The essence and beauty of life is when you are able to procreate and pass on life to others who, in turn, do same, too.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Genesis 2:24.
As you aged, other things you cannot do, like your aspirations, plans, projects, and your legacy, pass it on to your offspring who will live your dream come through.
Do not struggle to achieve all in your old age.
For what you had before I came was little, and it has increased to a great amount; the Lord has blessed you since my coming. And now, when shall I also provide for my own house?”
Genesis 30:30 NKJV
Allow your children to live their own dream. Give them the space and time.
When they are successful, you will be delightful. And you will live your old age with a feeling of fulfillment.
Part of living the best of life is seeing others live the best of their lives, especially your own heritage.
Wisdom for this time
Every man has the power to create because of his god-like nature in them.
Generally, when the light comes, darkness must disappear.
Darkness always gives way for light to shine, but darkness often enjoys a slight moment of time.
Most times, it appears that darkness is too prevalent, but in no time, light always finds ways to shine, and darkness must disappear.
As long as darkness cannot last long before the light shines, so evil cannot last long before good overtakes it.
One thing is certain concerning evil people– they will surely be punished for their wickedness.
Truly, the power of creation is in the tongue. This is why truth is powerful, but lies can be deadly.
God, also, is constantly looking for where to shine. He can not operate in a vacuum. He needs a vessel.
Even in the dark, God can still perform. So, where the odds are significantly stacked against Him, He is capable of working wonders. This is why we have what is called a “miracle.”
God experienced darkness too when He (Jesus) was on earth in the form of man.
It is true that whatever you have to do, do it quickly. Truer is the fact that you also tend to forget the needful when you don’t do it at the right time, thereby losing momentum.
Timely Wisdom
Every single relationship cost you time, resources, energy.
For a good man, persecution and opposition are inevitable.
Remember that God knows about everything including all the unfavorable events in the future.
If you cannot finish it, whatever it is, your descendants (offspring) will.
God’s promises are ever sure, regardless.
There will always be oppositions and obstacles to contest with.
God’s idea and wisdom supercede.
Second choice is generally not the best choice. That is why it is the second choice.
God’s promises are certain to come to pass.
One of the major reasons people lie is because of fear of punishment.
The Price of Salvation: what the world can do
Jesus said, in this world, you shall have tribulations, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
The world hates Jesus, and so do His followers too.
The believers will experience persecution.
The believers will experience various accusations.
The world can kill the body but not the soul.
Fear the person who has the power to kill both the body and the soul.
The believer’s home is eternally secured. John 14:1-2
Therefore, Christians can take solace and comfort in an eternal home guaranteed.
The Price of Salvation: what you can do
God did His part of salvation by sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins.
It took the sinless man to die for the sinful before there was a remission of sin.
Now, it is our turn to do our part by living a new life created through the regenerated power of God by the new birth.
We must live deliberately for God. We must live to please God, who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light.
We must make an effort to make our daily living a worthy example of followers of Jesus.
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children. Ephesians 5:1
We also need to make sacrifices as there will be challenges for our new faith.
Lastly, we must ask God for the power to live a new life.
But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12
If we do these, the price of our salvation will never be in vain.
The Price of Salvation: what you cannot do
We should always remember that the price of salvation cost Jesus His death on the cross. Therefore, we should learn to guide and keep our salvation.
Salvation means that we are saved from sin and death, from this world and all its degradation.
After the salvation experience, we cannot continue to live the old life.
Shall we continue in sin, and the grace abounds, no!
We cannot live the life we lived before we were saved, and we must make an effort to live our new life daily.
Work out your salvation with fear and trembling. Make a conscious, deliberate effort to achieve this.
If we deliberately live our new life in Christ, God will give us the grace to live each day.
For we walk by faith and not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7
And it is God who works in you both to will and to do His good pleasure.
May God’s grace never depart from us in Jesus name. Amen!
The Price of Salvation: death on the cross
Jesus Christ died and was nailed on the cross. This was the price He paid for our salvation.
When He died, He shed His blood. The Bible says that “without the shedding of blood, there is no redemption or forgiveness from sin.” Hebrews 9:22.
The price Jesus paid was the death and the agony He endured at the cross.
Hebrews 9:28 NIV so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
If Jesus had not gone through this, we would still be in our sinful state, and destitute for eternal destruction.
Romans 5:8 NIV But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Jesus paid the price for our salvation.
He paid it all because He had us in His mind from the foundation of the world.
How the devil uses good people
The devil uses good people. It’s all about availability.
If you give yourself to the devil and the devil sees an opening, he’ll enter and take advantage.
and give no opportunity to the devil. Ephesians 4:27
A good example is King Saul. The Bible says an evil spirit possessed him, and the evil spirit made him try and kill David.
Another example is Peter.
Jesus told Peter to pray so the devil won’t have power over him.
Peter couldn’t stand the test of time because he didn’t spend time praying.
The lack of prayer allowed the devil to use him to deny Jesus. He denied Jesus three times.
The devil still uses good people today. The devil can use Christians who are careless and not prayerful.
The devil uses Christians to disrupt God’s plan and purpose. He uses them to create discord and confusion among people.
The devil likes to use overzealous and hypocritical Christians to cause havoc among God’s people.
Therefore, Christians should be watchful at all times by praying regularly so that the devil does not have power over them.
So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7
True Love
True love is all about giving.
True love is giving when you don’t expect anything in return.
True love does not makes demands. Love is about making sacrifices for loved ones.
True love is when you give your best to help or support others.
God loves us and has planted the seeds of love in each of us. We should deliberately learn to demonstrate love for others.
If we love more, there will be less hatred and less pandemonium in our world.
Love is the greatest of all abstract gifts.
Let your love speaks in actions and not just by mere words.
Who created God?
If you’re like me– a deep thinker, this thought probably has flashed through your mind.
Who created God? How does He exist without a creator?
How does He manage to be alive without being formed or called out from something?
All these thoughts? Crazy thoughts, right?
Gen 1:1 NET In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
The straightforward answer is nobody creates God.
God exists all by Himself through His supernatural power. I understand that a lots of people find it difficult to comprehend, and it up to them to accept and believe or not.
John 1:1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
I have no perfect explanation for God’s existence, but we can rely on everything He says or has said, or the things that happen in the environment as proof of His existence.
You are also a proof of His magnificent power.