... A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE NEED
FOR DIVINE INTERRUPTIONS IN OUR LIVES.
Dearly Beloved,
On various occasions, we have found
ourselves chastening Saint Thomas conversation where he doubted Jesus and we’ve
have christened him “doubting Thomas”, but the other side of the coin is that
he couldn’t comprehend Jesus resurrection and wanted to! He needed to
physically behold something that would overcome his unbelief, and God in wisdom
had catered for his infirmity by ensuring resurrection power didn’t close up
the whole in Jesus hands and pierced side! (Jn. 24:20-29). And so,
blessed was he, because he ended up believing on that occasion, and on
thousands of others, until he would be martyred for believing in a person
that had become “spiritually physical” and real to him than he was when he
hearkened to the call to become a disciple.
Do you know that all the disciples,
while they weren’t saved, left their trades, businesses and professions to follow
a man that primarily lived on words (Matt. 4:4/Lk. 4:4/Jn. 4:34); a man
whose lifestyle would be controversial and contradict that of everyone else;
one who had no permanent home address and had a job of Preaching An Unwanted
And Unknown God, and worse off; a man whose goal was to die by crucifixion!
FOR OVER
THREE YEARS, THEY WERE TRAINED TO LIVE BY GOD’S ORDER OF FAITH – OF NOT KNOWING
“WHAT NEXT”!
Beloved, what have we really left to
follow Jesus? What has our Christian faith actually cost us? HOW MUCH SEEKING
OF THE THINGS OF OTHERS HAVE WE MADE THIS YEAR? (Phil
2:4/20-21/1Cor. 13:5b). The answer to these “anointed questions” would
give us a clue of if we are PRACTITIONERS OF HIS FAITH (i.e.
using the light of the holy place) or PRACTITIONERS OF OUR FAITH
(using the light of the courts of the gentiles or that of the outer court). Gal.
2:20/Phil. 3:9 Vs. Matt. 8:8-10/Eph. 1:15
Another unanswered question before us today is, “how many
of us can God interrupt our daily or career/future plans, and how many would
respond to God’s call to follow an unpopular course with a curriculum that is
alien to that of the business schools of the earth”? The answer to this
question would tell us why there are few powerful believers and fewer men
of God today who can turn the world upside down and right side up (Acts
17:6/Joel 2:3-10). For MINISTERS and WITNESSES of THE UNKNOWN
GOD to be raised in the seasons ahead (Acts 17:22-29/26:16/1Jn. 1:11-3/Jn.
17:3/Rev. 10:7), we would have to answer these questions by the help of the
Spirit. Earthly men, nations, kindred, tongue and people are at the mercy of
the raising of such breed of saints who would BEAR THE FATHER’S NAME and
give a clear INTERPRETATION OF HIS HEART (Jn. 1:12/Acts 9:15/Rev. 5:9)
How many widows can God interrupt
their lives like he did with Anna the prophetess? How many heirs, whose parents
hope to bequeath their inheritance unto them, can God interrupt like he did
with Elisha? How many professionals in fields of great demands like medicine
and law, can God interrupt like he did with Luke or Saul of Tarsus? How many
ministers like Zechariah can God interrupt their lives and leave childless for
decades, so their loins/womb can be prepared to bring forth a seed that would
become a forerunner of Christ? AS MANY AS GOD CAN FEED ABOVE THEIR FEARS
(JER. 23:4); AND DIVINELY INTERRUPT THEIR LIVES – HE WOULD IMMORTALIZE THEIR
NAME AND THEIR NEW NATURE!
Jer. 23:4 And I will
set up shepherds over them which shall FEED them: and they shall FEAR
NO MORE, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking (i.e. in “ownership
of God”), saith the LORD.
God awaits a generation of saints that
would agree with him that Learning His Gracious Heart primarily takes place
through non-negotiable seasons of the unknown where he employs economic
setbacks, famine, illnesses, betrayals, inadequacies, buffetings of the enemy,
despair etc. to change the genes of our souls, further our course in
righteousness, redeem us from the earth and from amongst men, and most
importantly, bring us to a terrains of His Faith where the enemy is greatly
limited!
I perceive that against a backdrop of
hopelessness that is presently on the rise, where every principle and
philosophy but God is failing; the Lord would be giving us all New
Opportunities To Believe Like The Disciples-Made-Apostles Did, until they
inherited a new name (nature); which is the foundation of the City of
God, the strata of overcoming believers in the world to come. (Rev.
21:14/2:17). Amen.
Jn. 1:12 But as many
as received him (i.e. the Laws of Christ’s Faith and Love – Job
22:22/Jam. 1:21), to them gave He power (i.e. the privilege) to become the sons
of God, even to them that believe on his name (i.e. resurrection and
life):
Blessings!
Tayo Fasan
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