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Pathfinder’s Prayer

“Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭25:4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/psa.25.4.nkjv If the only challenge in the pursuit of purpose in life ends with knowing the will of God, Christians will readily discharge the need for seeking divine guidance along the pathway thereafter. David’s experiences after discovering the will of God as the anointed king of Israel brought him down on the exigency of believers’ everyday prayer “Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths”. Of course, he learnt trust and humility in the wilderness of leaving the dream as God’s anointed king. Many pathfinders ask too many questions relating to essence of the wisdom of God in dealing with issues of life, especially when God has freely given man the privilege for capacity development. When our thoughts on how the matters of life should ran are open, it is always difficult to find the opinion of the Master-planner. However, whenever a pathfinder is willing to let go of his strateg...

Pious Parents

“A posterity shall serve Him. It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation, They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, That He has done this.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭22:30-31‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/psa.22.30-31.nkjv An adage and the scriptures are consistent with the fact that “A good name is better than silver and gold”. Notwithstanding, proud parents think more about the prospect of prosperity for their children rather than the prospect of posterity. There is nothing wrong in celebrating excellence and exceptional abilities in our wards; but the courage to deal decisively with evil and unrighteousness is mostly undermined in the dictionary of proud parents. Kids hate punishment and corrections; and so why emphasize the obvious? Christ was ignored on the Cross by the Father in order to decisively punish sin and save the unrighteous world for posterity, not prosperity. And our pious Father still deal with all His children today on the basis of...