IN THE WILDERNESS WITHOUT A TOUR GUIDE

It was an interesting few months: from turning sticks to snakes, to total darkness, to hail storms, to turning the Nile to blood, and even the parting of the Red Sea... God's miracles had been on fleek, and Moses had looked cool through it all.

But now, here they stood: a million people? Maybe more? Maybe less? I really don't know, I'm a computer engineer, not a statistician 😏.

However many they were, they stood there without a tour guide... Without their shepherd.
Oh, you never heard? Moses said "adios" and left. He was mumbling something about having done enough and God would get them to their promised land somehow.

I'm sure a few of them would make it tho... I mean, it's impractical for all the 1 million or so people to die... Or? I mean, fine, they don't know the way, but if they all faced different directions and started walking, someone is bound to make it... provided the heat and wild animals don't kill them. Ok, this is messed up... Where's Moses? 😒

Ok, ok, ok, we all know that's not how the story goes. But what if Moses left?🤔 Would we be expecting to see an Israel today? Most likely answer: nah... Not unless God gave them another shepherd.

But I see this scenario every time, except it looks more like this:
Raise, your hand, rise to your feet, come to the front, repeat this prayer after me: "Dear Lord Jesus, I know I'm a sinner, forgive me... etc.... Amen"

Then we leave them.

We forget, that we just took them out of Egypt! Right into the wilderness! The promised land is still forty days or forty years away, depending on the state of their hearts. Nyame nipa, please, why abandon God's children in the desert?

Matthew 28:19-20, the Great Commission, is a call to make disciples, not converts. It's a call to be a shepherd, not just to evangelise and leave growth to chance.

In this Exodus, you are Moses... stick with the flock!
#Discipleship
✌🏾😎KayO

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Imagine with me for a moment that we were ants crawling on the Mona Lisa.

From a human standpoint it's a beauty... Da Vinci had to be a genius to paint something this immaculate (if you don't appreciate art, assume it's a selfie 😂). Now back to your mind's eye, where we're tiny ants crawling along this painting (or selfie), what do you think you'd see?

The right answer is patches of grey and brown and... weeeeeeell, bottom line is it would be a whole lot less impressive, 'cos a fraction of the Mona Lisa is just that - a fraction, a few unimpressive brush strokes.

But guess what, you can't see everything from where you are. You need to look from where He's sitting, and you need to realise even then, He's not done painting...

Happy New Year. I pray you enjoy the next few brush strokes, and I pray you begin to see things from God's higher perspective... Because He's drawing a beautiful picture, and you're in it 😊
Your 2016 messes were just a few brush strokes of a masterpiece.
✌🏾😎KayO

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Post #101 😊

Psalm 118:24  This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Today, like yesterday and the day before is a day the Lord made. Every day is made by Him. Doesn't matter if it is World Whatever Day, it was still made by Him. So maybe Jesus wasn't really born today, (There's actually only a 1 in 365 chance that he was), but so what, it's still a day the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it.

But on this day we choose to remember that a Child was born, Jesus the Christ, and the World has never been the same since. Even the angels couldn't shut up about it 😏

So Merry Christmas. A Saviour was born... on a day the Lord made 😉
✌🏾😎KayO

+1

This year has been educative. The 2 greatest lessons I've learnt are when to shut up and to avoid comparing myself with others... but that's just by the way. Also by the way: hopefully I'll be sticking around a lot longer with my writings from here on out.

Back to business. Yesterday was sweet. It's nice to know you are loved, and I think it's a feeling every Christian should know and feel everyday of the year. It's something my friend, Elton, taught me just last week: GOD IS FIGHTING LONELINESS.

No believer should ever allow himself to become lonely. Even God is 3 persons in 1, and the first thing He said was not good was Adam's loneliness.

I believe one of the greatest gifts God gave us in salvation was this huge family we call the church. Not Methodists, not Pentecostals, I mean the Church, not the organized brokenness we call denominations.

You see our walk with God should be personal, but not private... Check and see... you commit your worst sins when you are alone, when nobody knows what's up with you, when you creep into your own dark corner.
1 Peter 5:8 says Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Predators always attack the stragglers, and the lonely person is the one who has allowed himself to be separated from the flock.
#KeepClose#Family#OneUpWisdom
✌🏾😎KayO

PS. If you are one of those people complaining about the people in the body being unfriendly or carnal or waleva, it's simple: Be the change you want to see 😋

Imminent Victory

Check out this story: http://flip.it/H1SwjX from Flipboard.                                   So I'm watching God's Not Dead 2 and I'm totally diggin' it.
No spoilers today... Get it and watch it. But it's sort of in line with this true event I'm sharing.

God is writing this awesome story, and the end is happy. Time to pick a side because they may win the battles now, but boy O boy O boy, we'll win the War. After all, the end is written.

✌🏾😎KayO                      

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WHY WE ALL NEED JESUS

One day I spoke to a Muslim guy. I was trying to explain why our good works can't save us and why we need to accept Jesus' sacrifice.

I remember asking him, "If you had a daughter who did something wrong and some people wanted to kill her, and you had the means to save her (although she's guilty), would you save your daughter? "

His answer shocked me, and I quote, "No, she deserves it". I was like 😨
It's either this guy hadn't gotten into much trouble before or he was talking like that because he didn't have children... or maybe he was just a mean guy lydat. Would never have guessed from his face tho.

You see, we thank God that He's not human, and that even when He came as a man He wasn't like that guy. If you think God wouldn't show mercy to a person who deserved death, ask the adulterous woman, ask the thief on the cross, ask the prostitute who poured her perfume at Jesus' feet. There's one word for this nature of God: MERCY. God is merciful.

And it becomes nothing short of stupid and prideful (truth hurts huh), when we won't accept the gift given so freely, Jesus' perfect life for our imperfect lives. Doesn't make sense? You should see what guys do for love... God simply outdid us.

Here's a news flash, it's not the fact that your good outweighs your sins which qualifies you for heaven, if there's any sin to measure with at all, you've failed, you qualify for hell.
But there is a way out, only One Way. Don't be proud, don't be silly, you're not strong enough. See, you are just not good enough... I'm talking chaw... Accept Jesus' sacrifice, you can thank me in heaven.
✌😎KayO.

THE POWER OF PRAYER

During my last days in SHS in Achimota School, I believe I prayed more than I studied. Oh I studied, but I praaaaayed. I'm not saying you didn't pray if your story is different, but you can start a blog and tell us about if you are up for it.

But nah, think about it oo, the results which took the overall WASSCE best spot that year in that school belonged to me. And that was the first and only academic award I ever took in that school. I had 2 A's in my last mock and my dad actually told me he was worried after he saw my last mock results. I sure didn't get 8 A's from studying alone.

I remember during the Biology section A paper when I almost audibly heard, "C", after I whispered to God that I was confused. I checked after and C was the right answer, FYI.

I could attach my result slip to this post, but some would call it bragging. (If I wanted to brag tho, I would have done this three years ago).

The purpose of all this talking is to let you know, there is power in prayer and it's real, because we pray to a real God who can do really wild and crazy stuff. This post is not my most elegant, it's not the funniest, in fact I'm being tempted to attach the result slip now 😂.
I won't even add a verse because you know your Bible tells you to pray. So just take God's Word for it, and believe me when I say prayer moves God's hand.

This is elderly advice from a very young man.
✌😎KayO