WHY MIXED WITH PERSECUTION? Why should the blessing be with persecution I asked? Jesus said, Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life. Mark 10:29-30 God’s rewards for all who would sacrifice all to follow Him would be an hundred fold of whatsoever they have left; job, family, money, land, buildings etc. but mixed with persecution. What’s the role of persecution in the reward from God I inquired? My spirit reminded me of one of my mother’s farm, the plants on some sections of the farm appear greener, fresher, and comelier but during harvest, there are no fruitage. The cassava and yam will have no tubers; the corns will have no seeds inside its elegant and robust shell. What’s the reason for this fruitfulessness? Is it because it wasn’t fertilized? No, the reason is that these plants grew up under the part of land that was covered by a big Mango tree. This mango tree shields these plants from the scorching rays of the sun and as a result these plants look prosperous because they are greenish and comely but they are fruitless. Just like the scorching sun makes plant produces fruitage so does afflictions and persecutions makes us fruitful in life. Don’t be afraid of persecutions, they came so that you might bear fruit and that your fruit might abide. Every person that ever became relevant to his/her generation will have the tale of a scorching heat to tell you. God won’t allow the affliction that would destroy you come any closer to you, any affliction that comes, came so that you might be fruitful and multiply in relevance to God and this generation. God bless you. Pastor Promise Ikpe Share the word To be getting these messages on whatsapp please add +2348081330585
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 10:58:53 +0000