TAKE ACTION

Most, if not all, of us have heard of this story but I would like to tell it, though it is not the exact way but paraphrased.

A certain village was experiencing drought for a while and one day, the villagers decided to meet for prayers. When they gathered at the appointed time, a little boy came with an umbrella. Eventually, it rained and when the boy was asked why he came with an umbrella, he replied “I believed it was going to rain and I did not want to get soaked”.

This is not just having faith but he also took action.

It is mostly at the point of action you receive your miracle. In most cases, it does not just stop at believing but taking a step that shows you really have faith. There are so many instances in the bible where people received their healing and miracles at the point of action. An example is the woman with the issue of blood for 12 years, “When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed." Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering” (Mark 5:27-29) (NIV).

She thought and believed she would be healed by touching His garment but if she had sat there with her thought or faith without acting by touching His garment, she would not have received her healing.

Even in most healing performed by Jesus, like that of the man who was crippled, He said to the cripple “Get up, take up your mat and walk” (John 5:8-10). If the man did not take that action and just sat there without trying to stand, he would not have received his healing.

If there is a job you are believing to get, you would not sit at home expecting them to bring your appointment letter to you; you have to go there and apply.

Taking an action shows God the level of your trust and He would not cut your expectation short; the bible says “without faith, it is impossible to please God”. When you have faith and go further by taking action, God will be pleased and not let your action or effort waste except that you seek is not His will.

Isaiah 54:2 says, would use the message version because I love the way it is written here, “Sing, barren woman, who has never had a baby. Fill the air with song, you who've never experienced childbirth! You're ending up with far more children than all those childbearing women." God says so! "Clear lots of ground for your tents! Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big! Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegs deep. You're going to need lots of elbow room for your growing family. You're going to take over whole nations; you're going to resettle abandoned cities. Don't be afraid — you're not going to be embarrassed. Don't hold back — you're not going to come up short. You'll forget all about the humiliations of your youth, and the indignities of being a widow will fade from memory. For your Maker is your bridegroom, his name, God-of-the-Angel-Armies! Your Redeemer is The Holy of Israel, known as God of the whole earth.” It says, spread out, think big and also, you are not going to be embarrassed because your maker is the God of the whole earth. This is an encouragement to take action, do not be afraid for He will bring that which you believe for to come to pass.

Is there an action you can take to buttress your faith? I suggest you take that action and receive your miracle. Faith is really important, it is actually the foundation upon which everything is built on but most times, we need to take action to receive the miracle. That thing you are expecting could be there already but without an action, you would not know.

Put your faith into action.

Remain blessed and I love you.

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YOU’VE BEEN AWAY FOR TOO LONG… IT’S TIME TO COME BACK (3)

Taking off from where we stopped in the previous post, talking about some factors that hinder us from coming back to Him quickly, we would discuss  one other factor and then conclude this series of it’s time to come back in today’s post.

Sometimes, when we fall into sin especially when it is something we’ve not done before, we see the sin as unpardonable, we feel we have done the worst of all and God will not forgive us or accept us back but that is not true because the love and blood of Jesus Christ is so powerful that it cleanses and blots out ALL and not some of our sins. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, though they are as crimson, they will be like wool (Isaiah 1: 18)”. There is one interesting thing about God’s love for us; even though you deny Him, He can never deny you. Let us look at the scenario of a father and his son, no matter what a son does to his father, he may be disowned but he would still bear the father’s name and the blood of his father would still run in his vein. This is how it is with God, once we are His, we are His. Sin will not make Him deny you or disown you, all you need do is go to Him and say “Father, I am sorry” genuinely and the relationship is restored. The blood of Jesus can never run dry, it’s been shed and is still there, flowing like a fountain.

I used to live with a whole lot of guilt because of the stuffs I used to do then, did certain things to the extent it became normal, like they were not wrong and this kept me away from God, this made things really unstable in my life. It was after then I found out that unconfessed sins do not only lead to guilt but it also makes you have this feeling (permit me to express this exactly how I felt then) that i have done the worst, God is so angry and displeased with me, He wont forgive me.When i have this feeling, i go on committing that particular sin with the excuse of “I have done it already before, doing it again does not change anything. Since it is the same thing, I will ask for His forgiveness later when and if the need to arises”. Dunno if you’ve ever felt this way. This is actually the devil at work here, bringing up the guilt and making you see yourself as not being worthy of standing before God or coming to His presence. When I decided to really give the Holyspirit a chance in my life, I discovered that it is better and safer to repent of a sin immediately, I discovered it does not take God up to a second to forgive you once you come to Him in true repentance.

When the devil comes to you with all forms of accusations, remind him of the love and blood of Jesus, then remind him also of his future. At least we have the redemption by the blood of Jesus but as for him, there is no hope at all for him, he would be locked up forever. (Revelation 20:10).

Ultimately, living with sin would lead to hell when one dies or when the rapture takes place. For we know not the hour the son of God will come neither do we know when we would die, we do not pray for death but we have to be prepared at all times for the unexpected. So many people who are dead did not plan to die neither did they know they would die at that time.

Let go of that guilt now, just go to God with a genuinely repentant heart, confess your sins and ask Him for mercy and grace to live above sin. It does not take up to a second, once you do this, the blood cleanses you immediately and you would know this because you would feel this inner peace and happiness within you. 

I'm not going to write a specific prayer of forgiveness for you to make, just go to Him and apologize truly, use words that express how truly sorry you are. You must not make this prayer in the church or in front of the altar during an altar call, you can do this right there where you are, in your office, your closet, even while walking; all that matters is the state of your heart not the environment. 

There are some songs I love listening to that gives me assurance of the cleansing power of His blood and His forgiveness. Here are some of the songs and their artists, you can search them out on the net and download them:

I just want you – By Planetshakers

But the blood – By Kirk Franklin

The blood – By Gateway worship

Come home running – By Chris Tomlin

Have Mercy – By Out of Eden

No one Else Knows – By Building 429

Remain blessed and I love you.

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