FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY, 2014. TRAVESTY OF NEED. AND WHEN THE TEMPTER CAME TO HIM, HE SAID, IF THOU BE THE SON OF GOD, COMMAND THAT THESE STONES BE MADE BREAD (MATT. 4:3). A DISTANT FRIEND OF MINE FELL A VICTIM OF A HIT AND RUN MAN. THEY WERE TRANSACTING EMOTIONS, SHE WAS CLOUDED BY HIS SENSATIONAL TRICKS. IMMEDIATELY HE IMPREGNATED HER, THE LOVE GAME WAS OVER. THEIR DIVORCE WAS LABELLED IRRECONCILABLE. SHE BRACED HERSELF UP TO CONFRONT THOSE CHALLENGES SINGLE PARENT FACES. GOD FAVOURED HER, HER DELIVERY AND POST DELIVERY CHALLENGES WERE MILD. HER SON SHOULD BE 6 YEARS OLD OR THEREABOUTS. BEING A YOUNG WOMAN, SHE WAS CALCULATING AND READY TO RIGHT HER PREVIOUS WRONG. HER FAMILY MEMBERS WAS SO HAPPY WHEN SHE INFORMED THEM ABOUT HER MR. RIGHT. AMIDST THE ECSTASY, HER ELDER SISTER CURIOUSLY ASKED HER SOME CRITICAL QUESTIONS, ALL OF WHICH SHE ANSWERED APPROPRIATELY. INTRODUCTION/ TRADITIONAL WEDDING WAS NEXT ON THEIR (FAMILY) MIND. FEW WEEKS AGO, SOME BAD NEWS FLEW IN FROM HER. SHE INTIMATED HER FAMILY MEMBERS OF HOW SHE PACKED INTO THE MANS HOUSE - AGAINST THEIR INITIAL AGREEMENT NOT TO COMMIT HERSELF UNNECESSARILY, ALL BECAUSE HER RENT WAS DUE. SHE IS PREGNANT, THE MAN ALSO STOLE HER LIFE SAVINGS; HE SECRETLY TOOK HER ATM CARD. THE MOST UNBEARABLE OF ALL THESE IS THE REALISATION THAT THE MAN HAS WIFE AND A KID (A SECRET HE INITIALLY CONCEALED). HE ONLY CRAWLED IN TO ABUSE HER INNOCENCE/FOOLISHNESS. THE QUESTION ON EVERYONES LIPS IS THIS, IS THIS NOT THE REPLAY OF HER INITIAL TORMENT? TODAY, I LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME TRAVESTIES OF NEED; NO HUMAN NEED IS AS SERIOUS AS IT APPEARS OR AS WEVE UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE. (1). GOD CREATES NEED. IT MAY BE SO HARD FOR YOU TO BELIEVE THIS, YET, ITS MORE THAN A FACT THAT GOD CREATES NEED. THE BOOK OF EXODUS WAS FULL OF INSTANCES OF HOW GOD CREATES NEED; GOD GAVE THE ISRAELITES STRENGHT TO TREK GREAT DISTANCE, BUT HE WITHHELD WATER TO QUENCH THEIR THIRST. GOD ALSO GRANTED THEM GOOD HEALTH, BUT NO FOOD. THEIR HEARTFELT PROTEST WAS GREATLY OOZED IN EXODUS 16:3 ...FOR YE HAVE BROUGHT US FORTH INTO THIS WILDERNESS, TO KILL THIS WHOLE ASSEMBLY WITH HUNGER. PLEASE NOTE: NO HORMONAL DEFFICIENCY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MRS. SARAH ABRAHAMS BARRENESS. IT WAS PURELY GOD. ALL WAS WELL WITH HANNAH, EXCEPT THE FACT THAT GOD CREATED A NEED IN HER LIFE. IT IS GOOD FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT GOD IS GOOD (ALL THE TIME), ALSO KNOW THAT HE SELDOM CREATES NEED. OUR ILLUSION OF ATTRIBUTING EVERY NEED TO SATAN IS NOT ONLY WRONG, IT IS ALSO UNSCRIPTURAL. REMEMBER A MAN CAN RECEIVE NOTHING EXCEPT IT BE GIVEN HIM FROM HEAVEN (JN. 3:27). IF GOD OPENS A DOOR OF SURPLUS/NEED FOR YOU, WHAT COULD SATAN DO ABOUT IT - A MERE SPECTATOR. INDEED, GOD IS A CREATOR OF NEED. (2). YOUR NEED DOESNT DEFINE YOU. AND WHEN THE TEMPTER CAME TO HIM, HE SAID, IF THOU BE THE SON OF GOD, COMMAND THAT THESE STONES BE MADE BREAD (MATT. 4:3). SATAN WAS FOOLISH TO THE POINT OF LURING JESUS TO DEFINE HIMSELF BASED ON HIS IMMEDIATE NEED. THE FACT IS THIS, WHETHER JESUS CONVERTS THE STONE TO BREAD OR NOT, HE REMAINS THE SON OF GOD. SATAN OFTEN PLAY ON OUR DESPERATION DURING OUR SEASON OF NEED. IT PLAYS SEVERAL NOISY CLIPS OF JUNKS; IF YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD WHY ALL THESE DELAY AND DENIAL? IF YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD, WHY ARE YOU EXPERIENCING THIS/THAT? IF GOD ANSWERS PRAYER, WHY HAS HE NOT GRANTED YOUR AGED REQUEST? THESE LIST OF JUNKS COULD BE ENDLESS. JESUS KNEW THIS TRUTH; WHETHER STONE TURNS OR NOT, WHETHER PROVISION, MARRIAGE, JOB, COMES OR NOT, HE IS THE SON OF GOD. SAME WITH YOU, REGARDLESS OF SOME UNPALATABLE HAPPENINGS, REFUSE THE LIES OF DEVIL, NEVER ALLOW YOUR NEED TO DEFINE WHO YOU ARE. YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD! (3). GOD SATISFIES NEED. BUT MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS (PHIL. 4:19). THIS IS AN EUREKA THE CHILDREN OF GOD MUST BE ECSTATIC ABOUT. THE CREATOR OF NEED SAID HE WILL ALSO PROVIDE FOR THOSE CREATED NEEDS, NOT QUARTER PROVISION, HALF, BUT ALL! WHAT A MIGHTY GOD WE SERVE! DEPEND ON HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY. IT IS NOT A SIN TO BE NEEDY, NEITHER IS IT A CRIME. BUT IT IS A SIN FOR YOU TO GO AFTER ALTERNATIVE. WHATEVER SHORTCUT YOU FOLLOW OUTSIDE GOD,SUCH WILL SPELL YOUR DOOM. JUDAS ISCARIOT WANTED WEALTH AT ALL COST, HE GOT IT BUT COULDNT SPEND HIS SPOILS. GEHAZI WAS NOT A LEARNER TO GODS MISERIES, HE CARELESSLY CRUISED THROUGH THE PLEASE WAIT OF GOD, ALL HE GOT WAS A GENERATIONAL CURSE. BE INFORMED, SATAN HAS NOTHING GOOD TO OFFER YOU, DO NOT BEND THE RULES, NEVER BREAK THE WALL, PRECLUDE THE SERPENT FROM BITING YOU. NEED IS NOT SIN, ALLOW HE WHO CREATED IT TO ABUNDANTLY SATISFY YOU, MAY THE LORD SATISFY YOUR NEEDS TODAY. SHALOM...HM.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:27:14 +0000
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