Waiting For God's Timing.

Jonas was a very industrious man; He worked very hard to cater for his family. Suddenly, things took a different turn and fending for his family had become so difficult. One day, Jonas called me and said; Adwoba, My landlady has increased the rent, things are so difficult that I cannot even pay the old rent. I told Jonas to take his rent issue to God. He smiled and I immediately knew he wasn’t going to do it. After two weeks, He came back again complaining, this time the landlady has decided to throw him out. He sobbed bitterly, where am I going with my family? I said it again; take your rent issue to God. This time, he wanted to hang on to the hope that God will take him through and I knew he was going to do it. After a month, He came back again and said the landlady hasn’t thrown me out yet but she is giving me pressure to pay the rent. I said again; let go and let God take the pressure. He will help you through it. He took his mind off the rent amidst pressures from the landlady and surprisingly he wasn’t thrown out.  After six months of living in a house without paying rent, God showed up. He had a job and it came with accommodation.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. (2 Corinthians 4:17-18)

NOT A CUL-DE-SAC AFTER ALL

A man I knew had cheated on his wife and was going through a divorce. He was so hard on himself because he knew it was his fault that the marriage is breaking down. He took full responsibility for his actions and apologized numerous times to his wife but the wife was very disappointed and could not trust him any longer. To his wife, the marriage was over. The man wanted a second chance at his marriage. I told him, if you are truly sorry, there is someone who can absorb your cross, so take your cross and follow Him. He invited God in the situation and allowed Him to have the final say. The wife went on with the divorce and it was granted. They all went on to live normal separate lives. After three years of living separately, the wife realized she had made a mistake and they reconciled and remarried. The man bore his cross that is the divorce and loneliness he went through for three years. Christ made it bearable so he was able to withstand it. Finally there was glory at the end when Christ absorbed his cross. We may be going through certain misfortunes at some point in our lives; Christ will always help us through it so that His glory will be manifested in the end.

Luke 14:27   says “And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple”.

AWWWW!

I had a distress call from my daughter’s school. The head teacher said my daughter’s temperature was running at 40 degrees Celsius. She said: I don’t know what to do. I have given her first aid but it doesn’t seem to be improving. Can you please come quickly, and then she hanged up.  As I was about to hurriedly go to the school. I suddenly felt I shouldn’t rush and that God was in control. I decided to worship with a song, as words will fail me. As I sang the song, I immediately let go and let God to be in charge of the situation. I received inner rest and I had the peace that can’t be understood by human minds. Believing the fact that it is God that saves, frustration wasn’t going to save my situation. After a while, the head teacher called and said: Mummy, your daughter is okay, the high temperature has gone down. I sang a song of praise. He is indeed God; put your trust in Him.

In Philippians 4; 6-7 we are told not to be anxious about anything but in every situation by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving we should present our requests to God, and the peace of God which transcends all understanding, will guard our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus.