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| The Pulpit Mandate |
Have you given up on anything as if God’s faithfulness is a myth or assumed that your case is closed? God’s love on humanity is overwhelming and inexplicable, and should not be in vain.
Despite whatever challenges that might be confronting you, perhaps, the devil struck you painfully that you have lost hope on the almighty God, one thing is clear; God is faithful and works in His own ways. Another thing that is worthy of note is that the devil is a liar and determinedly working to separate us from the love of God.
Romas 8:35-39 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution or famine or nakedness, or peril or sword?
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come. Nor height nor depth, nor any other creatures, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord”.
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come. Nor height nor depth, nor any other creatures, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord”.
Devil may have knocked us down through some challenges, pains, uncertainties but our case is not closed. We cannot give up to the devil which is his grand expectation, besides, Christ is the hope of glory. The devil may have attacked you with sicknesses, chronic diseases, hardship, joblessness, persecution, childlessness or even the death a beloved one, nevertheless, your case is not closed.
No doubt, these ugly situations and circumstances are undesirable and are obviously the handiworks of the devil. The bible recorded in John 10:10 “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy…” Interestingly, these evil circumstances and persecutions against the children of God are the basis for the coming of the Lord of Hosts. “…For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil”. 1 John 3:8
Our God is able. Nothing is impossible to and with Him, and the word, ‘impossibility’ does not exist to Him. Lazarus died and was buried. His family concluded that his case was closed even when Jesus Christ showed up four days after the burial and said Lazarus will rise again. Even when Lazarus sisters and every other person thought it was over, that the case is closed. Our awesome Lord Jesus commanded Lazarus back to life after four days in the grave based on His word. “I am the resurrection and the life; He that believes in me though he were dead yet shall he live”. John 11:25
Importantly, Lord Jesus wept at the grave of Lazarus when He saw their little faith and unbelief to the word of life. The weeping could be as a result of diverse miracles the Lord had performed in their presence but still, they lost hope that the power in the word of God could bring back their brother Lazarus to life. That singular act was the only place recorded in the scriptures where the King of Kings wept compassionately. Indeed, our God is full of compassion. Even when we relate with Him out of unbelief and faithlessness, His constantly exercises compassion on us. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion, slow to anger, and of great mercy. Psalm 145:8
If you study the scriptures, it said the Lord moved with compassion. This means that, the Master is so deeply concerned about our conditions and He is not happy when we are sad; our Lord is ever troubled when things are not working right for us and the King of kings is touched by our pains, uncertainties, struggles, difficulties, sorrow and troubles. The Lord is compassionate also when He sees our fears, worries, unbelief, faithfulness, helplessness and hopelessness, but the good news is that with Him, nothing is impossible.
By His word, the heavens and earth were created without pillars. By His word, diverse situations changed and aligned to the directives. By implications, there is nothing too hard for Him to do. God is able to fix things according to our desires. Through His word in Jeremiah 32:27, “Behold, I am the God of all flesh; is there anything too hard for me?, the Master of the universe is asking if there is any known thing He cannot do.
This therefore implies that you cannot afford to end up in disaster or sorrows. The Lord is much interested in your circumstances. Don’t let this offer down. It might have lingered but commit it to Him. He can make you whole again.
Remarkably, there is a free invitation from the Master to anyone willing to trust Him with his worries. His open invitation in Matthew 11:28, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and heavy laden and I will give you rest” should not be taken for granted. It is a serious business. Do not allow the devil sell it to your spirit that your case is closed. You can still rise up irrespective of the duration of the issues.
Let the devil know it clearly that your case is not closed because Christ is the Hope of glory. Yes, it’s not over for you. Apostle Paul writing to the church audaciously declared, “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed, we are perplexed, but not in danger”. 2 Corinthians 4:8
You can still live in glory after those pains, losses, persecutions and intimidations from the enemies if you will let the king of glory dwell in your heart. Psalm 24:8 says, “Who is this king of glory? the lord strong and mighty, the lord mighty in battle”. The reason to allow Him in your heart is to work in and through you as a vessel. To allow Him, simply invite Him into your heart and believe His presence in you. God bless you.