All things happen

All things happen.
A guy had something stolen from him. While he was narrating his ordeal, someone asked “have you been paying your tithe?” Point taken – when you pay your tithe, bad things don’t happen to you. Fast-forward to days later, the questioner had something stolen. It was now the turn of the first victim to ask (don’t smile) “have you been paying your tithe?” Point taken – “tithers” are not free from the daily sad occurrences.
We seem to reduce the glorious acts of God into simple mathematical equations. When you do good things, happy events will come your way. This is expressed thus; GOOD PERSON = HAPPY EVENTS. The reverse is also expressed thus; BAD PERSON = SAD EVENTS.
This was the same logic that the friends of Job (Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar) preached at Job with. They claimed Job had indulged in certain sins and God was now punishing him in the open.
Job cried out to God to vindicate him. In his despair, he almost walked the precipice of asserting his righteousness over God’s righteousness (Job 31:35-37, 32:2).
Elihu, the young man, who spoke as a true prophet of God started Job along the lines of a finer theology, the theology of the Sovereignty of God. Throughout Elihu’s discourse, Job quietly listened, learning from the youth that God is Master over all He has created.
Elihu prepared the way for God to speak clearly to Job. He called Job to the approaching thunder, which acted as the Herald for God (Job 37:1,2, 38:1).
Bad things happen to good people because God is Sovereign over all He has created. He chooses what happens according to the plans in His heart. All He does are for His glory sake and He defines how our lives bring Him glory.
God, give me the patience to enjoy You in all seasons of life, in the happy events and in the sad events.

Living in Forever Continued

Living in Forever Continued
It’s a joy to know that God is at work and He works everything according to the plans He has for His glory.
The coming generation will learn how to carry God’s glory and reflect it as He desires. They will live outside the walls and be found in the place of pain. They will carry the hurt of others without loosing a sense of wonder in God’s plan for each hurt.
They will live a resurrected life carrying the Cross.  The high grounds of business and politics will not intimidate them. Their intimacy with God will keep them in one Light…the Light of Forever.
Their joy will not come from achievements; it will come from one thing…joy in the Father’s heart.
They will wield the strength of heaven with gentleness and compassion. Their love will take them to the place where no shadow hides the Father’s face from them.
The love of God will give them strength to suffer. They will suffer because it is the Father’s delight to perfect Him will in them and through them.
Lord, the time will surely come when they will not be hidden. I will wait for the day of your power. The appearing of Your Glory comes.

Living in Forever

Living in Forever
Recently, I got a call from an old friend. He wanted me to talk more than I was. It seemed that I had much knowledge than I was willing to share out. I’ve never laid claim to a deeper understanding of God’s ways but he seem to think that much. It seemed to him that I had laid hold of something big, something grand, an uncanny ability to live in the Light of Forever.
In his thoughts, I seem to conjure my “today” based on some insight I got from heaven in my “yesterday”. My “today” seems to follow a trail into a “tomorrow” I was leading.
I never disproved the fact that I’ve learnt through quiet waiting how to find the Father’s Will before any adventure.
But God’s desire grows in my eyes from “me” to a generation…the coming generation. There is a plan for the coming generation. They have been anointed as leaders without most of them even knowing. They will be like Solomon, anointed while the fathers are still reigning. Like Solomon, they will be named by God and loved by Him (Jedidiah).
The coming generation will tread upon the high places without fear. They will first be delivered from the fear of men into a holy and reverent fear for the Father.
I long for the time of their manifestation, when they will no longer hide in caves.
The Lord will match out like a mighty man, like a warrior getting ready for the battle, He’ll stir up His zeal