Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Most
people limit God in their experience and knowledge. We cannot limit God by our
little knowledge and experience we have in Him because His ways and thoughts
are far above ours. This does not mean that we should disregard people’s
experience. We must not allow their experience to downgrade the Word of God
because the Word is an unshakeable rock.
Building
a house without a proper foundation puts the house in great danger because the wind
and storms can destroy the house. If you build the house with great materials,
the storms and the winds can never destroy the house. The Word must be our
foundation because it is unbreakable. The moment a person predicts the future
of someone without the influence of the Holy Spirit, the person has entered the
realms of pride and deception.
God
is not like a bottle of water. We cannot quantify God in a vacuum. We cannot
define the ways and the plans of God for our lives because His wisdom is
mysterious. We can only get a hint of God's plan for our life in the Word and His
plans for our life is to bring us to a glorious end (See
Jeremiah 29:11). The moment we
define God by what we have experience in life, we limit God. This is one of the
reasons people criticize, oppose, suspect, gossip, destroy and discredit called
and anointed ministers of God.
- How can God become and man and live among His creation? (See John 1:1-14).
- How can God allow sinful men to spit on Him and hale insults at Him? (See Matthew 26:59-68).
- How can God allow sinful men to crucify Him on the cross? (See Luke 23:1-56).
- How can God allow mortal men to work injustice against Him? (See Matthew 26:59-68).
- How can God live in the womb of a woman? (See Luke 1:26-31).
- How can God allow His creation to nurture Him when He became a man? (See Luke 23:1-56).
- How
can God allow His creation to judge Him? (See
Luke 23:1-56).
- Why
didn’t God put on
a woman but took onthe nature of the nature of man? (Read your Bible).
How
do you feel when someone insults you? Sometimes you retaliate when enemies
criticize and oppose your plans. Even among your children, you punish them for
a little mistake they make. If God allowed sinful men and women to mishandle
Him and treat Him like a slave, then we must understand that the ways of God are
unsearchable. God could command a legion of angels to destroy His enemies (See Matthew 26:53-54) but He never did.
You cannot define the ways of God by your limited
wisdom and experience.
You
are not qualified to judge another man’s servant because you don’t know God’s
plan for his life. The fact that God used “Minster
A” uniquely does not mean that
God will use “Minster
B” uniquely. The best you can
do is to pray for the person and offer a helping hand. You are at liberty to
counsel him, not to always strictly instruct him to follow your path. Sometimes
you must allow people to exercise their liberty because they are not robots.
God
created rational and emotional beings and He has given us our free will. The
angels and the saints in heaven have their free will, so why are you
restricting others not to exercise their gifts and potentials. Get me right, I
am not saying you should allow people to perish in their wicked acts. We must
correct people in the right way when they choose the wrong path. What I am
concerned is, when you use your power to stop people from advancing.
You
don’t own the person because you did not create him and you cannot create a
human being. You cannot give life to the person. Even your children are not
your own because they are a gift from God. The only person who gives life and
owns our life is God Almighty. God may curse and kill you if you violate His
Word because He created you. You did not create yourself neither did you create
the person you are nurturing.
You don’t have the right to be jealous of others
because you don’t know how they got those treasures. You own nothing because you
will depart this world empty. You came to this earth with an empty hand. I have
never seen a corpse buried with his wealth. God gave those blessings to you
because He trusted you.
You
cannot enjoy what you have attained in life, if God does not give you life and
strength. What do you own? You own nothing and you don’t own anyone. God only
allowed you to shepherd the church and you will be accountable to God for your
corruption and the mistreatment you gave them.
Whatever God has given you must be managed and treasured with care
because God has plenty of people who are more qualified than you. A great number of people can do
the job better than you, but God chose you for a reason (Grace). God chose you because He saw some virtue in you. He
chose you because He gave you the grace to pay the price (fasting and prayers).
Counsel
and pray for those God has given you and leave the rest to God. Let the person
decide for himself because God called the person. You did not call Him. God
only used you as an instrument to nurture the person. God allowed you to help
the person get to his final destination because He trusted you. The person you
are nurturing is not your property but God’s property.
Do
your part and leave the rest to God. Every man will stand before God and give an
account. God knows that you have done your part. Leave the rest to the Holy
Spirit because you are not his personal Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit knows how
to straighten the person you are nurturing. If you cannot help the person,
don’t destroy the person. God has His way of nurturing His children. Don’t take
the role of the Holy Spirit. Let the Holy Spirit have His way. Wherever the
Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (See
2 Corinthians 3:17).
Don’t
push your legalistic robes on the congregation whiles you enjoy your liberty.
Treat people with respect because they are human beings, not animals. Some
animals respond to the treatment you give them, how much more human beings. If
you treat people with disrespect, the same measure will be measured back to
you. God is not a man that you can joke with,
therefore, seek the face of God and feed on His Word (See Galatians 6:7).
Divine
Key: The ways of God are unsearchable and mysterious.
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