Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be yours from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. I am delighted to welcome you to a new week in the month of October 2024 and pray that God will daily keep you from all forms of desperation, regardless of what you may be faced with in life, so that you will not ruin your own peace, joy or life. Amen.
As we see in the bible, even though God wants His people to have everything they need to live meaningful lives, He does not want them to be desperate about having anything. That is because desperate people are bound to do foolish and harmful things in their quest to having what they want. So, even if they end up having what they want, the price they will pay for it may be as great as their very souls. But there is even no guarantee that they will have what they want. And if they don’t get what they want, that will be double jeopardy for them.
For instance, because King Saul was desperate to keep his kingdom, he once went on to offer to God a sacrifice that Samuel was meant to handle. But was he a priest? No! Did he have any revelation from God about the nature of sacrifices that was to be made on that occasion? No? Why, then, did he go ahead and offer the sacrifice? He did so because he was desperate to keep his kingdom. (Cf. 1Sam 13)
But did he give himself that kingdom? No, he did not. It was God that gave it to him. What, then, made him think that he could keep for himself what he did not give to himself? Foolishness! And because of that foolish act, God told him that his kingdom would no longer endure but would end with him.
Also, on another occasion, because this man desperate to know the outcome of a battle he was going to have with the Philistines, he decided to visit a witch. He had tried to get God to talk to him about the outcome of the battle. But God was not going to say anything to him, seeing that he had been ignoring Him until that moment of need. And because he was desperate to know the outcome of that battle, even if God was not going to talk to him about it, he went to find out from a witch. That, of course, was how he lost his soul along with his kingdom. (Cf. 1Sam 28)
What is this telling us? It is that we must not allow our desire to have something or do something make us desperate. As I said before, there is nothing we want that is in line with God’s will that He is unwilling to give to us. But He will give us everything we need only at the right time. So, we must be patient with Him. Otherwise, desperation will set in.
Now once desperation sets into our lives, we will begin to look for what is not lost and in places we have no business being. So, a child of God may find himself in the house of a witchdoctor for money rituals or for the fruit of the womb. Or a child of God may find himself in an arranged marriage, just because he wants to live outside the country. And when all has been said and done, the joy, peace of mind and prosperity he thinks he is going to have will have eluded him. That is besides the fact that he will have lost his soul.
So, regardless of how eager you are to have something or what pressure you are facing to do something, learn to trust God and to wait for His time. That way, you will not end up losing your peace, joy and soul in your quest to becoming happy or successful in life.
Have a glorious week.
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