A Relational God

She walked into the church with her make up on, a fitted trouser and her long weave. She didn't even tie a scarf! Her blouse was fitted yet not revealing. In her heart she was dressed modestly, yet she attracted stares from everyone seated in the pews. Just after she took her seat, A young man walked in behind her. He looked dashing, with his hair weaved and studs on his ears. He wore a ragged jeans and a very long chain on his neck. They were both summoned by the ushers at the end of the service. Seated in front of the council of elders, they were being scolded and schooled on how they were headed for Hell because of their appearance.

This is the religion most Christians are used to; A list of do's and don'ts, if not adhered to would lead you straight to hell. We forget that most of these rules are man made, while God Himself is a Relational Being. Understanding this aspect of God makes you see Christianity beyond the religion it has been propounded to be over the years.

A relational being is interested in intimacy. Intimacy opens you up to understanding His ways, and thoughts about everything including life itself. The relationship God is after is beyond our worship service on Sundays. It is sad to see the shortsightedness we have used in appreciating the message of the cross. Jesus came for more than the forgiveness of sins. He came for the establishment of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. The only way to really make Him glad or glorify His work on the cross, is to live out the entire purpose of His coming; That we may advance the Kingdom of God to the ends of the earth.

In this season, God is looking for men and women that will pay the price to become intimate with Him. He wants to have a relationship with you void of the opinion of men and the clutter in the world. He is looking for men and women to be part of the army He is preparing to take over the world and its systems. God is interested in loving you entirely and not just your keeping a set of rules. May you step into His available grace that would see you excel in living out His purpose for you on earth.

God Bless you

Expectation Vs God's Timing

I do not know what to do anymore. I have prayed, fasted, exercised faith, confessed God's promise about the circumstances I find myself in. I have sown seeds, monetary and otherwise. I have focused on all the positive things, birthing visual images in my mind of how things would look when God eventually comes through on this matter. Yet, nothing has happened. Could I be doing something wrong? Is there something I did from my past that is currently affecting me? Are there words that have been spoken against me? Is the blood of the new covenant not supposed to shield me from the consequences of the past? These questions and more could be lingering on your mind, while you wait for God to show up for you. 

One area we all struggle with as humans is accepting God's timing for the fulfillment of our expectations. Even the expectations birthed from the promise He has given us, has its own 'God timing' which in human logic is often irreconcilable. All those years Abraham waited for the fulfillment of God's promise of a son from his loins, saw Abraham being unable to reconcile the timing of this promise. Hence, he gave in to Sarah's scheme of having a child with Hagar, the maid servant. God was not moved by this, as he insisted that Ishmael was not the child of promise.

Mary and Martha expected Jesus to show up when Lazarus was ill, so He could heal him. But He didn't, as he waited till Lazarus was dead. Bethany was just 2 miles away from Jerusalem where Jesus was when He got the news of Lazarus' Illness. He just needed to walk for 40 minutes by foot to get there, but He did not. When He showed up, both sisters said 'Lord, if you had been here Lazarus would not have died'. Yet, He had other plans even before the situation went seemingly worse. In the end, He raised Lazarus from the dead. Yes, He was late in the eyes of Mary and Martha, yet He met their need; their brother lived.

Often times, God's timing of saving us and performing that dearly desired miracle defies our human logic. This doesn't mean to stop trusting Him when He doesn't show up when we expect Him to. Neither does it mean to stop exercising faith or even confessing His word. I encourage you not to be weary in well doing. I don't know how God calculates the timing for our miracles, but we can rest in the knowledge that He wields the ability to show up for us. Don't stop believing!The expectations of the righteous will never be cut short. If you feel like its been cut short, just think that it's been readjusted by the master, and you will be better off for it.

Keep hope alive! God Bless You!