WHY TRIALS???

WHY TRIALS

Life as we know is like a circle, that is why whatever goes around always comes around. The journey of life is not a smooth one; it is full of ‘ups and ‘downs’. I can understand the ‘ups’ but why the ‘downs’? Because GOD desires us to prosper in all things we do. Here is why I think there are downs.

If yesterday’s exam test is repeated in today’s exam test even the dumbest person in the class though may not know how to answer it but he/she will know that this test is a repeated one. Knowing that alone takes away some element of fear and gives you some amount of confidence. Why? Because you have seen it before.

This is the opportunity trials give to us in life. We go through trials which are like the test exams of yesterday. If you know the answer to the test you are good to go if you don’t you find out after the test because after the exam it becomes a past question and the answers are made available to you. The trials ahead are  todays test exam which is a repeated version of yesterday’s test with little modifications to confuse you just as shown below.

Yesterday’s test(trials)	Today’s test(future trials)
1+1=?	1+1+0+0=?
2	2

 Same questions but little modifications.

JESUS never promised to take us away from trials and problems, HE only promises to be with us and strengthen us through the trials and problems because HE knows we have the power and capability to overcome every trial in life.

Dearly beloved trials come our way so we will be strengthened for a given purpose ahead in our lives. The three Hebrew boys shadrack, Meshach, and Abednego were faced with trials of selling out their belief in GOD; little did the king know that he was giving them a platform to preach to the people of Babylon because after their trial the people of Babylon believed in their GOD much more than his gods.  Sometimes we go through trials not for our sake but for the sake of others. Let me not drift away from my point.

Most trials in life are very similar with little modifications as stated earlier, and the answers to them have always being JESUS.  The downs in life we see are supposed to expose us to the kind of relationship we have in CHRIST and with CHRIST.  How do I know I can pass my biology paper without taking my biology test?  How do I know I can overcome any trial in life because JESUS gives me an assurance in matt 28:20 that HE is with me even till the end of the world?

Note

·         There is no victory without a battle

·         There is no testimony without trials

MAN OF SOLUTION

                                                              MAN  OF SOLUTION

GEN 1:26, Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”

 If you ask me for a definition of man I think this part of the bible describes it best, that is, a man is one created in the image and likeness of GOD, anything outside this is not man.

In genesis one the bible says  the spirit of GOD was hovering over the surface of the waters and the earth was formless, empty and darkness covered the earth. These were problems GOD encountered during creation.

The bible says HE said: let there be light and immediately there was light, and just then creation  had begun. What am I saying? Creation was a solution to the absurd nature of planet earth.

As established earlier, GOD created man in HIS own image and likeness, GOD made an unseen earth a nice and welcoming place to live and enjoy life. So men are automatic solutions to the world’s problem.

Let me prove this to you. Have you noticed that when you find out that your wallet is not with you, you automatically start looking for it by trying to remember where you left it or who you gave it to, I call it “the solution road”. Also has it occurred to you why you immediately take your hands off a hot plate when you come into contact with it? Yes, science may have series of explanations for these actions relating them to sensory neurons, receptors and motors and all that. But tell me who designed these things to work the way they do.

Every problem we face here on earth is solvable by man through the intellect of GOD. Have you ever thought of the fact that with the almost impossible problem of eradicating sin from the world, GOD came in the form of “MAN” to have it solved?

The economic issues we face in our various countries, the winds and sounds of war, poverty, armed robbery, prostitution, and the rest could make planet earth an unsafe place to live, but guess what there are GOD-LIKE men still on earth and we have every right to create because that is what GOD did when the earth was formless and unsafe to be inhabited. In so doing we fulfill the imagery and likeness nature of GOD.

Do not limit or look down on yourself because of how life is treating you.   You are a solution to a lot of problem.

Note once again that when GOD wanted to solve the problem of sin HE used JESUS who came in a form of man.   Let’s make GOD proud by being solutions to the numerous problems in our world, you can start by having a positive attitude towards yourself.

NO EXCUSE

The book of mark 5 from verse 25-34 gives an account of a woman whose illness was so persistent that it graduated into an issue. Today let’s talk about a unique feature of our dear lady and learn. The bible says she came from behind in the crowd and touched HIS (JESUS) robe.

The question is why didn’t she come facing CHRIST, because in that way she would get HIS attention and her petition would have been well addressed, instead she came from behind where CHRIST would not even notice her, but guess what? HE did after her touch.

Let’s note that this woman had an issue of blood and was in her 12^th year of such a case, there is a high possibility that she was even bleeding as at the time she was amongst the crowd because the bible says “instantly her flow of blood ceased” which explains that there was a flow even among the crowd.

What am I saying? A lady in her menstrual period deems it a high level of disgrace and shame should she stain herself in public with blood during her period, this presupposes that our dear sister had the tendency to be shameful because of her situation which transcends a menstrual period.  Any lady in this conditions would find a place devoid of people and get herself cleaned up which is the normal.

Instead this lady pushes through a mass of people amidst her unclean, shameful, and shy, nature and touches HIS robe.  Maybe, just maybe, that is why she approached HIM from behind.

Beloved whether she approached HIM from behind or from in front there was an element of NOTICE, because JESUS asked who has touched me.

In verse 33, the bible says she came with fear and trembling, when CHRIST posed the question and she confessed the truth meaning she was still afraid, yet she responded and answered.

All these earlier attributes of fear, shame and disgrace did not discourage our dear sister from getting her healing; neither did it dampen her spirit not to apply her faith into healing.

It is true we fall as Christians and get afraid of the father because of what we think of ourselves. The fornication, drinking, deviant acts and stuffs  makes us shameful and undeserving to face GOD but that does not stop us from touching HIS heart. Our sister touched the robe for her healing it’s your turn, in your current state which part of HIM would you want to touch and for what, again what is your excuse for not pushing through the crowd.  

The key point here is getting HIM to notice you. If you get HIM to notice you HE will get you to openly confess and set you free.

Mind you, you have no excuse.

FASHION GENUIS

After a glance at the earth HE just knew that the earth was fashion broke, as genius as HE was and still is, he linked himself to the stream of wonders which happens to be himself, and started painting. He entered into his gallery for instruments and there was light. He cut through the waters and separated them with HIS double edged sword (the word) and called the part HE hanged as the heavens. HE tailored the heavens and wrapped its chest through to its back and to its side with a nice sash (rainbow) which glitters when it receives enough light. In order to distinct his work in the heavens, HE created the clouds and gave them wings to fly. As a hanging fountain, HE programmed the winged clouds to produce rain unto the land any time they met to praise HIS hand work.

     Tired of getting HIS feet wet HE gathered the rest of the waters (sea) and brought forth dry land (earth).Gazing at the sea and imagining how it will be if it had the means to walk, HE gave it legs (waves) to move. HE then extended the light (sun) in HIS gallery into the heavens and created a little shade (moon, stars) for clarity. For HIS wide range of vision HE called forth different kinds of animals into the heavens, earth and the sea and asked them to unceasingly multiply. As solution to distance issues HE linked the light in the heavens, the sea and the earth by creating pillars (trees, vegetation) to unite them as one. As a symbol to HIS line of design HE programmed the pillars to bear fruits with their unifying ability (photosynthesis).

In order not to boast of HIS own work, HE needed a seconder who had HIS level of creativity to confirm HIS genius works. HE then said I will create one (man) in my own image to confirm my good works. HE molded him in HIS image n breath unto him and he (man) came alive. As a confirmation to the wonderful works of the FASHION GENIUS he (man) began calling the artefacts by their names. For a moment HE thought the man was doing so because HE was a friend. Then HE designed another prototype out of the ribs of man and again at the sight of her man professed her name (woman). Now that’s what am talking about, that is indeed a fashion genius.