Thoughts for another day







September 16, 2010






Today's verse: Isaiah 66:5. Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. (KJV)


(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)






Sometimes we the servants of God have a problem with the people of the world who usually do not believe in God the way we do. The reason is that things of the world are so mesmerizing that nothing else seems to be of any importance, leave alone the things of God which are not even seen. Moreover, man seems to have a solution for everything in life, isn't it?






Closeness with God often puts you in direct confrontation with your people, particularly your family who aren't well versed in God and His ways. This is because His ways and the ways of the world which your people adopt and believe in, do not match. Let's take for instance the subject of insurance in today's times. If you trust God and are devoted to Him whole-heartedly, then you understand that God is your insurance and echo what David said, 'My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.' Ps. 73:26 so, what need have I of insurance? Now when you don't buy an insurance policy, your peers and friends will laugh at you and scorn you saying, look at that fool, he doesn't believe in insurance and therefore his family will have to suffer for his foolishness! They don't realize that life is in His hands and He is the final authority on these things and He it is who fends for people; for remember, no matter what plans you make, He can undo them completely.






Someday, God will attend to you and heed your requests and then as our Scripture says today, He shall appear to give you that awesome joy in your heart and then will all your antagonists be shamed and hide themselves. Yes, when God proves His hand to you, then the denizens of this world will know that there is a God in heaven, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the One True God who was, who is and who is to come. And you know what? Your joy will be complete for you will be proven by Him whose proof none can detract.