1 Corinthians 14:1 Eagerly pursue and seek to acquire [this] love [make it your aim, your great quest].(AMP)
Always a joy to be part of your world every week, building each other in the love of God and still living by faith. I believe you had an awesome week and we are looking forward to a great weekend; like I always encourage, being actively involved in your local church, fervent in spirit as you serve the Lord is wonderful, GO DO IT. Are you ready!!
History has displayed what evil and hatred can do to mankind; the holocaust in 1941 to 1945 as Adolf Hitler led a genocide of approximately 11 million Jews, apartheid hit South Africa and thousands lost their lives, deadly wars, corruption, crime, evil men which the bible says they cannot find sleep until they shed blood have defined several patches of history. The question still remains though ; can darkness ever be greater than light?
The pictures above were taken on Saturday 17 May 2014 on my tour to Robben Island. Sat on that bed and got in that prison cell just to let my imagination escape into the world of those who were residents in that vicinity at a certain space in history. I listened attentively as the tour guide orated, " Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Robben Island........" As he narrated how people with leprosy were dumped like animals to perish on the lone island, I could feel tears about to drool from my eyelids. The emotion was hastily moving to anger , unanswered questions cluttered into my mind regretting making a decision to expose myself to that terrible history.
Excuse me but I feel that I have to take you on a journey into my mind on that Saturday afternoon.
Questions :
1. God, if you are love, why did you let this happen?
2. Why didn't you strike all these evil people with lighting?
3. You are a supernatural God, you should just have miraculously saved all of them
4. I know I must not question you but why didn't you do something?
As all these questions raced in my skull , the tour guide was still pounding into the recorded history. He then said, "....only a few leaders were responsible for organizing these tragic acts." I caught that one!!
On my way back home, I heard a voice in my heart which I believe to be the Holy Spirit until this day saying to me, "If only a few people full of hatred can achieve so much atrocity , how much can a few people full of the love of God achieve? Has darkness ever been more powerful than light, has evil ever be stronger than good? Overcome evil with good " That was a wow to me!! All my questions were answered. God wants to use me! God wants me to be the light! God wants me to love! I am His instrument to change the world. Hear me well, this might come a bit harsh but have you ever realized that we have a lot of good people who are not doing anything? LOVE IS LOUD! LET'S GO PUBLIC WITH THIS!
You and me filled with the love of God can impact billions of people around the world, start where you are right now , find an opportunity to love and grab it.
What is love like?
1 Corinthians 13: 4 Love is patient and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Wow!! This is a scripture to put on your wall, confess it daily and live it. I am so stirred up as we begin this subject. Be a master in love , that's what matters to God. Make a decision today to make the way of love, the HIGH WAY as my friend said to me recently, I call it the most excellent way: MAKE IT YOUR WAY.
If you are reading this and you have not received the love God displayed in Jesus Christ who died as a sacrifice for our sins and rose up from the dead for our justification , this is your moment to receive that love. Remember , you can only give what you have so when you receive God(who is love) , you can easily give it away. You can lift up your hands as a sign of surrender , meaning it in your heart say out loud ,
" Father God , I thank you for giving me Jesus to die in my place and to be resurrected from the dead to make me just. I declare with my mouth that Jesus is the Lord of my life. This moment, I receive eternal life into my heart, I am forgiven , I am a new creation, the past is gone, the new has begun in the name of Jesus!!"
Yes, you did it!! Tell your friends, go to a bible believing church this weekend and let them know.
If you are a Christian , please share this blog with all your non-Christian friends, you can be a bridge for someone to come home.
Always a joy sharing with you, see you again next time. Keep on reading, keep on letting me know your thoughts and keep on sharing with your world. Much love.



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