Grateful

Rhythms of Grace

Grace...That has been playing on my mind since last night. Of late been fretting and worrying so much about tomorrow and then suddenly it dawned on me; I have no control about tomorrow and no amount of analyzing, fretting, planning can change what is to be. To make it even better, God has it all in control, He is working behind the scenes.

Somehow I Know and am assured that whatever happens it will work out for good eventually. This good I must admit is not easily seen in the middle of a dry season but then there is that believe, that hope, that peace that the good book calls peace that surpasses all human understanding.

I just couldn’t help staring at the birds today, on the bare trees they hardly looked sheltered and yet God does provide for them, surely how much more will he be there for me .After all I am made in His own image.

Matt 6:25-35

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food and the body more important than clothes? Look up at the birds of the air they do not sow or reap or store away barns and yet your heavenly father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

Just how amazing is our God, full of grace and splendour. I know the flesh is bound to get the better of me and push me to the long train of thoughts…but that doesn’t take away the sovereignty of my God and the assurance of  my future because of His great love and grace. He is surely worthy.

PLEADING OUR CASE BEFORE GOD

Just like lawyers quote acts/legal documents to present their cases we need the word of God to declare His promises in our life.

Jesus overcame temptation by using the word of God. Luke 4.1ff .We can overcome and win temptation and storms in our lives if we know how to plead our case. God depends on us to come back to Him with His word. He is calling us not to just stand on His word but to remind Him of his work on our behalf.

Isaiah 43:26 “Put me in remembrance, let us plead together, and declare that you may be justified.” This calls for us to know the word of God, our law, God can only rule in our favour if our case is based on His precedence, His word.

1 John 3:22-23 “And whatever we ask, we receive of him because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.”

The above calls for us to know what the word is telling us to do, then declare it in our lives’ revisit it and keep claiming the word against what the devil is saying.

Reading the word and meditating on it also helps to birth a vision in our lives. In studying the word you see how it ought to be, God lays a burden in our hearts and shows us how to deal with it. The word further strengthens us when we are ridiculed or discourages teaching us how to respond to threats and challenges in life.

Problems are most times opportunities to make us stronger in Christ but without the word as our anchor we miss out on our blessings.

This is of course easily said than done especially with life’s demands and living life on the fast lane but the word gives one of the Holy Spirit’s name as Advocate. John 14:15-17 “...And i will ask the father and He will give you another advocate who will never leave you. He is the holy spirit who leads us in truth.”

Wow with the Holy Spirit as our advocate, Favour will only stop when we accept the devil’s accusations, so come on together with your advocate start applying some of those promises. Psalm 23 is a good place to start. “The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want...”

Learning To Be A Thankful People.

It must be true that True thankfulness is a sacrifice.Just look back at the times you have said "thank you",Was it a matter of courtesy or was it a genuine expression of your gratefulness?
Whatever the case,it is important that we learn to be a thankful people. It is not only important in our day to day relationship with people but also with God.
Thankfulness should be a nature act for believers.
The great king David was always thankful.In 1 Chronicles 16:4, David appointed some of the levites to lead the worship of the Lord,the God of Israel infront of the convenant Box by singing and praising Him.
At all times,we have something to be grateful about.Our happiness should not depend on a set of circumstances but on the attitude.
Our God wills that we should be thankful. Fair enough right now you may not have enough 'money' for what you want but what about that person who doesn't even have the basic needs.Surely some gratefulness should be shown for the little we have.

2010

I declare this year as a blessed year.
A year when my dreams will become true in the name of our Lord Jesus.
The year I start living My life.
The year that destiny is fulfilled.

First quarter has been really good,i have pushed myself to conquer even when i should have failed or given up.
I have seen some of my dreams already start to materialise and naturally sometimes i have been stopped in my footsteps.
The best thing though is i haven't let the negative stop me,instead i have pushed on trying to see things from God's point of view,not always easy but am keeping the focus on things above.

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.We are the one's we have been waiting for.We are the change that we seek." Obama