31,32 'So do not worry, saying, "What shall we ate?" or "What shall we drink?" or "What shall we wear?" For the pagans run after all these things, and you heavenly Father knows that you need them.' If you worry about something that is troubling you, a need that needs to be provided for, a problem that needs a solution, are you guaranteed of getting the provision or solution? I know you will not so why then do we worry. We worry because we allow fear into our hearts and also because we place our focus on our problems. Fear then magnifies these problems into giants that seem insurmountable. But living in fear and worry robs us of life and we end up living miserable defeated lives instead of enjoying the victory that God has in store for us. Our God is faithful and He knows our needs even before we know of them and provides for us a solution before the problem even comes upon us. You doubt, then look at the cross. God knew that Adam would

Ephesians 4:31,32 'Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.' When we surrender to Christ and accept Him as our LORD, we are born again and receive a new spirit that is like Christ. Through conviction, the word of God and faith, we are supposed to transform our minds and renew our thinking focusing on all that is good. Bitterness, rage, anger, brawling and slander all are present when there is no love. They burden us with hate and we end up living sad, miserable lives. In this we grieve the Holy Spirit that is in us, that was sealed with us for the day of redemption. But God is love and demands that we love one another just as Christ loved us and willingly gave up His life for us. In His love God forgave us of our sins and transgressions, vowing to remember them no more, at the cross when Christ was punished as the Lamb of

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, 'Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up! Also if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.' Life has many troubles and it is easier and better to face them with someone than alone. A strong wind can uproot a tree that is standing alone but not a forest. So believer, go to church - a gathering of believers, so that they can strengthen and comfort you in your time of trouble. They will be your pillars of strength, holding you up when all you want to do is crumble down, wipe away your tears, hold your hand, reassure you, support you so that you endure the weeping as you wait for the dawn. A story is told of a man who fell in a deep pit, he tried to get out but in vain so he gave up. While he was in there several people passed by and when he y

Numbers 14:4, ‘And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”’ What happens when something you believed God for does not happen according to your timeline or in the manner that you had expected? Most of us despair, reject God’s leadership over our lives and then we go back to that old familiar crutch that we are so used to, that addiction that we use to distract our minds from our misfortune, or lift us up, or validate us. That is what the Israelites did when they were at the brink of entering the Promised Land but received a bad report from ten of the twelve spies sent out to inspect the land. They despaired and thought of going back to the land where they had been mistreated and living as slaves. They rejected God’s leadership and wanted to select their own leader to do according to their will. They had forgotten all the miracles that God had performed in display of His Might and Power to them. Isn’t that how most of us react when we are in despair

Ephesians 4:29, 'Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.' The tongue is a very powerful organ that is capable of bringing either life or death. We as believers of Christ need to be very mindful of what we say. But this starts from what we allow into our hearts. There are only two inlets into our hearts, that is, the eyes and the ears, what we see and what we listen to. If we allow filth to enter into our hearts by looking at wrong things and listening to wrong things, we will have wickedness in our hearts. We can only give out what is in our hearts and if it full of wickedness then our outlet, that is the mouth, will only spew out this wickedness. A spring cannot bring forth both fresh and salty water. Live your life being in right standing with God by being careful what you allow into your heart. Feed your heart with the word of God so that you m

Mark 12:38-40, ‘As He taught Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted in the market places, and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at the banquets. They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most severely.’ God is a God of the heart. He sees and judges what our motives are rather than our outward appearances. As men, we can deceive each other, living well scripted lives that portray us to be one way, earning the praise and honor of men, but deep down we know the truth about ourselves, we can fool everyone and anyone but ourselves and God. We need to aspire to live like David, only for God. We need to put His purpose above ours. We need to live by His will and not ours. We need to be men and women after God’s hearts. Only then can we live in truth and light. Only then can our actions when passed through the fire of judgment stand. Let

Numbers 14:40-45, ‘Early the next morning they went up towards the high hill country. “We have sinned,” they said. “We will go up to the place the LORD promised.” But Moses said, “Why are you disobeying the LORD’s command? This will not succeed! Do not go up because the LORD is not with you. You will be defeated by your enemies, for the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you there. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you and you will fall by the sword.” Nevertheless in their presumption they went up towards the high hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the LORD’s covenant moved from the camp. Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and attacked them and beat them down all the way to Hormah.’ In Ecclesiastes, God reminds us that there is a right time for everything. We need to pray for God to give us an understanding and hearing heart so that we may hear His voice when He gives us direction. We need to pray

Numbers 12:6-8, ‘[The LORD] said, “Listen to my words: When a prophet of the LORD is among you, I reveal myself to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams. But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house. With him I speak face to face, clearly not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”’ We need to have a reverence of God’s anointed and those that He has put in authority over us. Like David, let us take special care not to harm them for it is the LORD that has brought them up and if they choose not to be faithful to Him, it is He who will bring them down. We do this in honor of God for He is not like man who sees the outward appearance of man but sees His heart and He uses all things for His purposes and for the good of His chosen people, those that love Him and are called according to His purposes.

Numbers 12:1, ‘Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.’ Envy is a very dangerous and we need to be vigilant and not allow it creep into our hearts. James tell us in James 4:1,2 that our selfish desires causes us to be envious of our neighbors to the extent of coveting and killing. This is what was afflicting the brother and sister of Moses, Miriam and Aaron. They were envious of the favor and position God had given to Moses. They were lusting after that which Moses had given to Moses. As often as is the case, in order to mask that our hatred is driven or fuelled by our raw selfish desires and ambitions, we place it on something that has nothing to do with the other like tribe, race, gender, age and any other reason other than the truth that it is our envy of what this person has that is driving us towards hating them. Miriam and Aaron used Moses’ Cushite wife, a non Jew and dark skinned woman as a justification as to why

Leviticus 26:3-12, ‘“If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees of the field their fruit. Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your land. I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no-one will make you afraid. I will remove savage beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you. Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you. I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with you. You will still be eating last year’s harvest when you will have to move it out to make room for the new. I will put my dwelli