Looking at the trend of things all over the world especially in Nigeria one cannot help but notice a pattern. What pattern you might be asking. It is one of evil and fear. The strength of these arrays of monstrous barrages of evil is fear. The word evil when spelt back words is live. Yes live. Our Lord said He has come to give us, life and more abundantly too. We are to live, and not to fear. We are to be joy and praise full, living our lives victoriously to the glory of God. The enemy has been contending with this victorious life we have and this contention has reached a crescendo. At the core of this contention from the enemy is jealousy and envy over the quality and magnitude of the praise and worship due our Lord.
He has ever yearned and coveted for this level of worship but his inability to get it from the saints has led to the anger and the subsequent rage we are now witnessing. First it is was the fear of Covid that gripped the world with a choke hold and now insecurity of all kinds with Nigeria beating the world to it. I will not even dignify the devil by naming the atrocities he has unleashed on our land. All targeted at stealing the joy of the saints. Note that the enemy wants us stripped of all joy and be rendered praise less. It therefore beholds the saints to discern what the grouse is all about and arise and fight with all our strength to retain our joy and lunch out into deeper consistent and unhindered praise to our God.
We have been warned about the only agenda of the devil in John 10:10
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” Jn 10:10 [NLV].
The full life our father gave us is what the enemy has been fighting to take and that is why we have been strategically given the daily mandate not to fear. No wonder we have 365 ‘fear Nots’ in the Bible representing 365 days in a year; meaning one ‘fear not’ for each day. He who gave us this life is able to keep it and there are more than enough promises from God about our security and safety from Him and Him alone. The NASB version of Is 41: 10 gladdens my heart.
‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ Isaiah 41:10 [NASB]
Is 35:4-6 is equally soothing
“Say to those with anxious heart, take courage, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance; The recompense of God will come, But He will save you.”
Then the eyes of those who are blind will be opened, And the ears of those who are deaf will be unstopped.Then those who limp will leap like a deer, And the tongue of those who cannot speak will shout for joy.
For waters will burst forth in the wilderness, And streams in the ]desert.” Isaiah 35:4-6 [NASB]. Yes this will surely be our portion no matter what the situation might portend now.
And Is 54:17 caps it all for me. My favourite scripture ever. Readily jumps to my heart and mouth any time the enemy contends with my life in thought or action. My favourite warfare weapon of all times against all the devil’s wiles.
“No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness is from Me, Says the LORD”. Is 54:17 [NKJV]
How can one fear after these and many other reassuring words from our dearest Lord and Saviour in the Bible. How and why, I ask people of God. We ought to wake declaring each day’s ‘fear not’ to our soul and joyfully engage the day through lingering praise that emanates from the core of our being. It’s obviously impossible for those who do not have a personal relationship with the Lord to not believe His word, or are we lacking here. We ought to burst forth in songs of praise and worship, to our God for that is the weapon through which we fight and win. No matter what circumstances we are in, we must never let the devil dictate the quantity and quality of our praise.
A closer look in our communities reveal how drastically and incredibly the quality of lives have reduced. The media is not helping matters as we are barraged with all kinds of detailed gory news of evil perpetrated on the citizens of this country. Death tolls are on the rise daily and it appears killing has become past time and a game of sort to Satan’s agents in our land and in our watch. Whaoo, Sad, very sad indeed. All these have thrown many into despair and despondence, igniting all manner of diseases that have claimed many lives already
“Our Lord Himself [in Rev 6:1-2] has ridden out as a conqueror bent on conquest”. And we already know the outcome, ultimate victory. The book of revelation is fast being played out before our very eyes daily, so if you are asleep, the time to wake up is now. Time is so short and the time to do God’s work of redeeming souls that the enemy has targeted for destruction has come. The harvest is ripe. Peoples’ hearts are so troubled and many are seeking for answer to a whole lot and we all know that the answer lies in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In Rev 7:1-8 we see John as he observes the four angels holding in check the four winds to prevent them from blowing and causing destruction on the earth. Yet he sees another angel crying in a loud voice; “do not harm the land or the sea ….until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servant of our God”.
Now a lot of us will argue that the number of people who were sealed were only 144, 000, but please know that this number and most numbers in Revelation are symbolic with this particular number signifying completeness. All of God’s believing people are sealed against evil. However some evil might harm our bodies but will never harm our soul. And because our Lord has conquered death we are not afraid of death as long as we are in the forefront doing the will of God and advancing His kingdom and not ours this time people, not ours.
So as the book of Revelations asks in Rev 6: 17 “..who can stand”, like the angels we all can stand because our Lord stood and conquered all. And like Selwyn Hughes said
“When evil is unsealed, the Christian is sealed against it by the Holy Spirit. This sealing fortifies us against the unsealing”.
Selwyn Hughes
The time for soul winning and discipleship is now. Many are no longer seating on the fence but have taken a decision and all they need is someone to take them by the hand and guide them into safety. And that someone is you and I.
We must not allow fear parading this land and the entire earth freeze us and deny millions of people the privilege of meeting the Lord. See what God said to Paul in
Acts 18:9-1 “And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”
Is He not the master of the universe, if He is the one sending, will He fail to protect and provide?. Arise people of God, Arise I say for It’s time to do exploit for our God.
I woke up this morning with most of the goings on in Naija heavy on my mind. As I began my morning devotion I asked the Lord to speak to me. And He spoke through Isaiah 43:1 saying “Fear not, for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name; you are mine”. A certain peace sipped into my being and I softly muttered the day’s fear not to my soul thanking the Lord for his love and continued protection and care at such a time like now.
Lately I just praise and worship and this has secured my heart and soul from the pains and trauma that our days are saturated with. I have discovered that the antidote to all the bad news and horrors we hear daily is to keep acknowledging the supremacy and the almightiness of God through praise and worship. It is only through this that his power, glory and light will show and shine forth and drive away the thick darkness that has come on us and our world.
The time to seek His face and not hand is now. How can we focus just on His face without his hands too, you might be asking? In the face of the crazy inflation hitting the roof and the perceived famine that is lurking by the corner, one must be chasing after His hands too, you say. But this dear is our major error for when we focus on his hands we miss His face/presence which is where the true answer and provision comes from. Is He not the one that told us that if he feeds and clothes the birds and flowers of the fields how much more us that He died for. See how He posited;
“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?” Matt 6: 26-28 [NIV].
I strongly believe that if the church all over this country and outside can drop their differences and unit with one purpose we will have speedy answer from the Lord over what has been irking us in this land. If we can fall at His feet in deep repentance, He will forgive all of our sins. When we then lunch out in deep and high praise and worship to our Lord and savior all over this land, He will show forth and discomfit the enemies of the church and all other lives that He purposes to usher into His kingdom through us.
Infact I already feel triumphant as I have a foretaste of what the Lord will do if we harken to His word and revelation. The spirit of God is really one, brethren. I started writing this piece on Saturday the 22nd of May, only to come into church on Sunday the 23rd to behold the kind of praise and worship that I have not witnessed in the church before. The Holy spirit was allowed to lead the service and we brought before God a befitting worship that He alone deserves. The church ought to and must right now begin to push back all other agendas and instead push forth and forward incredible praise and worship to our God. He alone can do what no one or anything else can do.
Why do we tarry then; have we forgotten all the exploits God did when His chosen ones the Israelites offered Him praise amidst the torment of their sworn enemies. A typical example is God’s victory over Moab and Ammon as King Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord, praising Him for His glory and holiness. In 2nd Chronicles 20: 1-end [NIRV] God caused these enemies of His people to turn against one another till they all killed themselves. I just like how the bible summed up this victory and the attendant glory it brought to God. See for yourself.
“All the surrounding kingdoms began to have respect for God. They had heard how the Lord had fought against Israel’s enemies. The kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace. His God had given him peace and rest on every side”. 2nd Chronicles 20: 29-30 [NIRV].
We also can have this peace if we do likewise.
Victory in all the battles we face is an act of God. Look at what the bible said in Deut. 20.
“When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, is with you. When you are approaching the battle, the priest shall come near and speak to the people. He shall say to them,
‘Hear, O Israel, you are approaching the battle against your enemies today. Do not be fainthearted. Do not be afraid, or panic, or tremble before them for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you”. Deuteronomy 20:1-4 [ESV].
Is it not therefore time to hand over this Nigerian issue to the Lord completely as we should, through repentance and unity so that uninterrupted quality praise and worship will continuously go forth to the throne room of God for all to see the might and power that our God wields. Let us therefore arise I say one more time and unite, strengthening the feeble amongst us and without breaking ranks go forth into high/powerful praise/worship and stand still to see the glory of our Lord revealed for the world to marvel at. Just as Selwyn Hughes said,
“Music and songs are sometimes the best argument we can muster against the attacks of evil”.
Selwyn Hughes
But I say not sometimes but all the times.
I believe Nigeria will be great again with our communities safe and peaceful to live in with different tribes cohabiting harmoniously, our roads and high ways safe to travel in, our homes restored and filled with laughter, our leaders trust worthy and selfless, and respect back to our dear nation again.
Isaiah 11 readily comes to mind here. Please read the entire chapter.
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.” Isaiah 6-10 [KJV]
Finally, we must strive to love and pray for those who despitefully use us so that our prayers and worship gets accepted and becomes sweet incense in God’s nostrils.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Matt 5: 44 [KJV]
And I close with this beautiful scripture praying it into the lives of God’s children in and outside Nigeria.
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:7 [NIV]
Shalom people of God. Thank you for your time.
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Kurban ibadetinizi yerine getirirken ihtiyaç sahiplerini unutmayın. Kurban Bağışı ile bağışınızı kolayca yaparak, dünyanın her yerine iyiliğinizi ulaştırabilirsiniz.
Gazze’de zor şartlar altında yaşayan kardeşlerimize destek olmanın en etkili yollarından biri Gazze Kurban Bağışı yapmaktır. Kurbanlarınızı bağışlayarak, savaş mağduru çocuklar ve ailelere umut olabilirsiniz. Online bağış sistemiyle kurbanlarınız güvenle yerine ulaştırılır.
Kurban bağışı, İslam dünyasında en önemli ibadetlerden biri olup, sosyal dayanışmanın da en güzel örneklerinden biridir. Özellikle yoksul kesimlere yardım etmek amacıyla yapılan bu bağışlar, her yıl milyonlarca insanın hayatına dokunur. İhtiyaç sahiplerine ulaşmak isteyen hayırseverler, kurbanlarını dernekler ve vakıflar aracılığıyla kolayca bağışlayabilir. Bu süreç, hem bağışçılar hem de kurban etini alan aileler için manevi bir anlam taşır. Siz de kurban bağışı yaparak bu kutsal görevi yerine getirebilir, toplumda yardımlaşmayı artırabilirsiniz.
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