Make It Matter Earlier on this week, the shocking departure of Dr Myles Munroe was announced in the media. He was one of the pastors I got to know of while we were under the tutelage of our previous pastor. Dr Myles and Mama Ruth were regular guest ministers at our church then and we were privileged to be invited out to dinner with them alongside our pastors. Two major things that made this man of God stand out in my mind were his level of intelligence and his massive personality. As I, alongside the whole world reflected on the departure of this man, I watched a clip where Dr Myles was interviewed and asked the question; if you look back at your life, what do you regret or find difficult to handle? To which Dr Myles answered that he does not have any regrets. According to him, he just has learning points. He ensures he makes every experience matter. He takes time to learn from every situation and use such lessons. For me, one of such lessons was what I learnt after we got married and we were praying to have a baby. Though it was for a relatively short period of time in the scheme of things, we waited, we experienced the anxieties that come with waiting anxiously for a promise from God. While waiting, God gave us a scripture in psalm 102:13, (it says - you will arise and have mercy on Zion, for the time to show her favour, the appointed time has come) which we literarily had to stand on despite all evidence against what we wanted. At the end of the day, the word of God prevailed and our reality matched our belief in Gods word. We had our baby boy. This situation matters even much more because of what we have done with it over the years. I have used our story and the same bible verse as a source of encouragement to over 20 people who have since received their promises; mainly those desiring children; but there have been others who have used this same principle to receive other promises from God. Like Dr Myles said, whenever we go through a situation, the purpose of it as well as the people we can help with our experience should be our focus. Gods word says Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face problems of many kinds. James 1:2 To consider something tough pure joy is a decision. We can go through tough times with joy or with sadness and heaviness of heart. But what we need to be aware of is that we daily get situations that give us a chance to learn and teach others. The chance to do that is however a product of a personal decision; so I will admonish you to make every problem or even every victory matter. As sad as the death of Dr Myles Munroe and his beautiful wife, Ruth is; I know a day will come when we will all see the lesson in this and it will matter indeed. If you are going through a painful or difficult experience, firstly I pray for you that it will soon pass and secondly I want to remind you to let all the pain count for something; Make It Matter. God is on your side! PB
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:25:42 +0000
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