Would You Wear a Pre-owned Wedding Gown?

Posted on February 12th, 2011 in Faith by Adelani Aderemi

My original contribution to this debate was published on the Helium website, an online association of writers and though the debate was thrown to ladies but the opportunity to say something was just too tempting. Again, this subject came up during my own wedding and I helped my bride to make a decision. While making our budgets for the wedding, some friends and relations brought the idea of cutting cost by having Suzan wear the wedding gown used by her sister just a year past. Because of the economic crisis that we were in, it sounded, at first, like a good idea.

I was tying loose ends to our preparations one day, I read the passage where Paul described the church as the bride of Christ, with no blemish or spot and without wrinkles. I began to think of the church as a bride, so what would be the wedding gown the church wears on the wedding day? The righteousness of Jesus Christ is the answer. Christ washed the church with his blood, took upon himself the sins of the church and gave the church his righteous garment. There has been no garment like this in the whole world, for, all the world have sinned and gone short of the glory of God. So the garment the church is wearing is brand new, tailor-made by Jesus sufferings, pains and blood. It is not a pre-owned garment.

It suddenly dawned on me that the white of the wedding gown was supposed to symbolise this chastity, on the outside while inwardly, the couple themselves must be pure. The white color of the gown is a reflection of the purity and sanctity of the marriage relationship. My mind began to wander around. I began to imagine how my wife would appear on that day in her gown. How would she smell? How fitting would the gown be? What would she be feeling as she moves about? What would I be feeling as I look at her? I began feeling the softness of the imaginary gown in my hands. And suddenly like a flash, I knew I wouldn’t feel easy if I knew she was wearing a gown that some other man had felt in his hands like that before. That would defile the sanctity of that gown.

I knew from that time that everything must be personalized, tailor made for my bride just as Jesus made gave a tailor-made gown to the church. Every stitch of that wedding gown must be new and unexplored as Jesus wanted the bride to be. She had to be the first and only one to have used it on that day. It may not matter to some other people, but to me, it sure does. The gown must not have as much as a faint smell of another woman.

That settled it for me. I knelt down to pray for understanding and wisdom. Then I rushed to Suzan’s house and told her what has been going on in my mind. She accepted and from there we went to talk to her sewing mistress.

Read the original publication and other peoples views at http://www.helium.com/items/1509719-wedding-gowns

Parable of the Vineyard Workers

Posted on February 12th, 2011 in Service by Adelani Aderemi

In the parable of the laborers also called the parable of the vineyard workers, the reward system is not in accordance with standard labor laws found in the world. No worldly entrepreneur would design or accept such a reward system. Some laborers worked for twelve hours, some nine, and others six, three and one hour but they were all paid one denarii each according to their agreement with the vineyard owner. As though that was not irksome enough, those who worked the least were paid first and in that reverse order while the ones who labored for twelve hours were made to wait on their weary feet to be paid last. In the wisdom of the world, this could encourage laziness on the part of employees and is fraudulent on the part of the employers. It is the shortest route to a serious labor-Government impasse.

Service is a privilege

What was Jesus trying to say here? If we look closely at the parable again, I think He was trying to differentiate the reward system of the kingdom of God from the reward system of the world. Worldly wisdom is foolishness with God. Are we saying reward in the kingdom of heaven is not commensurate with labor? No. God rewards are for those who seek Him diligently. In the revelation given to John, the risen Christ himself said Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done (Rev 22:12) The implication of this is that in this parable, the actual reward was not the denarii. The actual reward was the privilege of serving in the Lord’s vineyard. It is a gift, token of love from a Father to a child. A good example is found in Num 18:7 where God told Aaron that; “only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain. I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”

Right reason for service

No one can give anything back to God in payment for his life. The ransom sacrifice of Jesus was much more too precious than silver and gold. Serving the Lord then becomes a gift just as salvation itself is a gift received through our faith. And whoever is called by God to serve is equipped adequately for the service. We learn from this parable that same lesson that Paul was trying to teach when he warned Timothy to withdraw from those false teachers who said that godliness is a means of financial gain.  Clearly stated, we should not serve God because of the financial reward like Gehazi (2Kgs 5) but we should serve Him in appreciation of HIS unconditional love to us. We should see any call to service as a privilege to show our love for HIM and for humanity.

God’s generosity and compassion

Another lesson we can glean from the parable is that each laborer was recognized for their service within the scope of the level of opportunity given him to serve. Those who were hired in the eleventh hour had the privilege of working for only one hour and they enjoyed the employer’s generosity in getting one denarii. His compassion was on them and they were even paid first to compensate them for the boredom of idleness and rejection they endured all day before they got hired. God’s wisdom is unquestionable. Those who worked for longer periods were not the owner of their lives, God is. Their abilities were also God’s gifts. In our own case, we must desist from the practice of looking down on others especially those whose ministries are not giving them loud ovations.

Your service is unique

Everyone in the body of Christ is useful and unique in the ways God has called and gifted them. And each could only do what God calls and empowers them to do, no more. We are all branches of the same vine. Just as Joshua did what Moses could not do in leading the Israelites to Canaan, so Moses had done what Joshua could not have done in commencing the journey at Egypt. Each did what God called them to do. The Usher is no less important than the Worship leader, while the Pastor does not enjoy God’s attention more than the Children Ministry Teacher. If all serve God diligently in the capacity God has called them, they will be rewarded with everlasting life.

Who Eats Those Fruits?

Posted on February 12th, 2011 in Service by Adelani Aderemi

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. (John 15:16)

The problem with the Church today is not that she is not bearing fruit but sadly, the fruit does not last. Jesus is looking for matured and ripe fruits to feed hungry souls. Too often, believers allow the exhilaration of bearing fruit to cut them off the “STEM” which supplies the nourishment and so their fruits stop growing and get eaten by pests as they fall off. This is spiritual pride. Other hindrances are powerlessness, unforgiving spirit, unconfessed sins and false doctrines to mention a few.

The Holy Spirit enables the believer to bear the fruit of love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness and self-control. Jesus might look for anyone of this, bless it and multiply it for a multitude of hungry souls, so you must let the fruit remain.

When your fruit remains, it becomes an attraction and good source of refreshment to lost and hungry souls, winning them to the kingdom of God. The result of this in your life and ministry is “Answered prayer” Carte Blanc. Jesus promised:”Whatsoever ye shall ask of the father.”

If the Church desires to see answered prayers as in the days of Elijah, and as it was with the Apostles, she should begin to pray for abiding fruits. Give Jesus fruit to feed the hungry and you get answered prayers. Good deal.

There is only one judgment for a fruitless tree and one whose fruit does not abide. John the Baptist warned in Mathew 3:10 (NIV) The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Could We Begin To Help The Foolish Virgins?

Posted on February 8th, 2011 in Love, Service by Adelani Aderemi

When next you read the story of the ten virgins in Mathew 25:1-13, I suggest you pause a bit and reflect on how much happier the groom and all the virgins would have been if all the ten virgins made it.

Rather than wishing you were just one of the five wise virgins, go further to see yourself going  to the waiting room with extra oil to give out in the Spirit of sharing one another’s burden.

See yourself fighting off the slumber (they all slept) and rousing the rest with praises, exhortations, and warning of the imminent coming (return) of the Groom.

The truth is that Jesus does not want us to stop at being wise but he also wants us to see where the foolish ones need help and so stoop down to help them. He wants us to go to the extent of laying down our lives. “Herein we see the love of God, because he laid down his live for us, we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. (1Jn3:16)

Paul expressed this passion for lost souls in his letter to the Romans, “For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. (Rom9:3)

If one wise virgin could lay down her life for one foolish virgin, hell shall be plundered and heaven populated. Could we begin to try it prayerfully?

When Darkness Covers the Face of God

Posted on January 14th, 2011 in Attitude, Faith, Service, Suffering by Adelani Aderemi

On a Friday morning in the last week of June 2009 while preparing for the day’s job a young man came in to see me. What brought him took the TGIF from my tongue. I was working in one of the Regional Offices of a Telecommunication Company in Nigeria and expecting my erstwhile temporary appointment to be confirmed that month.

A phone call and several exclamations after, my line supervisor working at the Headquarters cast the die when he said; “Yes, its instruction from above and I don’t understand it too. Please, handover today.”

My next call was to God and in the Server Room which has also doubled as my prayer-room for the two years I had been employed in that company as Network Administrator, being out of bounds to all other staff. “Would you fire me when I am due for promotion?” I asked God, but He was silent.

Later, I began to obey the ‘instructions from above’. My mind ruminated on the story of Abraham and the Angelic call that stopped him from killing Isaac. My own story did not have that happy interlude. The handover was done and the necessary introductions of the new staff to the end-users of all IT equipments were done same day and I was good to go. Momentarily, darkness seemed to have covered the face of God.

With the counsel of compassionate managers around who were also puzzled, I prepared to hang around for a while to see if God had other plans for me in other areas of the Company. That made me to discover what seemed to be a good argument in my favor. The new employee was fresh from school and had no requisite experience for the job and the management didn’t seem to know about that.

I then had two options. The first was to watch idly while the young man made costly mistakes to ‘burn his fingers’ and also probably cause serious hitches to the operations of the company. That would at least quickly show that somebody took a bad decision in edging me out without following due procedures. The second option was to give him the needed support and orientation to ensure there was no downtime, since God had given him my job. So, what does God want in situations like this? I reckoned that if Jesus were in this situation, he would still say “thy will be done Oh Lord” and did something constructive. My heart chose the first option but I reluctantly went with Jesus.

The guy learned fast and I had a very good working relationship with him. I was trainer and his companion for one month. When salaries were paid in July, it was a pain but no longer news that the new staff enjoyed the promotion that was coming to me and my name was no longer on the company’s payroll.

However, I was still on somebody’s payroll. It happened before then that a testimony published on my blog titled “The Gains of Un-employment” was being considered by the Senior Editor of the HighCalling, and we had been at it for almost five months. The cash payment for putting it on the HighCalling website hit my account in the last week of July. This was how God paid my bills and proved that He is my Ultimate Employer and exceedingly great reward. Gen 15:1

Below are some other benefits which accrued from this sacrifice:

  1. The young man became my good friend and professional colleague and though we did not share the same faith, yet we have tolerance for each other on spiritual matters.
  2. I was able to use the grace of God to make good a potentially bad situation for the company and all stakeholders.
  3. Months later, I got a referral through my line supervisor for a higher paying job.
  4. I left the company without ill feelings as one leaves a company of good friends.

Questions for Meditation

  • Did you at any time in the past allowed God to make use of the painful moments and circumstances in your life to extend his kingdom as he chose? What happened?
  • Are you currently being marginalized or unjustly treated? What attitude might you put up to show your faith in a just God?
  • When darkness seems to cover God’s face what do you do to remain focused?

Let Us Not Be Weary In Doing Good

Posted on January 14th, 2011 in Attitude, Love by Adelani Aderemi

Did Rebekah know she was barren? No. She didn’t. There was no way she could have been aware of that problem while still in her father’s house. Neither could she have known the man of God who was going to pray down her healing. But Rebekah did know something, she knew how to do ‘good’ deeds, even to strangers, and she was rewarded for it.

Let’s read what Rebekah did again in Gen 24:17-21:

“The servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.” “Drink, my lord,” she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink. After she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have had enough to drink.” So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels. Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the LORD had made his journey successful”

We may say that her kindness made this loyal servant of Abraham to conclude that she was God’s choice of a wife for his Master’s son, Isaac, and consequent upon this, a marriage was arranged.

Gen 25:20-26 gave us four eye openers in quick succession:

  • Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife.
  • Rebekah was barren and could not take in until Isaac prayed for her
  • Isaac prayed and waited on God for all of 20 years before Rebekah conceived
  • Rebekah conceived because Isaac prayed and trusted God.

In Gen24:63a, God showed us briefly that Isacc was a man of faith, a prayerful man who feared God. “And Isaac went out to mediate in the field in the evening…” In fact, God is also described as “The fear of Isaac” in the scriptures.

  • What may have happened to Rebekah if she failed Eliezer’s prayerful test? She probably would have married one Easterner and remained barren for life.
  • Who sent Rebekah to the well just at the right time? God did. But we also know that God could as well have sent many other qualified virgins. Remember, Milcah had seven other children apart from Bethuel who was Rebekah’s father.
  • Who had the responsibility to be good to the stranger at the well so as to fulfill her destiny? That was Rebekah.

Similarly, you have your own part to play in fulfilling the plans of God for you. God called you and arranged your meetings (even on FB) for a purpose but it is up to you to be good and kind-hearted to all the people you meet.

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Gal 6:9

  • What has been your attitude to strangers?
  • Is the Spirit speaking to you today about your attitude to people?

Advice on the Journey of Life

Posted on December 7th, 2010 in Grace, Service by Adelani Aderemi

I have always drawn inspiration from the conducts of certain uncelebrated characters in the Bible. Uncelebrated because they just happened to be footnotes to the story of certain major characters used in building up the theme, but these people were great men and women of God all the same. In our journey through life, we do well to emulate them, for their inclusion in the Biblical story was inspired of God and not coincidence. The following is a story that contains one of such people.

Saul, son of Kish was instructed to go on a business trip accompanied by a servant. Some donkeys were missing and that was going to be a great loss to the family business if they were not found. Saul’s mission was to find these beasts of burden and return them to the stable. Read 1 Sam 9:1-27. Among the many servants on the family payroll, Saul picked a particular one. Why did he make that choice?

One could readily say that the one who got selected by Saul was available. Over time, he must have proved himself capable and thorough. Saul had to like him anyway for who would want to embark on such a journey that might take several days in the company of a bore? So he must have been good also. By hindsight I can also say that the servant was goal-oriented and persevering. He was untiring even though he had no stake in the family business. When Saul suggested they call the search off the man was ready to go the extra mile. He had faith in God’s intervention and his faith influenced Saul. He demonstrated this faith not only in suggesting consultation with Samuel the seer, but he was also ready to bear the cost and that was all he had left in his pocket. That was sacrifice. He showed love to his employer by putting in more than he could ever be paid for. The servant must have cultivated an attitude of gratitude for being employed by the family of Kish. He was grateful to God for the privilege to work. This is the punch line in Jesus parable of the vineyard, the privilege to work in the vineyard of God and not the salary (Mathew 20:1-15).

What did this servant get for all his qualities? The Bible did not tell us more about him but we know that God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. (Heb 6:10 NIV) I would expect that as Saul was promoted by God from a common man from the least family in the tribe of Benjamin to the King of Israel to whom no one equals, the servant was automatically promoted from being a servant of just a rich man to the servant of a King. More than that, he was God’s instrument to steer Saul to where he was anointed as King. And this was a reward in itself for that time, and then very soon, he would be welcome to the eternal home of peace with “Well done, my good servant! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.” (Luke 19:17 NIV)

In a related story, another employee, a young Hebrew girl captured by the Arameans, witnessed that God is a healer and Naaman, the war General of the Arameans got healed. More, Naaman confessed that there is no God in the entire world except in Israel (2Kgs 5:15 NLT) If this servant girl was not beyond reproach in her conduct, no one would have taken her words with a pinch of salt.

We do well to emulate these employees in the high calling of our daily work as we journey through life. The vineyard of God is not restricted to Church or crusade grounds. It covers the places where we earn our daily living, where we recreate, the home, hospital, school, meeting hall and market place. These are just the landmarks on the road through life. Wherever you may be at any time is God’s vineyard. The total being of a believer should bring glory to God.

  • Who do you draw inspirations from?
  • Could you learn anything from the less recognized people of this world?
  • What do you think about the journey through life?

Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Posted on September 21st, 2010 in Faith by Adelani Aderemi

Was it not I who commanded the people to be numbered I am the one who has sinned and done evil indeed, but these sheep, what have they done?

1Chr 21:17

It is easy to side with David in this incidence except God opens our eyes and give us insight.

The story started thus: “And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel” 1Chr 21:1 God forbid such census in Israel so that the people would not begin to trust in their military might and population for deliverance in wars. Despite the advice of Joab, David had the census taken. So, why would God hold the congregation of Israel responsible?

A deeper study of the scriptures revealed that the people had been living in disobedience and the recent sin was just an occasion to visit their sin.

God’s Commandment – One Place of Worship

The fifth book of Moses, Deuteronomy was a meticulous recap of the commandments and promises of God. Moses warned thus: “because you have not yet arrived at the place of rest, the land the Lord your God is giving you as your special possession.  But you will soon cross the Jordan River and live in the land the Lord your God is giving you. When he gives you rest from all your enemies and you’re living safely in the land,  you must bring everything I command you—your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your sacred offerings, and your offerings to fulfill a vow—to the designated place of worship, the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to be honored” (Deut 12: 9-11)

The People’s Action – More than one place of Worship

From 1Chr 15 and 16, the following facts emerged:

  • David built houses for himself in the City of David and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it. 1Chr 15:1
  • So they brought the ark of God and set it in the midst of the tabernacle that David erected for it. 1Chr 16:1
  • So he left Asaph and his brothers there (Jerusalem) before the ark to minister regularly… 1Chr 16:37
  • And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that [was] at Gibeon, 1Chr 16:39

 

From this account, the people offered burnt offerings at Jerusalem and also at the high place in Gibeon and they were not careful to consult the Lord to show them where HE chose to put His name.

Lead Us Not Into Temptation

In 1Sam 24:1, we read that the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel and he used David against them. The writer of Chronicles said Satan stood against Israel and moved David to number the people. God does not tempt anybody with evil (Jas 1:13) but it is clear that if He should withdraws his support we shall fall into Satan’s trap. Hence Jesus taught us to pray against it.  Leaders and rulers need our prayerful support so we can have peace.

God’s Discipline – An Inducement to do the right thing

The plague that followed was well deserved as God warned through Moses in Deuteronomy. While David was wise enough to have chosen the direct punishment of God rather than the rod of the enemy, God was merciful and gracious to not have permitted Satan to deal with Israel. The pains of it brought King David to the point where he set out to do the correct thing. The angel appointed for destruction of Jerusalem made appeared visibly at the point God had chosen to put his name. By divine instruction, David built an altar at that site – the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 1Chr 21:26

Then David said: “this is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel. 1Chr 22:1. Solomon’s glorious temple was built on this site, by David’s instruction as the one place for worship which God demanded.

Questions for meditation

  • Are there times when you have secretly considered God’s punishment as unjust? When? What happened? What have you done to reconcile your feelings?
  • Have you come across verses of the scripture that you found puzzling? Have you prayed for enlightenment? What happened?

Where Is Your Cross?

Posted on September 8th, 2010 in Service, Suffering by Adelani Aderemi

“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Lk9:23

 

Many believers easily classify their yet unmet desires as the cross they have been called to bear. For instance, disability, poverty, sickness, violent spouse, errant children, accidents and class are considered to be crosses of some kind. While this piece is not trying to prove them wrong, I wish to state that, Biblically speaking, Cross means more than unmet desires or unfortunate occurrences. Then what might be the correct view of the cross Jesus invited his followers to bear?

Another Look At The Cross of Jesus

Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith was born into the very humble family of Joseph the Carpenter. He was rejected and persecuted by the very people he came to save. Isaiah gave a sneak preview of his inherent disabilities in Isaiah 53:2,3. “He had no beauty or  majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” Yet these were not described as his cross but as necessary environment and terrain of faith designed to show him the necessity of the cross. He was not compelled but he had to pick it up willingly as a sign of submission and love. The Cross is further described as:

Tool of Redemption

On the Cross at Calvary, the son of God paid the ransom for the redemption of man. As his followers, we are also called to voluntarily take up Christ’s burdens for the world in which we leave. The redemption of the world should be our passionate desire and our entire lives must be used to witness to the death and resurrection of Jesus. At work, home, field of play and in the neighborhood we are called to preach the gospel in words attitude and action, in season (when it is safe and easy) and out of season (when it is hazardous). As Paul describes it, we are called to make up what is lacking in the sufferings of Jesus for the church. We do this when all our activities are geared towards salvation of souls.

Prove of Love

The whole law became love in the mouth of Jesus who, in walking his talk, also proved his love for God and the world by submitting his life as a ransom sacrifice for salvation of the world. Apostle John was inspired to give the call when he wrote:  “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” 1 Jn 3: 16 – 18.

Notable Examples

Ruth willingly picked up the cross of taking care of old Naomi, the mother of  her deceased husband even when life with Naomi was not promising. Boaz willingly married Ruth and gave the poor widow a good life again after the closest next of kin rejected the cross. Mordecai brought up Esther, an orphan, as his own child. Moses gave up the princely life in the palace and took up the cross to identify with the sufferings of the Hebrews. The apostles could not help preaching about what they had seen and heard despite the persecutions, and they died for their faith. Yes, the cross is not a jolly ride but a pain you volunteer to go through for the sake of love. The good thing here is that God is not unjust to forget your labor of love. (Heb 6:10)

Pick Up that Cross

  • Is God laying some burdens in your heart?
  • What are the talents God has endowed you with?
  • Do you think your background is unconnected to your call?
  • How might you allow God to make use of the mistakes you have made in the past?
  • When a need arises in the society, church, at work or in the life of a neighbor, do you just pray for God to send help or you say “Here am I send me”?
  • Where is your cross? Pick it up.

The Terrain of Faith

Posted on September 3rd, 2010 in Attitude, Faith, Service by Adelani Aderemi

I became a member of the High Calling in 2007 and within weeks, I learnt two major lessons among others. They are:

  1. God cares about our Daily Work and He is, as a matter of fact, the Ultimate Employer of labor no matter who signs the salary voucher. As one writer put it, we stand the risk of being spiritually undercapitalized if we continue to shy away from this fact.
  2. The tortuous journey from where we are and our desired destination of joy is in every bit part of God-designed terrain for faith development.

 

The HighCalling  has made a lot of resources available to me by e-mail. These include exhortations, reflections and testimonies of other believers from different lands and climes and from different denominational inclinations. I have read, studied and meditated on these resources as well as uploaded comments of other readers. Through all these, the Holy Spirit has been guiding me to deeper truths in the Bible. I have been seeing more clearly the footprints of Jesus Christ on the sands of time in our days as well as the olden days.

Daily Work

Point 1 above influenced me to have a change of attitude to work and work environment. Against the erstwhile attitude that God was not too involved in my employment problems,  or in daily work of any kind except the clergy, now I know that God cares about everything, even what we write in the time-book and how we utilize the time resource in the workplace when we think no one is watching.

Tortuous Journey of Life

Realization of Point 2 stirred me up from the slumber in which I thought my pains and tears are unnecessary distractions from my desired goal. Now I am convicted that God means everything for good at all times. I memorized Rom 8:28 before but now I know it to be true. They are different stages. The words of Dave Dravecky would be a good summary of my thoughts here: “Looking back,……I have learnt that the wilderness is part of the landscape of faith, and every bit as essential as the mountain top. On the mountain top we are overwhelmed by God’s presence. In the wilderness we are overwhelmed by His absence. Both places would bring us to our knees, the one, in utter awe, the other, in utter dependence.” God, in his wisdom and love, will do all it takes, for as long as it takes, to break us of our self-sufficiency so his power can be demonstrated in us. Our attitudes fasten or delay this process. 

Reading the resources on the HighCalling pages have helped improved my spiritual life and helped me to become more of a worshipper of God outside the church premises. Mondays to Saturdays I try to apply Bible principles to all I think, say and do and on Sundays, I try to make the worship more practical and down-to-earth.

May God continue to pour his anointing on the team.

A few of such resources are:

 

Questions for Meditation

  • Are you in the middle of a storm and thinking God is not caring?
  • What might you change in your attitude to begin to see the pains as useful for your growth and expansion of the kingdom of God?
  • Do you want to grow beyond the limits of Church denomination and sects?
  • Are you zealous of being part of an empowered laity?
  • Do you want to realize your full potentials as able minister of the new covenant?
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