Many times I meet people and listen to them recite their many troubles over and again. A few of such times I look at such people and wonder; ‘is he/she really ready for a miracle? if I offered to pray with/for this person would his/her faith connect with mine for a miracle?
Familiarity and resentment towards a God-given vessel/medium for a blessing will always steal the blessing away! ……Selah
Little wonder Jesus, inspite of his compassion and passion could not perform a single miracle in His home town.
In Mark 6, Jesus walked into his home town and began to teach, reflecting great wisdom to the astonishment of his kinsmen.
But they looked down on Him and said;
“Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and not his sisters here with us?
And they were offended in him” Mark 6:3
They knew Jesus inside out, he’d grown up with them, ate with them etc and worst of all; his father was a carpenter and so was he!!!
How dare he consider, conceive, and even attempt to want to teach them?
They can see and agree that he speaks wisdom
They can see and can attest to all the miracles wrought through Jesus
But all they’ve always known him as; a carpenter born to a poor wretched carpenter.
Somebody walked into my office a few years ago and audaciously said to me: ‘no matter what you do, you can never be head over us’
Shock and bewilderment swept through my entire flesh all at once!!
So, I had just been appointed into a new position that as far as I could see spelt out Responsibility to me in bold letters, without a shadow/smell of dominance or increased pay and yet someone did not only imagine such thought, but had the impetus to say it to my face…….ah….
But you know, that action painted a new picture of the role to me and also communicated the person’s subconscious recognition that I’d just been elevated higher than him….Selah.
Why have I shared this experience? Simply to convey the weight/impact of familiarity in inhibiting progress. This guy and I, had appointment letters with same date. So he couldn’t just bring himself to accept that I’d left our common ground and moved up. He felt he KNEW me.
But then again, God has brought my way, freinds, acquaintances and people with pure, clean hearts and thoughts who confide in me, we pray together and they return months later sharing awesome testimonies about how God answered that our prayer, sometimes, they even remind me that I prayed with them concerning it. Wow!!
So there you go, asking; haba Grace, how can you pray for someone and then forget?
Simply because I didn’t see it as a big issue in the first place, knowing that God has made provision for it to be handled and also because I believe that when we agree and pray together according to God’s word, I count it as Done and move on.
So they come with their big bellies filled with God-given babies (not from babalawo et al), beaming with joy and excitement.
I’ll just smile knowing that from the moment we prayed in unison, My Father, ‘passed it’
Praise God in the highest!!!!
Take away any blinds and inhibitions you have put on yourself because of pride and envy
Stretch forth your hands, open up your hearts and receive your God sent medium for a miracle.
Because God will almost always work through people to bless you.
Reverence the prophets, pastors, teachers God has sent your way, so you can drink of His fullness.
It is not your duty to judge them. Correct them where you can but recognize that they are ultimately accountable to God.
I have been thinking very much lately about Saul and David. Despite the fact that Saul attempted to kill David several times, the unlucky and very unfortunate fellow that brought David bad tidings of killing Saul did not live to see another day.
David killed him without a second thought!!!….Selah
Can we reverence God’s anointed ones like David?
It’s a question you need to answer as a child of God 🙂
If I ever have a ‘king’ as diabolical as Saul, I want to Always be on the same side as David. Let the Lord judge. I trust The Lord to protect me from the king’s wicked plots….
Love Always
Grace Obomanu.
The picture above looks nothing like a joke! And this is how Apostle Paul, thinks we need to dress up ALWAYS as Christians! This guy is battle-ready from head to toe. Fully covered up!