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Aug. 31, 2009

Today's verse: Ps. 19:13. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. (KJV)
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Here is a prayer of David in the psalm, where he asks the Lord to keep him from willful sins. David as you know, understood God probably more than anyone else in the Old Testament and one thing he clearly knew is that sin could be a dreadful block to God. And David also knew that with sin, the blessings of God were blocked in his life.

Like David, we too need to know that it’s our sins that keep us away from God’s immense blessings and inhibit His power in our lives. One may ask, why does sin block God’s power? Though difficult to answer from the human perspective, I’d say that the purity of God doesn’t allow the stain of sin to come anywhere close to it. Sin is also offensive to God and He doesn’t cast His glance at any sin. When this happens in your life, it is anathema for God to look at you and therefore your prayer remains unanswered.

Hence, we too must pray that God keep us away from sins which are so predominant in our lives as to seem to be no sin. In fact, sometimes we feel that by committing a certain kind of sin, we are doing good to the person at whom it is aimed, but is it really? I’d rather say that the purity of our hearts is stained when we malign someone, even if in some way we want that person to change; unless it is done in secret and in love. Our worst offenses are those that we don’t mind committing because we’re so used to it like for example lying or talking ill about others or rumor mongering.

My brothers and sisters, let us, approaching the throne of Grace refrain from doing that which hurts our Lord, so that when we look up to Him we can behold the joy in His eyes; then we can rest assured that our prayers will be answered.

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Aug. 28, 2009

Today's verse: Heb. 4:16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. (KJV)
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The driving power for attainment in one’s life is God’s Grace. His Grace is His own definition of Presence in our lives and it is the way to do things. Powerfully and without any restraint! Grace doesn’t withhold anything nor is Grace unable to extract or assemble the way we think. It’s just that our application of Grace is sometimes wrong as is our devotion to God sometimes when it takes an ‘out of the path’ detour.

Grace is God’s weapon of mass construction. With Grace seemingly impossible things, though still seemingly impossible, become very possible or shall I say ‘doable’. Grace scoffs at the devil’s suggestion that you are barking up the tree of futility and will not achieve it. Grace resounds with … It’s possible, it’s possible, it’s possible! For those of us understanding the springing symbol of Grace, will know that God has the answer for every prayer embedded in the dna of the stream of Grace sent by Him and that is why God told Paul, …My Grace is sufficient for you. 2 Cor. 12:9.

But we hesitate in coming to God for His Grace and the reasons could be varied. The first is, we don’t really believe in the power of Grace; but were Grace weak, God wouldn’t have told Paul what He did. Then again we may question and say, Would Grace be sufficient to tide over my crisis? Yes, of course, God’s guarantee is in His Grace. Grace is like the latent atom bomb. You need to take it and release it and it starts a reaction which triggers miracles in your life and works things in your favor and the wonderful thing is it is in the way God wants… so you are well within the realm of God’s will.

And hence as Paul says, Let us approach the Mighty throne of Grace that we may get His mercy, and with His Grace counter difficulties. Yes, my friend, today, pledge allegiance to His Grace and know that it will work wonders in your life.

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Aug. 27, 2009

Today's verse: 1 Pet. 1:18, 19. Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: (KJV)
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When I think about it, the graciousness of God that is, I can’t help but wonder how He redeemed us from our sins; rather from our deplorable and shocking situation. God did not use any object He had created to redeem us. Rather, He Himself came down from Heaven as a mortal…imagine this, He came in the form of His own creature to understand us, to help us understand Him, to believe in Him, to have confidence in Him, to move with and talk to Him and then finally give His life for us.

How precious is the sacrifice on Calvary on which was slain the Lamb of God, the very Christ of His covenant, the Holy Redeemer of the nation of Israel and thereto, the whole world. Imagine the blood shed on the Cross and even at the scourging pillar. That pure blood which signaled that the world was to be washed by it and it did, washing away the entire sins of mankind, across ages and time. Someone once very nicely said, that even a drop of the blood was enough to wash away the entire sins of all time of the human race.

You know, how base we should feel when we think of this. Even in the manner of love He had for us that He died for us, even when we were in the pit and even when we did not cry out to Him from there. Our Saviour Jesus, suffered terribly for our sake and even at that did not stop, yet bore the Cross and the humiliation and suffered the ignominy of being hung before the thousands who had come to Jerusalem in complete shame, this when He knew He was innocent and He also had the power to destroy every figment of mankind at a Word!

My friend, today let’s pray for each other that we may understand that it cost God much to bring about our salvation and it is a great privilege for us that we have Him as our God. Bow to Him today.

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Aug. 26, 2009

Today's verse: Amos 3:3. Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (KJV)
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Today’s verse is a question aimed at our common sense. It says that if two are not agreed principally in one ‘commonness’, then they cannot walk together. Which means that if they aren’t agreed, they cannot have a common pool of thought from which they can both gather and nourish each other? And that my friend is also pertinent when it concerns God and us.

Look at it this way, God and we cannot be together if we don’t principally belong to the same thought pattern. And in this case it has to be the pattern of God because God knows all. He knows the beginning from the end and each deep thought we may have and so therefore it is important we peg our lives to His ways and share His thoughts even as we walk with Him, so that we can be nourished and fed by Him. Sometimes, we may thump our ideas on God and want to have our own ways. God being what He is, compassionate and longsuffering, allows our ways for a while; of course it doesn’t mean He changes to accommodate our limited and erroneous thinking, but that He gives us enough leeway so we understand our fallacious ways and then trudge back to Him.

Eventually, we learn that He is right and we walk according to His ways. But while all that is happening, we wonder why we weren’t with Him initially itself rather than learn and then agree and walk with Him. The difference between humans walking together and God and us walking together is that with humans, we can many times walk in our methods because we are walking with another frail human and depending on the circumstances, one or both could be right and it could be anybody. But we know that when we walk with God, He is always right as His wisdom and brain-scape are immense and infinite. How can we compare our ‘miniscuality’ with Him? We learn then that we are to align our thinking to God’s way and then agreeing, walk with Him so that He can lead us from one step of glory to another, Amen?

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Aug. 24, 2009

Today's verse: 2 Pet. 1:21. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. (KJV)
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At some time or other you’d have heard, someone ‘prophesying’ and saying dramatic things about what will happen to you, things that will of course, please you! Now, woe be me if I say that all who prophesy are doing it to please men for there’re many who speak God’s Word in truth and what I like about these people is, they stare you in the eye and cut you with their acerbic words telling things that aren’t pleasant, though they’re from God. Look at the O T prophets, e.g. Jeremiah and particularly, ch. 28. What a contrast between Jeremiah and the other ‘prophets’.

Genuine prophecy as it comes from God is crystal clear and doesn’t have any bearing on what the message is and men of God prophesy it correctly. To be honest, I too many times am inclined to tell the people before me a certain prophecy which to be honest is in their favor. Again I then pray to God to honor my Word (expecting Him to honor it, else I’m angry with Him for not answering my prayer – a prayer which is more to affirm what I said as being from Him!) What creeps we are, so called men of God that we stoop to such levels. I must castigate myself too as I fall into the same class of people.

The True Word of God is one which as Peter says, is uttered by men when moved by the Holy Spirit. It’s meant to be a forewarning or fore-informing people about things to happen as from God. Through it these men never sought glory for themselves but for God Almighty. Today, if you are in trouble or in a situation of discomfort, I can only deliver you a Word from the Bible which is comfort giving, because His Words are eternal and just as It worked then in that situation in the Bible, it will work in your situation too; but never will I say that look in three days’ time your problems will vanish, unless in my spirit, I feel God’s Spirit telling me to tell you the same. And it is through the happening of what was prophesied, that a true prophet will be known. As for the rest of them, it’s clear, they aren’t God’s emissaries.

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Aug. 21, 2009

Today's verse: Lk. 22:32. But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. (KJV)
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To understand this better, I’d request you put yourself in Peter’s shoes as Jesus utters this statement. Before this too, they’d celebrated Passover; but never was it like this. A softness and pensiveness had entered the Lord; it was like a man with a premonition of his death, seeking forgiveness from his wife, family, etc. He spoke of His suffering when breaking bread and blessing wine; it was getting to be rather special and very moving.

Peter probably wondered: just a few days before everything was great. Jesus’ stature was growing day to day, notwithstanding the Pharisees and the priests who were baying for His blood. More and more people were coming to Him and seeking healing and ascribing to Him, the glory due Him. But that evening, the all powerful Son of God, Jesus had changed. He seemed to hold a fear of powerlessness. Besides, it was also as if He was giving them instructions about what they should do when He was gone and to their uninitiated minds it was difficult to digest. Confusion crept into Peter’s mind. He was thinking what might happen, when suddenly Jesus turned to him and made a stunning forecast, one that filled Peter with distaste. He was Peter the invincible and a strong personality. Then how could the Lord tell him that Satan would sift him, he who was willing to die for Him?

Understand the Words Jesus told Him. Jesus knows our weaknesses and also that we’re mere humans who’ll stray now and then. At times we may stray so much, that turning back may seem impossible; and in that context, Jesus’ words to Peter make much sense. Even when we sin to the extent of even discounting His very Presence, let’s remember He’s praying for us. He’s also praying that after we go through that stage, we in turn should strengthen and fortify our brothers who face similar situations.

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Aug. 17, 2009

Today's verse: 2 Chr. 10:15. So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, (KJV)
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God’s purposes; how many times have you had to listen to these two words and express your helplessness at the way God functions in your life?

Many of us people have many expectations of God. Many of us also firmly believe that He is able to deliver, no matter what we ask of Him. He does deliver the day to day food and other things we need but there are so many more things we need and we pray for them. God however, doesn’t seem to answer. It’s very intriguing when we find God doesn’t seem to answer our prayers and very often we’re really at our wit’s end trying to figure out what to do.

I have experienced this my friend and to be honest, I have even shouted at God in exasperation and frustration. Being a man of God and speaking His Word doesn’t mean we’re shielded from God’s ways and many don’t understand us when we express our pain, as people feel we need to bear with whatever God sends us, which we do, but it can be painful, just as it is for you. Be that as it may, it brings us to the question as to why does God not keep us in peace all the time?

If you read this verse above, it says God allowed it so that He could perform His Word. So too, I guess, God allows many discomforting things to happen to us because there is a greater pleasure reserved for us. I for one know that it’s to be in this world only unlike what many say, in the next world. What the good thing is, we do not know. All we need to do is trust Him and keep to His Word and I’m saying this as much for me as for you, for let me ask you, if it is not to the Lord, who else can we go to?

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Aug. 14, 2009

Today's verse: Eze. 12:28. Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD. (KJV)
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Haven’t you wondered why when you have held on to a Word from God, you’ve not had any answer though you waited and waited? I have and just as a child would sulk when he or she was refused something, I too sulked with my Father in heaven, very upset that He had not granted me my request.

But eventually, I realized that He did grant my request, maybe not in the way I wanted, but certainly the net effect was the same. God has told us that we should ask Him in prayer whatever we need and He will grant it to us. That promise of God stands even today. There is nothing God says which He doesn’t do. That is because when He says a thing, He means it and when He means it, He does it. That is why we need to hold on to His promises.

God is patient and merciful. God would sure hold our requests in His hands and send the answer, but many times, we aren’t ready to receive from His hand or perhaps if we were to receive that which we asked, we would not be able to hold it and for some reason which we wouldn’t know, it would lead to a major disaster later. Sometimes, we don’t get what we asked but something else and that is because we are not able to see beyond the immediate future, whereas God has seen it all and having seen it, He grants that something else which displeases us; but in the future we realize that what He did was the best.

In our verse today, God very clearly says that He will act. It is a great reassurance for us who wait for His action time and again and we will rejoice when He does act for then, we will know that we are His children to whom His promises hold true.

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Aug. 13, 2009

Today's verse: Mk. 4:40. And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? (KJV)
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I write this under divine inspiration and also in the context of the pandemic, ‘swine flu’.

You child of God on earth, who’s seeing the pandemic everywhere and fretting whether you will be a victim, don’t fear; be of good courage and learn from Him. For NOTHING SHALL HAPPEN TO YOU. When Jesus said the Words of our above verse, He was aghast at the lack of faith in His disciples. They’d been with Him, moved with Him, yet didn’t trust Him to be in control of the situation, perhaps because He was asleep. The same story is seen time and again among us. We’ve seen God’s action in our lives yet, run scared when faced with a bit of difficulty, particularly if it’s concerning life and death.

In the lives of believers, the operative word is ‘FAITH’. We believe and that’s why we’re believers. Every Grace of God is sent to us because of our faith. Of course, we needn’t boast of our faith for that too is a gift of God. And it’s faith (or belief) that delivers us from the toughest situations. Faith has the ability to do the impossible. The Bible says, ‘Faith is expecting what we hope for and perceiving what we cannot see as real!’ (Heb. 11:1). Have faith and you’ll see the impossible. Jesus Himself said (Mt. 17:20), ‘If you have faith, the size of a mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain to be moved and it will be moved.’ Jesus would’ve perhaps demonstrated it but moving the mountain may have caused problems so didn’t do it, but yes, He cursed a fig tree and it withered.

Faith in God is great. When you hold it up, God’s awesome power starts operating. It’s able to bring into existence that which doesn’t exist for e.g., the home you’ve always desired. It removes hurdles that block your path e.g. the wall of Jericho. It quickens the cells and destroys the germs therein or even the germs in the air; take Peter’s mother in law, who just by His touch was healed or even the woman with the issue of blood! Faith achieves much and is able to see the invisible. Imagine that thing in your vision and it becomes a reality. To speak about myself, I have seen a huge Ministry for myself; yet today, I see nothing…not even one person with me. Frankly, I see the exact opposite, but I remember Joseph, he too experienced the exact opposite. But what’s ordained by God happens. So too with each one of us. And again the operative word is ‘faith’.
If you or one of your own is unwell due to some flu or swine flu, don’t worry. Keep faith as your shield and God will do the rest. Just pray and hold the community in prayer.

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Aug. 12, 2009

Today's verse: 2 Tim. 1:8. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; (KJV)
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A long time ago, though I’d carry the Bible, I’d not dare open it when traveling in the train. On my cell phone, I’ve the picture of Jesus and when I get a call, I feel that I should handle it in such a way that others don’t see the picture. But, my zeal for God has enabled me to make Jesus known to others in some way, perhaps in affirming a moral truth or in His sovereignty. This may not tantamount to proclaiming the Gospel because I believe it not to be the appropriate moment for I hold that the Spirit of God will tell me when the appropriate moment comes to preach the Word. But what embarrasses and irritates me is my hesitation to show that I’m possessed of the Lord and that I follow Him in my quest for eternal life. And when I see people of other faiths like the muslims and hindus declaring their faiths boldly even in the way they dress, remorse runs through me and I turn to the Lord praying I face no lack of blessing as a consequence.

This I’m sure is not only my story but yours too, because the devil makes us sometimes a little too scared to display our affections for the Lord or talk about Him. What I really cringe to hear is that many Christians out there do not even know they’ve got to talk about Jesus Christ and spread His Gospel message.

Paul in His letter to Timothy urges him and us today, to not be ashamed of testifying about Jesus. This is critical because if we believe in Him, we are honored by the fact that even knowing Him a bit is a great privilege. The world will be saved in knowing Jesus and accepting Him as Savior. If we just are aware of Him and do nothing to get to know Him or make Him known to the world, then to be called Christian is an embarrassment. Many of us take this lightly, but He says that come the time for reckoning, He’ll say to us, ‘I never knew you, depart from me you evildoers’ Mt. 7:23. Peter when reprimanded about His preaching Jesus said, ‘It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard’ Acts. 4:18-20. It is wholly imperative that we do His work and not be ashamed to speak about Jesus for in that we do His work unto eternity.

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Aug. 10, 2009

Today's verse: Eccl. 5:1. Keep your foot [give your mind to what you are doing] when you go [as Jacob to sacred Bethel] to the house of God. For to draw near to hear and obey is better than to give the sacrifice of fools [carelessly, irreverently] too ignorant to know that they are doing evil. (Amplified. Copyright acknowledged)
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Reverence to God for most people today, is more ritualistic than actually meeting God. You may say I’m judging, but the goal of my writing is more to exhort you and others to really go to the House of God to seek and meet Him which is the primary aim of the Spirit of God in bringing you to His House. Unfortunately, for most people, it’s a touch and miss situation. Partaking in all rituals whole-heatedly they yet (my God bless them) are far from God; they delight in vain repetitions which they deem to be prayers and chant many things to appease themselves. But to God, there isn’t an iota of glory. That’s why Jesus said, they didn’t recognize the time of their visitation! And also, these people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far away.

While on this, I’d say, perhaps most people don’t know God, though if I were to ask, ‘do you know God?’ I’d certainly get an ‘aye’, full house! There’s a thing called ‘pompous’ faith which deludes pretty strongly hence the ‘aye’ comes forth. That’s the whole problem and it doesn’t invite a solution because here, the mouth affirms there’s faith, while the subconscious knows there’s none yet the mouth being more vociferous, prevails. Hence, today’s verse comes to remind us that when we go to the House of God, it’s better to humbly draw near to hear and obey His command, rather than be content we’ve given big sacrifices which avail nothing, for what can you give to the One to whom everything belongs?

Lighting a few candles or kneeling before an image is of no use if the heart isn’t before God. It’s like a dead body worshipping. Today, if our devotion to Him is erroneous, let’s implore the Spirit of God to set us right before our God so that we’re not subject to His wrath but rather become eligible for His many blessings which He yearns to give us provided we come to Him with humble and empty hearts. That will be greater sacrifice by far, than one of many worldly riches.

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Aug. 7, 2009

Today's verse: Amos 9:6. It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. (KJV)
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To draw the dimensions of the greatness and massiveness of God is difficult. If I were to imagine some picture of Him, say Him treading the circle of the earth, then comes along another picture, like Him keeping His foot on the earth as it is His footstool, then comes another and another and another and you finally tell Him, ‘Lord, how can I, a finite being define Your infiniteness’. I can understand the predicament of the people in Jesus’ time when He made the sick well, and then He healed the lame, the crippled, and opened the eyes of even him who was born blind. Then suddenly as they lamented Jairus’ daughter’s death, He comes and raises her. I can imagine the plight of those who were with Him when He raised the son of the widow of Nain or even Lazarus.

His followers were also shocked when He stilled the storm saying, ‘Be Quiet!’ just like that. Of course Jesus was but a man, yet he did all these things. How much more will He do now when He’s ascended and reigning at the right hand of the Father? And it brings me back to the ‘Amazing Power of God’. Really amazing no? Just think of something and it is there or it happens. What amazing power. God is so powerful. Our verse today, consolidates the impression of His power in my mind and I can see how He strides both Heaven and earth and commands the waters of the sea to pour them out on the surface of the earth as rain! Anything and everything is within His control, even stopping the earth in its tracks without it being able to either rotate or revolve!

The previous and following verses, give us an impression of God’s wrath and His power. We’re all subject to His wrath because we’ve sinned. But there comes His Son Jesus and takes away our sins leaving us sinless and pure; then we are His inheritance and we will be His children unto eternity; to be with Him, love Him and worship Him.

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Aug. 6, 2009

Today's verse: Rev. 8:4. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. (KJV)
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I pray; daily. I ask, or I could say, implore. And then God takes His time. I wait and wait and wait and still no answer. What am I to make of it? Yes, on the sidelines, sometimes I say, ‘Lord, why don’t You answer my prayer, why do You turn Your face from me?’ Isn’t this the story of many Christian brothers and sisters? In Ps. 88 v 14, A part of my prayer echoes sacred scripture (Ps. 88 v 14), where the psalmist says, ‘LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?’ Ah dear saint of God, even the dearest of the Lord are put in the pit. But it doesn’t end there. There is a rising from the pit as David sings, ‘I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill.’

The faithfulness of the Lord never wanes. His ears never tire hearing our prayers. Oh how He loves that His saints prosper, that His people rise above and reign, yes reign even on earth. Doesn’t a father on earth like that his child rise up above others? How much more, our Heavenly Father? All humiliation, all insult all sin He cast on His Son, who bore them so we needn’t bear them. We who are filthy and not fit to even touch his slippers are embraced by Him; remember the scene, the father of the prodigal son runs when he sees his son in the distance and then embraces, the ragamuffin, good for nothing, wastrel. Yeah my dear one in the Lord, even so is the Lord our God.

As to our prayers, they’re offered along with the smoke of the incense and they are a pleasant perfume before the Almighty. They’re fine aroma that tingle His heart and He stretches forth His hand and gives…gives much, only, do we have the faith to receive?

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Aug. 5, 2009

Today's verse: 1 Sa. 16:7. for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. (KJV)
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I heard this amazing story some days back. The new president of the country was sitting on the occasion of the national day. His ministers brought forward ten prisoners, of which, the one he chose according to the law he had formulated, would be released. One by one the he saw the men. He then told them to bring one man forward. As he was brought forward, the president got up, went to one unkempt man with dirty clothes and looked at him closely. Suddenly he grasped his hand and embraced him.

Between the two they exchanged some sentences rapidly and both were crying and embracing each other. After some time, the president came forward bringing the man and told the shocked crowd, ‘If today I am the President, it is because of this man.’ ‘Long ago, when I was little, I was hungry and about to rob a store, when this man also of my age caught me. He told me not to rob and he helped me with the little money he got for food, education and everything else and always propped me up telling me that one day I would become great. The most important thing he told me is that he had faith in me. I came from a very very poor family yet what this man told me struck me…he had faith in me! It was the first time someone told me such a thing and I decided to work hard, very hard and today I have become something. The shocked people asked him how he recognized the man after so many years and he said, ‘I looked at his eyes. Everything else about him has changed but his eyes, they’re the same!’

My friend, long before you came to be on earth, you were before God and even today, you’re the same before Him. Your heart which provides your character, is sheathed with the outer earthen vessel, yet it is the same and God looks at your heart. No matter the years that go by, your heart doesn’t change and He will recognize you by your heart. If He has seen you as a crook, your outward pretenses will not color what He has seen. They may fool men, but not God. And likewise, if your heart is seen by Him to be good, no matter what ditch life has cast you in, you still are pure in His sight.

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Aug. 4, 2009

Today's verse: Na. 1:3. The LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. (KJV)
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The LORD God is with amazing strength. He created the universe and spans the length and breadth of the world. He makes the winds and the gigantic waves by His power. The massive streaks of lightning with amazing electric current are His handiwork. He rules over the frightening thunders and sets the stars on their course. He holds the sun in His palms and strokes it to give even brighter light to His creation on earth and He fondles the face of the earth so that it becomes re-vitalized and produces abundantly.

No matter the number of humans on earth, God is able to feed them all. His power and imagination are so vast we can’t even comprehend them. At a glance God is able to give the minutest details of any living being on earth, whether an ant moving laboriously up the slippery bark of a tree in the wetlands or a gigantic elephant romping around in some deciduous forest. God knows so much about everything, even the total number of the hair on our heads. He knows when the cells multiply and even when they decay and are discarded. He knows each and every cancerous cell in the body and can destroy each one if He chooses. God knows if you are bluffing or you’re serious, so much so that God even knows before you are going to do an act, the result of it!

There isn’t anything under the sun He isn’t aware of and He moves all and sundry into positions of comfort for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. When He treads upon the span of the universe, the whirlwinds are but little strokes in the hands of the Master, which He gently sends their way and the huge clouds, pregnant with water, looming ominously in the sky in the middle of the monsoons are but, as the Word says, dust at His feet! Imagine the greatness of our God. Aren’t you and I soooo privileged in having a God like Him Who yet comes to us in human form and dies for us. Get to know Him and love and worship Him, it’s good for eternal life.

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Aug. 3, 2009

Today's verse: Ezek. 37:27. My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (KJV)
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In the Bible, you’ll see one wish of God running throughout. And that’s His great desire of being with us. Makes me wonder; do we know the preciousness and pricelessness of our God and how we are so close to Him all the time. The problem is we are blissfully unaware of God and His ways. And the even greater problem I see, is that we want to remain that way.

In our verse today, he affirms that His Dwelling Place will be with us and that He will be our God and we shall be His people. If we know God and this Word of His, we must cherish it because this is a sense of ownership that God confirms. Don’t I know what it means to be owned by God? And see, the beauty of it all is that God wants to own us even though we are dirty and filthy. That’s what our soul’s are like, if I may clarify, and God sees us that way. Yet, there are two things that blur God’s vision and He sees us as pure and holy…those two are: one, His love and two, the blood of His Son. These two make us look beautiful in His sight.

He loves us so much that He is willing to take possession of us. Would you ever take under your roof a dirty, mangled and messed up pet? But God, yes, no matter how messy we are, He wants to be with us. The message in Ezekiel may prompt us to say that it applied for the Jews, but at that time, the Jews had committed gross sin and been exiled and then God gives the Word. See the love of our God who ignores His personal angst and pain at the sins we commit, but stretches His canopy of love over us always. Isn’t He worth worshipping and praising? Hallelujah.