Monday 29 August 2011

Open Your Mouth WIDE.

There is no doubt that our God is a good God and still in the business of filling our mouth with laughter and putting a new song in our mouth. Even if I was confused, as I listened to the sermon on Sunday, any doubt that may have existed in my mind was taken away. Sometimes, He doesn’t even do anything to warn you that He is about to work a wonder in your life, He just moves to bring it to pass. He does it just when you are thinking you may be out of time. He just takes one from a very terrible state directly to a place of honor, just like a dream; so that suddenly from a place of weeping, one is launched into a place of fullness of joy. He did that with Joseph, Daniel, Esther and a few others.

Psalm 126: 1-2 “When the Lord brought back his exiles to Jerusalem, it was like a dream! We were filled with laughter, and we sang for joy.”

No wonder He says we should open our mouth wide and He will fill it. It is worthy of note that He fills it with good things; never with bad things. The challenge is in the opening of the mouth because sometimes everything looks so contrary and one’s strength is so small that the last thing you want to do is to open your mouth wide; worse still, one may not open it wide enough. God can go with you as far as you can open it: it never gets too wide for Him to fill. He is the same God that takes a beggar from the dunghill and causes him to sit amongst princes.

Psalm 81: 10b “open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things”

I want to encourage you to hold on to God. It is true that in a few days, we shall begin our count down to the end of the year and our hope may begin to waiver. I want to reassure you that it does not take God all the time in the world to do what He has to do. It takes but a moment for Him to do what needs to be done that our mouths may be filled with laughter. God is not a man; He is God. These things are but very light and simple things for Him to do. He works suddenly when He wants to and then sometimes His blessings unravel slowly. Absolutely nothing is too difficult for Him. 

2 Kings 3: 18 “But this is only a simple thing for the Lord”

I know preachers say these things often and the devil also tries hard to undermine the word of God by making people think those are mere empty words. To some of us, they are now mere words used to encourage or excite us but as long as you continue to think so, they will be mere words to you. What it means is that you are wittingly scoffing at the word of God thereby scoffing at God but one thing I can reassure you of today, is that God is still a miracle worker so you need to do everything to change that state of mind. He doesn’t need all the time in the world to do what He needs to do. Please do not let go of the confidence you have in Him. It will be your turn to testify shortly and His timing is ever perfect.

Hebrews 10: 35-36 “So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that He has promised.”

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