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Lawful Life

  “ This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” Joshua 1 : 8 - 9 KJV The right perspective of liberty is freedom from oppression and right to free decisions and the dignity of life in any system. Whenever this liberty is misconstrued as licentiousness or lawlessness, the system becomes unsafe. Invariably, a lawful life is designed for a guided enjoyment of all resources within the system, with a careful escape from the interference of evil and wickedness within the system. Therefore, when God said to Joshua “ This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and nig...
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Long Life

   “ Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.” Luke 20 : 37 - 38 KJV Besides Christ’s reference to Moses in support of His teaching on resurrection, Moses once prayed for wisdom to appreciate long life in God’s perspective. Unfortunately, the carnal perspective of long life is limited to the celebration of birthdays, good health, material prosperity, and professional achievements. Whereas, even when Moses had lived a celebrated life of good leadership before the children of Israel, delivered a befitting celebration of life for himself with blessings on the congregation, and was buried by God Himself in a valley on the mountain of Nebo in the land of Moab, the scriptures still testified that “ And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force aba...
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Generational Guide

  “ Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; That ye may tell it to the generation following. For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death .” Psalm 48 : 13 - 14 KJV One of the menaces of the Gen-Z generation is the replacement of the ‘divine natives ’ with the ‘digital natives ’. Parents have a lot of digital upgrades to communicate the characteristics of faith and godliness before this generation can see God through their social media. Notwithstanding, the psalmist has captured the inspirational guideline. For the almighty God to be our generational Guide, children must clearly see God transparently through their parents, as in “ Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; That ye may tell it to the generation following“ . Whether in the Stone Age to ‘digital age ’, God still guides the meek hearts through prayer, pondering, and preaching. When we pray to God and not to the principalities and powers in times of our challenges, chil...
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Fearful Followers

“ And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.” Luke 19 : 20 - 21 KJV  “ Occupy till I come ” in the kingdom business on earth remains a standing commandment of the Lord to all His disciples, while He goes to prepare the heavenly kingdom. As faithful followers obey the commandment by engaging their talents, treasures, and time for kingdom business, fearful followers waste these resources and opportunities on excuses, not actually because they fear the Lord. They are apparently intimidated by the actions and inaction of bullies and unbelievers, who have vowed that the kingdom business is not fashionable, inappropriate, and unacceptable to their earthly lifestyle and norms. Therefore, fearful followers are compromisers and believers without backbones, who are more interested in ungodly practices and...
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Just Judgements

  “ And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchæus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.” Luke 19 : 4 - 5 KJV Furthermore on yesterday’s exhortation from Christ on the provision of sweet fellowship from our just Judge as the motivation for importunity in prayer, believers’ cultivation of a lifestyle of an intimate relationship with God proposes nothing less than just judgements in all circumstances of life. For example, Zacchaeus must have explored the limits of offers from life’s corrupt judgements with no satisfaction. His experience shows the utmost misery of possessing money without the mercy of the Creator. “ And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him (Jesus)” represents the fundamental requirement for anyone who wants to access God’s grace for just judgement against the crisis of life. ...
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Just Judge

  “ And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” Luke 18 : 1 , 6 - 8 KJV If importunity in prayer is taught by fate to the unjust judge in our world, faith in the just Judge is possible through prayer. Invariably, Christ is saying that if importunity can bend an unjust judge, believers shouldn’t faint in the place of prayer to our just Judge. But oftentimes, believers have problems with the basis of the just Judge’s delay “ And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?” …because we do not see prayer as a means of fellowship and worship to God.  Like William Temple, the Archbishop of Canterbury...
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Moveable Mountains

  “ God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted. The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.” Psalm 46 : 5 - 7 KJV “ God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved “ is a promise of God to Israel - the people of God - who keep the commandments of their God. Steadfast faith and confidence in God make the people of God see mountains and the challenges of life always as moveable before the immovable God. Unfortunately, when we see ourselves surrounded by mountains and not discern the presence of the immovable God, we take the faithless, faulty, and fraudulent moves from pillar to pole. Whereas, with every believer’s consistent focus on the revelation of “ God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved“ , he will literally see the mountains move even when no one is pursuing or chasing them. For example, the 10 spies th...
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