Happy New Year! So 2015 is here
and we are excited but we must be careful to ensure that we enter this year
with a very different attitude. I do know that a number of believers
experienced difficulties and/or hardship in the past year which already colored
2015 for them but in truth, this year is different. The world’s prognosis for
2015 is obviously not exciting particularly in Nigeria, but we must remember
that we are different and belong to another nation so that we operate under a completely
different government. Our God is the Governor of our own nation and His
prognosis for this year, is that we will shine. God is not moved by all that we
are going through or the seeming deadness of our situation; none of that
impacts on or is relevant for whatever He chooses to do.
Genesis 1: 1 – 2
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless
and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was
hovering over the surface of the waters.”
There is nothing too difficult
for Him; He is able to bring order into disorder like He did in the beginning
when everything was so messed up that it was described as having no form. I
cannot imagine anything that could have been worse than the situation of the
earth as described hereinabove. It was so bad; its form could not be described.
It must have been really twisted and it was empty yet the Holy Spirit was
hovering over it so God was well aware of all that earth was or had become;
though He was close by, He waited until the right time to step in. It is said
that there is a number of years between verses 1 and 2 of Genesis so that something
had happened to the earth God created in verse 1 before verse 2. If that is
correct, then isn’t there cause to wonder why God did not make a move to stop
the destruction of the earth before it got so bad especially since He knew He
would have to fix it. These are some of the things we can’t explain about God
so that the fact that He watched your life getting messed up by the devil or
you has nothing to do with whether or not He can or will fix it.
Genesis 1: 3 “Then
God said, let there be light, and there was light.”
No matter how bad it was last
year, please lift up your head again and look up to Him in this year. Set your
eyes on Him who is light that you may see through His eyes because if you can
see with your spiritual eyes, it makes a huge difference. When a king sent
soldiers to capture Elisha, Elisha was calm because he saw God’s army all
around them and not just the army of the enemy but Gehazi was troubled until
his eyes of the spirit were opened because he only saw the enemy’s army. Reality
was that the enemy had surrounded them but Elijah had a different perspective
to the mess or troubled situation they were in; He saw what God saw and so was
certain that God was in control. If you can see, then your perspective can
change and that is the beginning of liberty. We must do all we can to see
through God’s eyes this year so that we will not be miserable. Even God needed
to see for Him to make changes to that crazy situation described in Genesis 1:
2. God is not moved by the extent to which one’s life can get messed up because
He is certain that He is able to fix it all just like He did for Job.
Job 42: 12a “So the
Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the
beginning.”
So please let us write out who we
are on a piece of paper, put it in front of us or where we can always see it so
we can be reminded always of who we are and whose we are. It goes a long way to
increasing our faith. Remember that your current situation, good or bad, does
not describe you; God in His word describes you. You shall fulfill your destiny
in the name of Jesus. Also, remember to apply yourself to doing what your hands
find to do. There is no room for laziness with God.
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