The battle is not yours

The business of life as a programmer has forced me to become a vehicular writer... Now I'm only able to write in troskies and taxis if I'm not writing code.

Should a 21 year old be this busy? We'll debate that another time. But for now, let me tell you what is arguably my favorite story in the Bible. I'm sure I've written on it before...
2 Chronicles 20:15-24
Judah (Judah means praise) had a battle, and God told them to stand still and see His salvation. So the next day they woke up and took a choir to war!! [and a band too... I get vim😂]

Now we all know... No one takes a choir and a band to war... and actually wins, I mean, seriously. Well, tell that to God.
Here's what's even crazier... Are you ready?
It's happening all over again next week Saturday, 6th August @ Winners Chapel Ghana, Industrial Area - Avenor. The choir is ready, the band is ready (of course I'm playing) and it makes more sense to experience it yourself than for me to give you a recap later.

It's CYI's SAVED TO SERVE CONCERT! 😱
Come let's praise our troubles away. The battle is not yours, the battle is the Lord's. 🙌
✌😎KayO

GET READY

GET READY

The two words I heard inside me one day in God's presence. One thing was sure, it meant I wasn't ready. Maybe I still am not.

What am I not / wasn't I ready for? That's the part I'm not sure about. But I realized, I'm not ready for a lot.
I'm not ready for God to have His way all the way in me, I'm not ready to lose all for Him, I'm not ready to carry the weight of certain blessings, I'm not ready to date, I'm not ready to even meet Him I realized.
I mean I want to, but desire is not preparation...

Not that I won't make it to Heaven, Jesus settled that with His blood... But I'm not done with all He's asked me to do yet, that kind of not ready.

Success is the collision of preparation (readiness) and opportunity, any delay in either and we'll miss it. There's an explosion coming, there's a move of the Spirit coming and it's so strong.
Yeah, yeah, I'm not a prophet... You be there and miss it. God is about to shake things oo. I'm getting ready, slower than I should😳, God help me. You should get ready too.
Maranatha.
✌😎KayO

THE SAME

THE SAME
This past week, I've ended speaking to quite a number of old friends. It's nice you know, all the nostalgia and the sharing of memories... But they are just that, memories. They only exist in your heart and mind now.

I realised something, they've changed. I've changed. In one way or another we are not the same. Some have made and are making bad decisions, just a few of us are still single, some hung on to God, some not so tightly... The changes are vast, some of us don't even share the same interests anymore. In some cases, it's just sad chale.

But I know a Man. The Bible says He is the same yesterday, today and forever. He's the only friend who hasn't changed all these years. Not even a bit. Give His friendship a chance if you're not already His friend. You won't regret it... ever. I know I don't. He's still the same.
✌🏾😎KayO

HANG TOUGH MATTHIAS

(In honour of the greatest man in KNUST, Fritz Quaye... Happy Birthday)

Acts 1:
21  "...Thus one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with us,
 22  beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us."

These were the requirements for choosing a new apostle, the highest office in the New Testament, and all that they were searching for was Faithfulness: who stuck with us from beginning to end?
Not, who preaches best or dresses best or gives most. Who has been faithful?

Verse 23: And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
(They didn't even tell us this dude's nickname mpo na his surname like the other guy).

But see this, they found 2 faithful guys in a room of 120 people, and verse 24 says God decided based on their hearts.
 
We never heard of Matthias till this point, but what was his secret to rising? Simple: HE WAS THERE. Any place Jesus went, anything he ever did, from raising Lazarus to pushing over tables in the market, he was there... And the rest was the state of his heart, which only God saw.

This one is longer than usual, but just to say, there is a reward for faithfulness with your heart in the right state. So hang tough Matthias, your time's coming. You will be announced by the Father Himself.
✌😎KayO

KILL THE TIME REMNANT

KILL THE TIME REMNANT

One series I've found myself watching over the last two years is The Flash. Those people can lie papa. But it's interesting nonetheless. If you haven't seen the end of season 2, here's a spoiler alert. Doesn't mean you should stop reading tho, lol.

OK, so the villain, Zoom, kept doing this thing where he'd run so fast he'd meet himself in the future. It's messed up theoretical physics. (Don't bother trying to swallow... Man will never time travel.)
Anyway, so one version of him is considered stable and the other is called a 'time remnant'... an old copy. He kept killing his time remnants. And he told The Flash, "You'll never win till you can kill your time remnant".

I was surprised to find that bit of truth in all those lies. Because we'll never win till we kill our time remnants.

Colossians 3:5(NLT):
So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you (the old man) . Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don't be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.

Kill the old man that has caught up with you from your past. That's the only way we'll win.
✌😎KayO

Double Double

DOUBLE - DOUBLE
(To the soldiers at the front lines)

Back in high school I attended a camp for scripture union leaders. Back then, Uche had released a song: double-double. The song just declares that we are blessed 'double-double'.

I remember one of the camp officers told us the song was not biblical... and for sometime I believed it. Then one day I saw this verse, a promise to God's people:
    Isaiah 61:
7  For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

Child of God, what have you suffered? God will give you double for your trouble.

Don't give up now kraaa.
✌🏾😎KayO

The worship library

Almost every (if not every) programming language has something called a library.
I won't bore you with the details, but it just means someone has done some of the hard work for you and you can use their library to do more complex work easily.

That's what a song is in worship. A set of beautifully crafted words intertwined with a melody to gladden the Father's heart. And all you have to do... is mean them.

So sing a song to the Father today. Mean every single word. Gladden His heart and feel Him draw nearer.

I'm still around...
✌🏾😎KayO