Being little can breed feeling of insignificance or even depression, if it is not well handled. What we must know is that God can make something significant out of seemingly ordinary life. When God is added to your little, significance is the result.
Which of God’s titles or descriptions do you fancy the most? Well, all of them are significant but you may wish to consider this: THE MOST HIGH. That has already surpassed the most superlative description you could get from human tongue.
We cannot continue to bring reputational damage to the name of the Lord and at the same time expect answers when we pray. Only those who hallow the name of the Lord in words and conduct can reap the blessing.
Prayer connects us with the mind of God, so we know what needs to be done. However, it is one thing to know what to do and quite another to have the strength to do it. It is also in the hour of prayer that strength is supplied so we can go through.
Though he was a careful planner and manager, his main strength was derived from his prayer life. Nehemiah had just one response to all that the enemies threw at him — prayer. When he was ridiculed and dismissed with a wave of hand, he prayed.
There is a third factor which is wrong choices. The choices we make in life will never leave us the same. They either advance us or plunge us into a life of woes and miseries.
Something that could be worse than ignorance is rebellion, another cause of man’s misery. If ignorance is acting in the dark, then rebellion can be seen as acting contrary to light. Another word for it is stiff neck.
Today and for the rest of the month, our focus will be on the sources of misery. The goal is that by identifying them we will be at the same time equipped to eliminate them.
Unless people are converted and become as little children, they have no chance of making it to the kingdom of heaven. What is it about children to make them a measuring rod? Their love is one thing. Malice is alien to children; they have so much love to give.
When you do whatever you find faithfully and God’s blessing comes on it, that becomes a stepping stone to a higher height.
