14 January, 2013
DlamazwithGod: Getting to the Greater Heights
DlamazwithGod: Getting to the Greater Heights: Dear My friends, As i write this a lot is going on in my mind and i am thinking about all the resolutions i had made and i realise there ...
Getting to the Greater Heights
Dear My friends,
As i write this a lot is going on in my mind and i am thinking about all the resolutions i had made and i realise there is no God in anything. It is just about me. I loved the Sermon by Elder Patrick Nagaya Yesterday 13th January 2013.
His first statement keeps appearing to me."If God was to come today and ask you the one thing you would want him to do for you this Year - what would it be?" Nice question aha
You won't believe what came to my mind first - more children i shouted out.
He then took us to a tour in the Bible with scriptures - What did Solomon Say when he was asked the same question"
10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. 11 So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, 12 I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. 13 Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both wealth and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. 14 And if you walk in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.”
From the above verses i realize that i have been mourning over the problems that i am facing and not letting God do his work in me. You might be facing mob challenges but like God told Solomon, we need to seek Him first and then the rest shall be added unto us.
I was also reminded of Matt 6:25
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Oh God thank you for feeding my soul.
ACTION
Beginning a prayer and fast period (I can only have liquids and one fruit a day) This is to help me catch up with my God. I will need prayers Friends
As i write this a lot is going on in my mind and i am thinking about all the resolutions i had made and i realise there is no God in anything. It is just about me. I loved the Sermon by Elder Patrick Nagaya Yesterday 13th January 2013.
His first statement keeps appearing to me."If God was to come today and ask you the one thing you would want him to do for you this Year - what would it be?" Nice question aha
You won't believe what came to my mind first - more children i shouted out.
He then took us to a tour in the Bible with scriptures - What did Solomon Say when he was asked the same question"
1 Kings 3:9-14
New International Version (NIV)
9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”
10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. 11 So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, 12 I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. 13 Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both wealth and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. 14 And if you walk in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.”
From the above verses i realize that i have been mourning over the problems that i am facing and not letting God do his work in me. You might be facing mob challenges but like God told Solomon, we need to seek Him first and then the rest shall be added unto us.
I was also reminded of Matt 6:25
Matthew 6:25-34
New International Version (NIV)
Do Not Worry
25 “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 than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Oh God thank you for feeding my soul.
ACTION
Beginning a prayer and fast period (I can only have liquids and one fruit a day) This is to help me catch up with my God. I will need prayers Friends
18 December, 2012
STUDYING 1ST SAMUEL3
STUDYING 1ST SAMUEL3
This morning as I did my Devotion, I prayed that
God will teach me something new as I study 1st Samuel 3. I have been
so low for some reasons and I feel I have not given my God the best in the last
two weeks. God I pray that you will challenge me to know that you are still God
even amidst the storms. Below are some of the lessons;-
1.
That as long as you aspire to be a leader of God’s people – you need
to get a confirmation that it is a calling from God.
2.
If you accept to take on the leadership role at whatever level (Choir,
usher, Pastor E.t.c) you have to know that you will be held responsible by God
for whatever happens under your leadership.
3.
You are expected to be vigilant, diligent and obey the Lord and do
what might appear difficult to clean it up – mess and not behave like Eli who
took over a mess of his sons. God was then to destroy his family - him inclusive because he had not done
anything about the mess
4.
Children
need to be dedicated to God after birth – this however does
not save the person. All a dedication is - is an assurance to raise the child
in the way of God. When a person comes to the age, that they are responsible
enough to make their own decisions, they must come to God themselves. We call
it the age of accountability. We know that Samuel had been raised right, but
now, he must make his own decision to follow God. He did know of God, because
he had worked in the sanctuary. He did not know the LORD personally, however.
He did not know the Word of God either. Notice, the word revealed in I Samuel
3:7 "Now Samuel had not yet known the LORD, neither was the word of the
LORD yet revealed unto him." We can read the Word of God, and still not
know what it means, until it is revealed to us by the Holy Spirit.
5.
I Samuel
3:8 "And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and
went to Eli, and said, Here [am] I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived
that the LORD had called the child." We see from this that, the LORD continued to
call, until somehow Samuel could know this was the LORD calling. Eli finally
realizes that this is the LORD calling Samuel. We must remember that Eli was
the only spiritual leader that Samuel had had. We must never discount the fact
that God might be speaking to someone. When they tell us something has happened
to them, we, who teach, must listen carefully to what they are saying. Then, we
may give our opinion. Now, we see that Eli realizes this is the LORD. Eli still
understood about visions and Words from God. The man of God had spoken to Eli,
you remember. And then as long as it is God speaking you will definitely here
the voice.
Thank
you God for these reminders.
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