Tag: Christian

Posted in THE END IS NEAR

Today is the day you have, Tomorrow may be too late

Posted on by Uplifting Christ

When I heard about the plane crash last Saturday in Ghana, I asked myself the question that most Christians don’t know the answer today. WHERE WOULD THEY SPEND ETERNITY? I was thinking and praying after church when I heard another plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria where over 140 people who told their families “I would be back” never came back. Some people believe God could have done something since He knows the end from the beginning. Well! He is the owner of our lives, besides it is appointed for a man to die once. After that, judgment. Death awaits most of us. The truth is we don’t know how we are going to die and When. Only God knows. The HOW and WHEN, no one knows.

I cried yesterday for the Lost souls as I watched the news. BBC interviewed one top official and all he could say was “everything is under control”. People are dying and all leaders could say is everything is under control. I have been following what is happening in Syria. People are dying because of one person’s crave for power. World leaders don’t have answers to our questions anymore. We are all naked but God protects His own.

You don’t how and when you are going to die. If you had been among those who passed away yesterday, where would you have been now? Jesus may tarry but you can die at anytime. Search your life today. Are there areas you need to change? Remember God wants all to repent. Today is the day you have, Tomorrow may be too late. Even Now is the hour you have. The next hour, or minute may be too late. Life on earth is too short. Take advantage of the Grace NOW!

Pray this prayer:
Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I don’t want to spent eternity in the lake of fire, where there would be weeping and gnashing of teeth. I choose to live for You today. Direct my path, and guard me on the Narrow way to eternal glory. You died for me so help me to live for You, and God’s Kingdom. I thank you for saving me today, and for making what was wrong right. I bless Your Holy Name, and I know you are ONE with The Father.
Amen

Posted in GLORIFY GOD, GOD'S KINGDOM, SOUL FOOD

What Robe are you wearing?

Posted on by Uplifting Christ

“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.

“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.” Matthew 22:11-14

Christ, the Bridegroom, is coming soon. He is coming to take His faithful brides home. He is coming yet majority of us are living lives that are contrary to what He expects from us.

my question today is:

what robe are you wearing?

I don’t like outing or going for occasions. I am a reserved type. I prefer to stay home to read my books, listen to music, surf the net, or watch movies. However, I have friends who love the “show”. They find the perfect clothes for the day (occasion).  My point is we pay more attention to the things of the flesh than those of the spirit.

The mind of the flesh is enmity against God.

From the passage, when the King saw the person who wasn’t dressed for the occasion, He ordered His men to bind him and throw him into the outer darkness. I believe this is what would happen on the last day. Most people have accepted to follow Jesus but they still have their old dirty and filthy clothes on. Such people are not fit for the King’s party. They would be rejected if they don’t put on their new clothes of righteousness.

Put on your robe of righteousness.

Many Christians are wearing their garments of anger, lying, gossiping, backbiting, fear, wrath, malice, filthy communication, fornication, etc. They want to be known as Christians but they don’t live like one. We are told to let our lights shine before men. In other words, people should be able to identify us whenever we may be.

I don’t know the kind of robe you have on today. You know yourself better than your neighbor. Would the King like your robe on that day? Or would He command His guards to bind you and throw you into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth?

Many are called, but few are chosen

I will close with this:

Isaiah 61:10 New International Version (NIV)

10 I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, 
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
    and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Posted in SOUL FOOD

HE IS ALWAYS ON TIME

Posted on by Uplifting Christ

Most of us would want God to answer us and do as we bid immediately we call on Him. Yet, God doesn’t always fix our problems as soon as we press His door bell in prayer. In fact, many Christians may have wondered whether God is mindful of time and season as they wait for what seems to them like eternity for Him to grant their requests.

Actually, no one keeps to time like God. But, God doesn’t fix or reckon with time the way we do. So, our sense and appreciation of time differ from His. He hath made everything beautiful in his time, the scripture declares, and added that His thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways… For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts Ecclesiastes 3:11; Isaiah 55:8, 9.

There is no variation in God’s timing, unlike ours. His watch or calendar is set with divine precision such that He can neither act too late nor too early. Consequently, those that come to God for help must be ready to calmly wait for His own time not theirs.

We feel God is too late for our comfort and cautiously blame Him for slowness because we don’t understand His nature in this regard. The divine concept of time isn’t about the ticking of the clock or the rolling up of a calendar. It is about precise implementation of God’s programme and purpose for His creatures. Yes, God does have a time-frame for all His actions; but He doesn’t use the human watch or calendar. Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day 2 peter 3:8. Thus, when we will have started to feel that God is behind schedule, the loving Father smiles and says “No child, I’m right on time.”

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