Dearly Beloved,
Our ability to figure out what next
on most occasions has always been an exciting sensation, especially in men
who’ll rather call the shots like Moses once did as a prince in Egypt. But when
we know not what next in a given season of life; our feelings get
invaded with a sense of frustration and imprisonment and the true temperature
of our souls gets exposed! Rather than fall back on our cerebral strength - our
carnal minds which remains at enmity with God (Rom. 8:7); we are at the
mercy of acknowledging that God is up to something unplanned, which should lead
to the renewal of our minds. (Rom. 12:2/Eph. 4:23)
Job. 23:9-10 On the left
hand, where He doth
work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand,
that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me,
I shall come forth as gold.
Isa. 13:12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold;
even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
During Moses first forty years
wilderness-making experience where he served his father in-law, he hardly ever
knew what next, but that was the secret of his ultimate greatness before God.
While we have many alternatives to the faith revealed in Christ for the true
church, Moses had none; so God could carefully culture him to bear his
authority.
Old faithful like Father Abraham, Joseph
and Elisha, all attained their strength of character through seasons when
they had no clear interpretation of the end of their protracted
custom-made trials! But unlike many today, they found grace to respond
accurately. Among other virtues, they added patience to their faith
and repossessed their souls (2Pet. 1:5-6/Jam. 1:3-4/Lk. 21:19).
They all died to their reputation! But today, believers would rather HUSTLE like
unbelievers do and justify their actions with the letters of the scriptures
(2Cor. 3:6d/Jn. 6:63b), than LEARN OF THE WAYS OF GOD in such season.
(Ps. 103:7/Isa. 55:8)
Our
generation is inexcusable! Old faithful, without a complete “bible”, without an
advocate like Jesus Christ, without the Holy Spirit resident on earth; kept
faith with their future – God! THEY SAW AND SUBMITTED TO THE
DEALING THAT WOULD REDEEM THEIR SOULS FROM BEING EARTHLY MINDED (Job 19:25/Ruth
4/Eph. 1:14/1Cor. 1:13/Eph. 4:30/ Rev. 14:3e). Through their lives, we
can clearly see that “one of the most potent seasons when faith actually
flourishes is when we don’t know what next”.
Like the early apostles, we must be courageous
and receptive to new opportunities coming our way. Prospects
whereby heaven will hedge us in (Job 3:23/Lam. 3:7), and deal a good
blow to our carnal minds, so we can truly gain righteousness while counting
what the natural mind would call losses. (Phil. 3:7-8).
When we REACT to seasons of the unknown
rather than RESPOND from within, we simply LOSE MEASUREMENTS OF GOD’S LIFE WE
PREVIOUSLY GATHERED!
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Such
are the vital seasons where the enemy steals life from us (Jn. 10:10/1Pet. 5:8).
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Such are the seasons when we ought to
lose our ways and our thoughts (Isa. 55:7-8) that remain
untouched by our new birth experience, by many bible studies and by many
meetings of the Spirit (programmes/conventions).
This is how believing believers
can appreciate in the true riches of righteousness and be made rich towards
God. This is how we can have our have our minds stayed on God and
begin to do things perhaps 80% differently! (Isa. 26:3)
Fresh streams of grace are kissing the
earth like never before! The intensity of the preaching/unveiling of Christ by
chosen vessels is heightening. Saints are being empowered to renounce the
hidden things of dishonestly like self-confidence and the fear of
tomorrow. We must not be left out.
Blessings!
Nothing that happens AROUND US should be compared
with what should be happening WITHIN US!
