Before I begin I would like to ask u all one
question - Apart from God who is the most important person you know? Does anybody have the answer?
Well the answer is – YOU ARE. You are the most important person and the most worthwhile
person you know. You should not only
know this but you should also know that you are important to those around you
and most importantly to God himself.
Have you ever wondered how the world around
you would have been if you never existed?
Think about it. How would your family have
been without you, who would have married your wife and would your child have
ever existed? What impact would your absence have had on the lives of those you
have touched?
The magnitude of your importance on this earth
cannot be over emphasised. And knowing this should help us understand even more
than before how important we are in the future of these lives we affect and our
Importance to God.
If we still have any doubts about how important
we are, let's consider we determine the importance or worth of anything.
How many of us have had the privilege of handling
or being in touch with the famous blackberry porshe phone?
Being a tech geek or junkie myself I have had
the opportunity to play around with it and I must tell u that all the hype
about the phone is just hype and there is nothing special about it. And to add
to that it is a very ugly phone. Having said all this ordinarily the phone
should be considered of little worth or importance but despite this the phone
is notoriously important and a sign of prestige because one handset cost about
450,000 naira. WOW!!!. After hearing
this, whatever impression u had in mind would be changed forever. When you see
the phone you would have respect for it and the person holding it.
So basically D amount people r willing to pay
4 something shows or is a sign of how important it is.
Now how much is a human life worth? Can u put
a figure on it? No Sir. Let's increase the stakes abit. Am sure you would
confirm that though your life's worth cannot be put into monetary terms the
life of your children is worth even more than yours and if you have only one
child that life is even more and more important.
So if the value of something is determined by
how much someone is willing to pay for it, and we have determined to an extent
an approximate value of worth of an only child, if God the father himself paid
the price of sacrificing his only son as ransom for us then it is clear without
a shadow of doubt, uncontestably that our lives are immensely important to God
and as such should be of immense importance to us also so we need to ensure we
do all we can to make sure we live a life worth living, a life pleasing to
God. The bible tells is in the popular
bible verse John 3:16 that God so loved the world that he gave us his only son.
I know some of us might be confused when I say
live a life worth living or a life pleasing to God. Fortunately the bible never
leaves us without answer and so the bible gives us a clear picture of a life
that is pleasing to God.
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you,”
declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans
to give you hope and a future.
Psalm 35:27
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor
my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be
magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
3 John 1:2
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou
mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
(To name a few)
So one of the ways by which we can live a life
worth living or a life pleasing to God is to live a prosperous life not just
materially but as the word tells us in health also and by our souls being
prosperous.
So what exactly is prosperity? Prosperity is
defined as wellness and wholeness that is nothing missing and nothing broken in
every area of our lives including our finances. In Bible verses this is written
for us to clearly see...2Cor.8:9...“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became
poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.” So
God’s will for us is to prosper.
Many people have been struggling with various
issues and are in desperate need of the touch of God in our lives. The
prosperity that God so much wants for us. They are tired of trying various
things all to no avail. The reason for this is that in the presence of God they
are dead, they do not exist.
We have to understand that we are born sinners
because of the disobedience of Adam and there is nothing we can do to change
this. No matter the amount of good works we do, even if we never commit an act
of sin in our lives. The bible tells us all our good deeds are like filthy
rags. And since we are all born sinners
we are damned to death as the bible also clearly tells us in romans 8:23 that D
wages of sin is death.
The issue here, what we need to understand is
that death here does not refer to death as we know it as in to cease to live
but death as a separation from God. And if we understand that God is the source
of everything good then we would understand the magnitude of this separation in
our lives.
So what then is D solution?
How do we become alive to God and begin to live
D life we r meant to live?
The solution is so simple that it baffles me
that more people having known this do not take advantage of this opportunity. To
begin to live a prosperous life both here on earth and for eternity there is only
one thing to do.
The bible says in Mark 10:29-30 that: And
Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left
house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or
lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,30 But he shall
receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and
mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come
eternal life.
This makes it clear that the misconception
that we would only be rewarded and live prosperous lives in the life to come is
a bold faced lie as the bible tells us that we shall receive a hundred fold in
this time………and in the world to come eternal life. So reward both on earth
right now and in the world to come.
We are told the one and only way to receive
this free gift of salvation in Romans 10:9-10
That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10For
with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation.
It
is that simple – all you need to do
•
Is believe that someone (Jesus Christ)
died for you
•
That He was raised from the dead by God
•
Confess Jesus to be your Lord i.e.
Pledge allegiance to Him with your mouth
The
moment you do that you will receive Him into your life and you will be born
again.
Finally before I end I would like to tell u
guys a short story because I know in our hearts we all would like to take
advantage of this but some fears of what we might miss are holding us back. Each
of us within us know what these fears are and I assure you I had these fears
myself but when you give your life to Christ you find out it is much better
than you could ever imagine.
The story is about how some African monkeys
are trapped by hunters. It can be very difficult to catch these
intelligent creatures, so hunters have used a more inventive method…trapping a
monkey by enticing him. A small jar is placed at the base of a tree with
nuts or other items which may attract the monkey’s curiosity.
The opening of the jar allows the monkey to
place his hand in, but when he tries to withdraw it, he is unable to do so
without letting go of the contents of the jar. Believe it or not, some
monkeys will stay there with their hand in the jar until the hunter comes back
to trap them!
They are trapped because they are
unwilling to let go of something they are doing which is working against them.
I am sorry to say that many people are like
these monkeys caught with their hands in the jar unwilling to let go of the
things of the world. Even though they know and it is clear to them that the
path would only lead to destruction. They hold on fast to it seeing imminent
danger coming but refuse to let go.
Please do not be like these monkeys. Let go of
whatever u r holding or whatever is holding u and become born again.
If you are tired of living the life God did
not intend for you to live, If you want to be alive in the presence of God, if
you can now see how important you are to God and understand that prosperity is
what you were made to enjoy. Then pray the prayer below and give your life to Christ
once and for all. Become a born again believer.
HEAVENLY
FATHER, I COME TO YOU IN THE NAME JESUS. YOUR WORD SAYS, “WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL
ON THE NAME OF THE LORD, SHALL BE SAVED” AND “IF I SHALL CONFESS WITH MY MOUTH,
THE LORD JESUS AND SHALL BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM THE
DEAD, I SHALL BE SAVED.
I
THEREFORE DECLARE JESUS AS MY LORD AND PERSONAL SAVIOUR. I PLEDGE MY ALLEGIANCE
TO JESUS AND JESUS ALONE. I THANK YOU FATHER FOR SAVING ME. I AM BORN AGAIN. IN
THE NAME OF JESUS. AMEN.
Praise the Lord. You are now born again.
Welcome to the fold of God. Please if
you gave your life to Christ right now we would like to hear from you. You can
send a mail to reverendwalter@gmail.com
or go to The Super Church Group on facebook. Leave a message and someone would
be in touch with you. May the lord continue to bless you.
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