By: Dr. Christine Awah
Beloved in his vineyard, the abovementioned subject is of utmost importance and
urgency during this end time generation. This is a generation during which God
wants to reveal his glory as never before. We read and enjoy what the people of
old accomplished for God here on earth being men of like passion – Abraham,
Moses, Noah, Gideon, Philip just to name a few, we often sit and ponder and ask
the question “Why not me?” “Why not my sister?” The answer is obvious, there
is some secret that they understood very well and always applied and
experienced God’s marvelous works. This is nothing else than responding
promptly to God’s promptings.
When God called Abraham from the Ur of the Chaldeans to go to an unknown
destination in Genesis 12:1-4, by faith he got up immediately and departed as
God said. We all know about all the blessings God showered upon him to the
extent of even having a child at age 100 with his wife at 90 years of age as well.
He whose wife was considered barren became the father of many nations.
When God encountered Moses in the burning bush and sent him to go and deliver
the children of Israel from Egypt, just as he had promised Abraham, that his
descendants will be taken to captivity in Egypt but after 400 years he will deliver
them – Genesis 15:13, Moses gave some excuses but finally left for Egypt in spite
of the risk as he had killed an Egyptian and therefore be termed a wanted man in
Egypt. He experienced the power of God as the latter fulfilled his promise by
taking Abraham’s descendants out of Egypt with great wealth.
Noah also responded promptly in building an ark exactly as God instructed. By
that act of immediate obedience, he saved his whole family during the flood and
God began a new generation with him while the rest of the people died. What if
Noah doubted or delayed in building the ark. God might have prepared and used
someone else but he and his whole family would have died. Genesis 6:1-22.
In like manner after God delivered the children of Israel into the hand of Midian
for seven years because they did evil in his sight, Gideon was able to deliver them
by responding immediately to God’s prompting. Judges 6 and 7. This was one of
the occasions when God proved that he does not rely on number to defeat our
enemies.
Philip assisted the Ethiopian Eunuch to understand the word of God that he was
reading and also baptized him because he followed the Spirit’s prompting. Acts
8:26-40. Why do most of us not experience God in such dimensions today? This is not
because we are not righteous because our righteousness is in Jesus Christ who
died for the remission of our sins. Our problem is disobedience in taking prompt
actions or not acting at all when God speaks. Let’s dare to act immediately God
speaks and experience his marvelous deeds.
REMEMBER THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD IS WISER THAN HUMAN WISDOM AND
THE WEAKNESS OF GOD IS STRONGER THAN HUMAN STRENGTH.
PRAYER:
Lord God, please have mercy upon us and deliver us from disobeying or delaying
to act on your promptings from now henceforth. Deliver us from our own
understanding and knowledge which is very limited and is foolishness to you.
Thanks for the grace to work by faith as the people of old did and experienced
your marvelous works. Amen.