Throwing God a Party Instead of Quitting

The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life' worries, riches, and pleasures and they do not mature. Luke 5:14
God' word to us is as valid as a cheque already cashed when we hold onto it with everything we’ve got.

The scripture made it clear that His promises are yes, and they are amen (certain).
The devil is fully aware of this that is why he would stop at nothing until he gets you to quit holding on to God' promises for your life.
We must realize that challenges are part of the Christian walk.


They are there not because we’re too weak, or because of what we have failed to do, but simply because of the fact that the devil is afraid of us.
Our presence reminds him of his defeat and his future in hell.


This is why he is trying to stop us by bringing into our space so many distractions.
Instead of quitting on your big dreams with God because someone is afraid of you, why not call a party and celebrate it.

He did it with Adam at the Garden of Eden and succeeded in dislodging him of his inheritance in God.

Until he showed up at the garden, Adam had no worries about being as wise as God. 

Eve never had to stress about where their next meal is coming from. The couple was so busy enjoying God's presence that they had no need for anything.

They were living in the fulfillment of God's promises until they allowed the ideas of the devil to choke the very word spoken to them by God.

Although the devil is out to get us, he will never be able to unless we let down our security system (God's word to us).

Oh! How I love the scripture in Proverb 18:10.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower ... .

The devil cannot get a child of God unless he first get him / her out of God's presence.
As long as we remain in His presence it doesn’t matter how low we may be feeling we will never know failure.

Refuse to be moved, and keep pressing into His presence by reminding yourself of His word concerning you.

Come to think of it, the devil is not as persistent as most people think he is. If he is,  he could have tempted Jesus for the fourth time.

Unlike Jesus, Adam was only tempted once, and down he went.
If you want to know how impatient the devil is, try and remind him of his future at least three times every time he tries to distract you with thoughts and challenges that are capable of choking God's word to you.

Dear friends, in this race Jesus emptied our lives of every possible excuses we had.
We no longer have reasons to quit on Him, His call and plans for our lives.
I think this is a good time to get the party started. Sing unto Him a new song. Show Him your new dancing step.

He is worthy of all our praise

Making God's Word your Life

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the things whereto I sent it. Isaiah 55:11

Every single thing made and created by God has an expiry date. This includes the unregenerate man. Outside the provision of God's salvation

Nothing outside the will and word of God has the ability to fulfill itself.

For our lives to have any meaning; any significance we need to make His every word its foundation.
When His word becomes our lives, our lives become His every word that never return void unto Him.

Just as the word of God cannot fail so also is a life that is based on the word.

Friends there' only one way to preserve anything;  be it a dream, ambition, business, career and even relationship. And that is to make it the word of God.

Let's desire above anything else the need to make His word our life and we will never have to worry about how to live a fulfilled life.

Any life that is made of the word of God cannot return void to Him, just as His every word concerning  anything cannot return to Him without accomplishing the purpose for which it has been sent.

As a child of God your life is His word and you are returning to Him fully accomplished in all He has called you to do.

Delight Yourself in the Lord

Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. Psalm 119: 97

Have you ever thought of how possible it is to have the right desire? A desire that gives God no other option than to cause it to come to pass?

Coming across the text in Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things ....  Does not make the situation any easier for most of us to believe it is possible for a human to have a desire that God would have no option but to cause it to come to pass.

This train of thought is not any different from the thought of Nathaniel ,the brother of Philip; when he was told by his brother that they have found the Messiah  from  Nazareth, whom Moses the  prophet of God spoke about. Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Said Nathaniel.

Like Nathaniel many of us do not believe that a good desire can proceed from the heart of a man. I have met Christians who still have this belief. I have heard preachers preach such sermons. If this is true, why will God ever promise to grant the desire of a man's heart?
Has He forgotten that this is man we are talking about?

Friends God is too God for a thought to skip His mind. He has never made a promise He cannot fulfill.

This truth should cause us to pay attention to the text in Psalm 37:4.  Delight yourself in the LORD, and He shall give you the desire of your heart.

The reason most of our desires are not coming to pass is because we have in our own ways reverse the lines in this text.

We have often times gone to develop a desire from something, someone outside His will and come to Him to cause it to come to pass.

To delight yourself in the LORD is to take pleasure in God's will and word. It is to make His word a priority in everything we wish for. When this becomes our habits we unknowingly begin to desire the very thing He desires. And when this is the case, having the desire of our heart become possible at all time, in every aspect of our lives.


Prayer; LORD teach me to delight in You, always in all aspect of my life. Amen

The Scripture- God’s Directives

Psalms 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Psalm 32:8

There are so many believers who do not have confidence in God. And this can be said to be true by the way they perceive and treat the very word of God.

We live in a society where people confuse the word for laws and as such finds it very difficult to live by its principles.

One of the greatest challenges of most present day believers is that they see the word of God as more of a restriction than it is a liberty and directives from Him on how to walk with Him.
This truth can be said to be responsible for the lack of influence most of us as believers have over our immediate family members and fellow neighbors.

Somehow, we have been  able to convince ourselves that by classifying the very word of God as a law, by selecting which part of it to believe and which not to believe we would become relevant to the people around us who are of different faith and to the world at large.
Again this sounds to me as a contradiction. We have become a hindrance to the very purpose for which we’ve been called, separated by God.

According 1 Peter 2:9, the believer is called out... to show forth His light....
By implication this simply means we cannot be of value and relevance to the world we live in as believers if we do not regard the word as God's directives.
We cannot be a light to a world full of darkness unless we are committed to remain the light we have be called to be.

As believers, an attempt to remove our saltiness in order to become relevant to a tasteless society is to make ourselves useless just like the tasteless society before God.

The ability of any believer to effect change and add value to his/her society is linked to his /her readiness to accept the word as God's directives on how to walk with Him.

Like the Psalmist put it in Psalm 119:105; Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path. A path taken outside the directives of God is a path traded in darkness.

Friends none of us has within us the ability to lead a life void of darkness outside the perimeters of God's directives.

God's word is more of a directive on how to walk with Him than it would ever be a law book that we must obey in order to please Him.

Time to Move On

And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Matthew 28:7

Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish , let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" Matthew 17:4

Nothing causes so much agitation like the times when we are aware it’s time to move on.
Although most of us desire a change in many aspects of our live, but yet struggle to move on.

There is something about familiarity with certain places, people and even vocation that causes us to agitate against moving forward even when we know we have to.

I do not know about you, but change is one thing I struggle with. I hate changing location, daily routine, friends and even habits that I have become familiar with. This reality could be said to be responsible for the reason it takes me a very long time to make decisions in regards to things and people around me.

Just like me, I'm sure there are others reading through this, this morning that love staying put in a particular place even when they desire change. The truth is we must realize that God is always on the move and if we must keep up with Him, we must learn to let go and master the art of embracing change.

God cannot get us to the place we desire to be if we refuse to let go of our familiar places, people and even vocations.

I love the conversation that took place between the angel and the women who went to anoint the body of Jesus in the tomb the morning He left the grave.
Just like some of us, the women knew about His prediction of not remaining in the grave after the third day, but yet still prepared the spice to anoint His body.

I'm sure they were excited and truly believed He had the ability to exit the grave, but their agitation against change got them to rise up early in the morning to go about their daily routine. Friends nothing hinders our faith like our inability to accept change.

And the angel said to them when they finally got to the tomb; He IS NOT Here! He has moved on. Like most of us today, one account of the gospel recorded that Mary started weeping, saying to the angel, please show me, where have you taken the body of my LORD? Once she realized Jesus was no longer in the tomb.
No wonder Jesus had to appear to her just to prove to her that He had indeed moved on, and would be waiting for them at Galilee.

Just when I thought the agitation against change is something that is peculiar to only women in Bible times, the story of Peter and Jesus in Matthew 17:4 came to mind.
Peter obviously forgot that Jesus never told them while taking them to the mountain on this particular day that they would need tents as they would be joined by Elijah and Moses.

Most of us today are not any different from Peter who loves the supernatural move of God above His divine leading.

We are quick to build a tabernacle around a move, and wave of God in a place and time God is only taking us through. And we feel cheated by God when He comes telling us to leave. Some of us even have the nerve to ask Him, but God what about the investments of time, energy and resources I have sacrifice into this tabernacle?

Friends, God is not as moved by what He has done before through you like He is concern about what He could still do with you in a new place. He is not limited by the newness of the place, people and vocation He is leading you into.

The earth and everything in it belongs to Him. Psalm 24:1-3