SAY NOT I AM A CHILD
Say not I am a child and forget that you are the strength of a nation.
Say not I am a child and forget that it is better to make hay while the sun shines.
Say not I am a child and forget that a person is known by the company he keeps.
Say not I am a child, and forget that as you make your bed, so must you lie on it.
Say not I am a child and forget that there is a time to speak and a time to be silent.
Say not I am a child and forget that man must not live by bread alone, but God’s word.
Say not I am a child and forget that a little knowledge is dangerous.
Say not I am a child and forget that learning brings life to your live.
Say not I am a child and forget that your words can either make or mar your future.
Say not I am a child and forget that it is a sign of strength to embrace needful changes.
Say not I am a child, and undermine the Salvation of God, even Jesus Christ.
Say not I am a child, and shun a true relationship with your Maker, therein lies your life.
JUST HOLD ON
How time flies! It was as if the year 2018 ended last month and everybody was basking in joy for the grace to witness 2019. That every right-thinking person expects this year to be more promising than the previous in every facet of life cannot be disputed. After all, the Lord Almighty himself said, ‘The glory of this present house (year) will be greater than the glory of the former house (year)…’ (Haggai 2 vs 9a), and I, the Lord will ‘…give you hope and a future’ (Jeremiah 29 vs 11b).
For some people, this year had indeed been a year of remarkable and copious promotions and fulfilment; while for some, 2019 has been like treading on nails, the ground so dry that they could barely plant any crop, not to talk of harvesting. Shall we then conclude that the Lord our God has been unfaithful or contest the authenticity of his word? Definitely no!
He is a covenant keeping God: in Psalm 89 vs 34, God tells us: ‘I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered’. So, he has not forgotten you; as a matter of fact, God cannot forget those who have been clothed with Christ and have also been baptised unto Christ.
Besides, he is a merciful God, and he has not only crown you lavishly with loving kindness and tender mercies but his mercy upon your life also endures forever (Ps 103, 107, 118, 136). So be rest assured that whatever mountain is hindering your breakthrough will surely depart and the hills will be removed, but the mercy of God upon your life will never fail, according to the book of Isaiah. Likewise, God cannot forget you and his beautiful plans for your life. In Isaiah 49 vs 16, God equally assures us that even if a mother that is breastfeeding her baby can forget her suckling baby and not show the baby mercy, he said, I cannot forget you, I have engraved you on the palm of my hands with the living blood of Jesus, your walls (life/destiny) are ever before me, so I think of you every second of the day and night (24/7).
Additionally, there is nothing that the love and power of God cannot do for you. In Psalm 62 vs 11-12, ‘One thing has God spoken, two things I have heard; “Power belongs to you, God, and with you is unfailing love…” God is saying to you today: ‘I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?’ (Jeremiah 32 vs 27). Do you believe that? Then if you do, just hold on, for he will surely visit you. If he did not spare his son, Jesus Christ to ensure your total redemption from sin and hell, then what is it that you are expecting God to do for your or give you that he will say no, inasmuch as what your desire does not nullify his plans for your life?
Don’t ever think that God redeemed you from the kingdom of darkness into his glorious light to wallow in shame. He has promised us in the books of Isaiah and Joel that we shall not be ashamed, nor confounded world without end. We must hold on to God’s promise because in Isaiah 43 vs 10, he equally tells us that: ‘…I alone am God. There is no other God – there never has been, and there never will be’ be another God, a fact which is affirmed in Revelation 4 vs 8 as ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come’. God emphasises this truth also in Is 44 vs 6; 45 vs 14,18, 21 and 22; 64 vs 4; 46 vs 9; Hosea 13 vs4; Joel 2 vs 27. Based on this infallible truth, you should be rest assured that in spite of your current situation, know that God stands as God alone in your life and everything that concerns you, and none can oppose him. Once he has made his decision, who can change his mind? When he works, who can hinder him, or reverse what he has done or sets to do? Whatever he wants to do, he does. So let your mind be at rest because he will do to you and for you whatever he has planned; for he controls your destiny. (Job 23 vs 13-14 & Isaiah 43 vs 13).
As such, even though time flies and soars on the wings of eagles, yet runs and never grow weary, and time continually walks, without getting tired for it forever renews its strength through the ever existing day and night, even then when it is time for your new nation to be born, God will not close the womb of your life; your new nation will assuredly be born. ‘Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth and shut the womb? saith thy God’ (Isaiah 66 vs 9.) Just hold on to him faithfully and lovingly for he cares for you, when you are in pain, he is in pain too (Isaiah 63 vs 9).
Editor: Tflame
