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Are You A Noah?

Happy New Year folks!

I’ve been in Nigeria for the last week and it’s been an interesting start to the year. The New Year is usually a time of optimism as people resolve to live a better life and dream bigger dreams than they had previously. It’s a time to wipe the slate clean and start afresh. A lot of that optimism and resolve was stolen from many Nigerians.

On Christmas day, a church in a Northern city of the country was bombed and entire families were wiped out. For that reason, many who would usually celebrate the beginning of the year at church were too afraid to attend services. Fear, took the place of optimism, despair, the place of hope. Within a few hours of the year starting, news of the removal of the fuel subsidy was released. Anger took over fear and people took to the streets to voice their disapproval.

Watching television accounts of the protests in Lagos, things didn’t seem so peaceful. People revolted against corruption, some peacefully, others, violently. The authorities responded in their usual violent manner and chaos was the result.

This morning, I found myself reading the 6th chapter of Genesis.

 5 The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the LORD said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” 8But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. 9This is the account of Noah and his family.Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. 10Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress[c] wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. -Genesis 6:5-14

I recognised the world described in that chapter as the world we currently live in. I shuddered to think that God almost wiped out the entire human race for the very things that are going on in our world today. I wonder how He feels looking down and watching us live violent, corrupt and hedonistic lives. He most certainly cannot be pleased.

But there was Noah.

Noah’s righteousness and blamelessness were the reasons God spared the world. He found just one man that was living right and that was all it took to spare the humanity.

Are you a Noah?

If God looks upon you, will your life cause him to have mercy on the world you live in? Will he find you righteous and blameless? If not, that’s a challenge I put to us as we kick off 2012. Let our lives speak for others, just as the life and death of Christ speaks for us. Let God look on us and for our sakes, have mercy on the people around us. Let our lives act as intercessors, petitioning God on behalf of the people around you.

In this New Year, I pray that the peace that surpasses all understanding will guard all our hearts and that the best days of our lives will be ahead of us. I pray that as Christians, we will affect our world just as we have been called to do. The truth will prevail and the light of Christ will shine into the darkness that shrouds our world.

Happy New year people!

xxx
Waila

 
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Posted by on January 4, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

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The Fall of Man

Hi Guys,

As has become something of a habit, I’ve been awol. I had plans to revamp this blog which is why I put blogging on hold but as those plans haven’t materialised, I’m working on plan b. The good news is you will hear from me more often. 

This morning, I revisited an old notebook where I used to record my thoughts during my personal bible study. I came across a page where I wrote down a few thoughts on my study of the 3rd chapter of the book of Genesis and feel the need to share it with you.

“1Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?The woman said to the serpent, We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’4 You will not surely die, the serpent said to the woman.5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.” Genesis 3:1-6

When the scripture referred to the serpent as crafty, it meant it. How cunning was its tactic?! The serpent didn’t tell Eve that God didn’t ask her not to eat from the tree. Rather, it caused her to question what she believed. He planted a seed, a thought, in her mind and then stepped back and watched it grow into disobedience. That act of disobedience was what led to the fall of mankind.

I wasn’t too surprised when I assessed myself and found that I too am guilty of disobedience. Like Eve, I recognise Gods word but sometimes question it.

“Did God REALLY say?”

“Did God REALLY mean?”

It’s one thing to be uncertain about something and ask questions…that’s okay. It’s another thing to know the right thing but question it in a bid to have our own way. Eve saw the fruit of the tree and was drawn to it but knew God’s instruction.  She convinced herself there was nothing wrong with wanting to gain wisdom and so doing, justified the act of disobedience she was about to commit.  

We must have a filter for our every thought and action and that filter is Christ. We must run every thought by His standards and if it doesn’t match up, we must send that thought packing. 

“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:5

May the Lord grant us the grace to take every thought captive and make it subject to Christ, lest we fall and find ourselves in pits dug by our very own hands.  

 

xxx

Waila

 

 

    

 
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Posted by on November 27, 2011 in Uncategorized

 

Let God Be God

Hey Guys,

I apologise for leaving you in the lurch. I’m working on a plan to integrate my blogs so I’ve been busy trying to figure out how to do that, amongst otherthings. I will keep you posted on that but I thought I’d share a little word to encourage someone today.

Romans 8:28-35

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[i] have been called according to his purpose.29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. 31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?”

When the bible says that all things work together for our good, it means ALL things. That ‘all’ includes trials, sorrow, despair, grief, loss, lack…and every other negative thing we would much rather do without. The trials we face, believe it or not, God will work out for our good. We cannot afford to stop believing in the goodness of God, in the love that He has for us. For like Paul says, there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

Like David in Psalm 42, perhaps your tears have been your food? Perhaps your soul is downcast, disturbed within you?  PUT YOUR HOPE IN GOD for he alone can rescue, he alone can save and he alone can lift you from the grave! He will never leave or forsake you…believe it for he said it…and He does not lie. When he says something, he does it.

Remember, your will and God’s will are two different things, your plans and His plans, more often than not, diametrically opposed. Your thoughts and His thoughts, incomparable. Some of the battles we face are a result of a clashing of wills…ours against his. Surrender your will to him, let his will be done. GIVE HIM YOUR LIFE. He is almighty, sovereign, the creator of all things, seen and unseen. HE IS GOD. You cannot compete with him so let the master be the master. Let God be God.

 

xxx

Waila

 
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Posted by on September 29, 2011 in Uncategorized

 

FEAR HIM

Have you ever done something you would rather die than confess, something you’re too ashamed to admit to any one? You’ve created and given people an image of who you are and this secret will completely ruin your reputation. Perhaps they will no longer look up to you, no longer consider you the responsible person they assumed you to be. Perhaps they will no longer think of you as good person and you stand to lose a lot where your relationships are concerned. “Hypocrite!” they might call you.

This morning I find myself thinking about some of the things I have done in the near and distant past that I would loathe any another human being to discover. I prayed to God to let my sins stay secret and he asked me a simple question…”Why?” As I started to think about the question, it didn’t take long to realise why he was asking. I am more afraid about what people will think about me than what God thinks.

“You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.” -Psalm 139: 1-4; 7-8

God sees all, knows all. The sins I’m so intent on keeping secret are displayed in neon lights before Him…yet that doesn’t seem to bother me too much. When I sin, I do it right before his all seeing eyes, often after he has warned me not to. In those moments, I take advantage of his forgiving nature, tell myself that he will forgive me if I repent. I abuse his grace.

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?”-Romans 6:1-2

There is so much to be learnt from the Romans 6 but I’ll save that for another day. That grace abounds is no reason to abuse it. Like I’ve heard it said, God is LONG suffering not FOREVER suffering. There may come a time when he might decide to allow me reap in full measure, the consequences of my sins.

Have I become so familiar with God that I have forgotten who He is?! There are many stories I read in the bible that make me fear God. Take for example the story of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-10). They weren’t the first people to tell a lie so why the instant death?! What about Moses who struck the rock in anger, an action that cost him his entry into the promise land (Numbers 20:7-13)? Why didn’t God just chastise him and give him a chance to repent?

 “Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.” -Romans 9:11-16

Too often I forget this side of God. I forget that he doles out mercy and compassion at his discretion and not just because I desire it.

 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”-Proverbs 9:10

Lord, help us fear you, help us understand who you are and not who we want you to be. Help us revere you. Help us not to take you for granted. Hide you word in our hearts that we may not sin against you. Keep us safe from ourselves and lead us in the way of eternal life. AMEN.

xXx

Waila

 
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Posted by on August 15, 2011 in Uncategorized

 

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WAKE UP!!!

My heart is so heavy I fell like it’s going to drop at my feet.

There’s so much going on in my world and so little I can do about it. For starters, how am I going to begin to stop the senseless riots in London? How am I going to make Parents take responsibility for their children, teach them the difference between right and wrong and instil the fear of God in them? How am I going to make every human being in this City turn their heart towards the cross? How am I going to stop people from being afraid in their own homes, how will I make them receive the peace of God that surpasses all understanding?

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”- 2 Chronicles 7:14

The people of God need to wear their sack cloth, sprinkle ashes on their heads and lie prostrate before God till he hears us and has mercy on London and the nation as a whole. Where have the godly principles on which this great nation was built gone? The family unit has become the puppet of liberalism and the poster boy of dysfunction. The word of God has been traded in for human rights, the truth given way to lies and deceit.

THIS NATION NEEDS GOD and if the people of God will pray and seek the face of God, turning away from our selfish ‘bless me and my neighbour be damned’ brand of Christianity, he will hear us and heal our land.  I hear talk of failed leadership, disengaged youth and a powerless police. That may all be true but we must realise that situation cannot be resolved by power or might.

“So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.”- Zechariah 4:6

I strongly believe and feel this. We like to apportion blame but the reality is we are all to blame, every single one of us. The government has questions to answer as do the police, rioters, politicians, local communities, families, parents, friends, brothers, neighbours…the list is endless!  As a Christian, have I been the salt and light that God commanded me to be? How many lives can I categorically say I’ve impacted? Have I just locked myself within the confines of my church listening to sermons and singing songs of worship and ignored the increasing disintegration of the moral fibre of my society?

 “Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.” –Psalm 2:8

Lord, have mercy on this nation! Have mercy on your children, the creations of your hands. Let your peace and love reign, bring every man to his knees that they may acknowledge you as the way, truth and life. All power belongs to you so we ask that you do what only you can. Let this nation once again turn its heart towards you. Comfort and protect, discipline and correct, inspire and instruct. May you once be lifted as the banner over this nation.

XxxWaila

 
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Posted by on August 9, 2011 in Uncategorized

 

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Want More? Be Content!

I suffer from what I call the Oliver Twist syndrome. I always want more than I have. A better paid job, a new role, an office in a different location, a nicer flat, a size 8 body, a husband…the list is endless. While there’s nothing wrong with being ambitious, having dreams and aspiring to better our current circumstances, we must be careful not to tie our joy and satisfaction to the things we hope for. Sometimes I get frustrated when things aren’t going the way I want them to. Given my qualifications, I thought I’d be earning three times what I earn at the moment.  I thought I’d have bought my first property. I thought I would have fall in love with a guy at University, married him and had a high school sweethearts type story to tell our children.  

I watch people around me achieving the things I dream of and wonder what’s wrong with me. Why is my own always different? I’ll be honest, the disparity between where I am in life and where I want to be gets me down and it is sometimes difficult to be positive about what seems a bleak situation.

 “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!  Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4: 4-7

Paul encourages us to present our requests to God with thanksgiving…so ditch the woe is me hymn sheet! No matter how bad things are, there’s always something to be grateful for. If you can’t find anything in the present to be thankful for, delve into the past. If you can’t find anything in the past, visualize the future and thank him by faith for the things not yet seen.  If that doesn’t work, please thank him on my behalf! Thank him that in spite of the many obstacles life has strategically placed along my course, I’m still standing. Yes, I have fallen on occasion but I haven’t stayed down. Thank him, ask him and receive his peace. A peace that guards hearts and minds, keeping them focused on Christ and off our circumstances.

Paul then goes on to share the secret to what I think is one of the most fundamental things every human being needs…contentment.

“I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” -Philippians 4: 10-13

Oh that we would be content regardless of our circumstances!

Contentment is desiring no more than what one has; being satisfied. At first it reads a little bizarre. Am I not allowed to have vision, dreams and ambitions? Like I already said, you absolutely are but nothing and no one can come before him. If we make him the centre of our focus and delight ourselves in him, he will give us the desires of our heart. While we’re busy falling deeper in love with him, he will busy himself in our affairs, working things out for our good.

 “So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” -Matthew 6:31-34

 

xXx

Waila

 
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Posted by on August 4, 2011 in Uncategorized

 

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Forgiveness is…Loving Yourself

A friend gave me a book to read called “The Ex Files” written by Victoria Christopher Murray. I didn’t know what to expect when I turned the first page but I certainly didn’t expect to find that I need deliverance. The story chronicles the lives of four women dealing with heartbreak. One of the women lost her husband to suicide and another lost hers to another man. The third woman lost her lover to his wife and the fourth lost her husband to her sister. The circumstances of all four women were compelling but it was the story of the fourth woman that made me realise how desperately wicked my heart is.

Three of the four women were caught up in love triangles but it was the fourth woman, Kendall’s plight, that led me to write this post. The character, Kendall, came home from work to find her husband and sister in bed together. Like that wasn’t bad enough, the husband and sister declared themselves in love and sorry though they claimed to be, decided they couldn’t stop seeing each other. The ink on Kendall’s divorce papers was still liquid when her ex-husband announced he was getting married…to her sister.

I saw red. Literally. The two people closest to Kendall betrayed her, shattered her world, destroyed her trust and faith in humanity. I was even more upset than the character in the book and when Kendall started harbouring thoughts of killing her sister, I egged her on.

That was when I started to scare myself.

What kind of person encourages murder?! I know it was fictional but as I read on, a life didn’t seem like too high a price to pay for a double betrayal and my anger was leading me through dangerous waters.

“In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.” Ephesians 4:26-27

One day Kendall got a phone call from her father to say that her sister had been diagnosed with leukaemia and needed a bone marrow transplant. My anger turned to joy and it was then I closed the book and got on my knees. I didn’t know this side of myself and I certainly didn’t like it. My head knew that the right thing for Kendall to do was forgive her sister and ex-husband and get on with her life but my heart was desperate for revenge. I wanted the sister and ex-husband to suffer eternally for the wrong they had done. I was reading a book but it felt very real. I was consumed by anger, hatred and bitterness and as I knelt before God, trying to rein my emotions in, I gained a new understanding of why God is unwavering in his demand that we forgive.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Matthew 6:14-15

Forgiving others is loving yourself. It is for YOUR OWN BENEFIT. I am a sinner, I sin every day. If God were to judge my every action and mete out the due penalty, I would be long dead. Yes, the wages of sin is death.

“If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?” -Psalm 130:3

I need God to forgive me. My relationship with God is too precious and I cannot afford to let anything get in the way of the bond we share. What could be worth sacrificing my relationship with God?

I will not pretend that it is always easy to forgive. Some hurts and wrongs are easier to let go of but God demands that before we come before him, we must sort out any grievances we have against another.

“And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” Mark 11:25

It is is hypocritical for us to seek forgiveness if we cannot forgive. Ultimately the decision to forgive boils down to who you love more…yourself or the person who’s wronged you? If you love yourself, do yourself a favour and LET IT GO

 

May the lord help us.

 

xXx

Waila

 
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Posted by on July 31, 2011 in Uncategorized

 

PoG 2011. Days 13 to 26: Part II

After what was my most awesome birthday to date, I experienced the presence of God like I hadn’t done in a LONG time. My heart, mind and soul were completely focused on God and it was the most amazing feeling. I started dreaming dreams and seeing visions. God was speaking to me and I could hear him loud and clear. I felt like I was walking the streets of London clutching the hand of the Holy Spirit. 

God reminded me of a time in my life when he was the very air I breathed, the single most important person around whom my world revolved.  A time when my passion for the things of God was toxic. 

Where had those days gone? 

I have fasted many times before but for the first time ever I really understood the essence of all that starvation. My spirit woke up, literally. My fire, hunger and thirst for God were heightened. I might be wrong but that, I believe, is what this fasting thing is all about. 

I heard many sermons, most of them amazing, but if you ask me what they were about, I can scarce remember. There was one however that stuck with me and I feel it was the single most important thing God wanted me to take away from the experience. Every word the speaker spoke is etched in my heart. The summary is this; 

If we can learn to see people, the world, through God’s eyes, our hearts will be ignited to feel the way he feels and we won’t be able to resist doing what he would do. 

The WWJD (what would Jesus do?) slogan is popular amongst Christians and in fact, many of us know what he would do in many situations. Why then do we struggle to do what Christ would?  

It’s simple. We do not feel the way Christ does about most things.  Not really. Test that theory and if you find it to be true, do something about it. 

“How,” you ask? 

I find that the more time I spend around people, the more I reflect their personalities and mannerisms. I think if we really want to see things from God’s perspective, we need to spend time with him, get to know him better. Only then will we really grasp his point of view and when we do, the rest will flow naturally. Over the years I have come to find that the formula to successful Christian living is simply building a strong, lasting relationship with God by getting to know him through his word and communicating with him in prayer. If you can do those two things consistently, everything else will fall into place…the love of God, self and others…everything will fall into place. 

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” –Romans 12:2 

That is my prayer going forward; that my mind will be renewed.  That through his word, it willbe reprogrammed to view the world through his eyes. That my heart will feel what his feels and react as he would.  I want to be like Christ. I want the father to point at me and say “that is my daughter in whom I am well pleased.” 

I pray for you. I pray that you will find God and treasure him. I pray that you too will learn to view the world through his eyes. I pray that you will not be ashamed to stand by him, walk with him through crowds of scoffers. I pray that in him you will discover who you really are and find your place on this earth. Be love. Be light. Be salt. Be fruitful, multiply. Have dominion. Overcome. Conquer. 

All things are possible to them that believe. 

xXx
Waila

 
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Posted by on July 22, 2011 in Uncategorized

 

PoG 2011. Days 13 to 26: Part I

Have you ever felt completely alone in the world? Like you could drop dead and no one would notice let alone shed a tear? 

That’s exactly how I felt in the penultimate week of the fast. I woke up one morning convinced that no one loved me…not my family or friends and certainly not God! It was the most depressing feeling. I tried to shake it, told myself I was being silly but with each passing day, it got worse.

I couldn’t remember the last time someone had randomly done something nice for me, showed me they cared about me, appreciated me. I’m a giver and I love it but I’m also very undemanding.  I never expect anything from anyone and over the years the people around me have grown used to this…especially my family.

A couple of my friends noticed I was unusually sober and when they asked why I said they were imagining it. What was I supposed to say?!

“Nobody loves me! Nobody cares about me!” It sounded pathetic to my ears and I was too proud to admit how I felt. Out of the blue my friend Ro called me and the conversation went like this.

“Hey you! I had the weirdest dream last night. We were out with a bunch of your friends and you were acting really strange…out of character. When people asked, you said there was nothing wrong. I managed to get you on your own in a room and you burst into tears! You said you felt like no one cared about you and your family and friends didn’t appreciate you. You said you were sick of doing things for people who never do anything in return for you.”

“You and these strange dreams you have! Sheesh girl, what are you on?!”

We laughed it off. God was trying to tell her something but she completely missed it and I wasn’t about to admit to being vulnerable, human.   

The 22nd of June came, my birthday.  The night before, I prayed a prayer asking God to give me a sign that the loves me, a sign that he is real.  

He did.

I’ve never received so many birthday well wishes and prayers. More importantly, the prayers weren’t the cliché ones you get on your birthday, they were too apt not have been inspired by the Holy Spirit.  I was so overwhelmed by love my eyes were like a leaking faucet all day long.  I felt like the most special person in the world. Still, it was expected right? My friends were hardly going to ignore me on my special day.

God decided to give me a sign that I couldn’t question.

That night at church, I led worship at the mid-week service and the senior pastor got wind of the fact that it was my birthday. Before he began his sermon he asked the church to pray for me and as I knelt there, every hand in the building stretched towards me, I felt visible, like I mattered to someone.

One of the female pastors came up to me after the service.  That morning while in the shower, the Holy Spirit spoke to her telling her she needed to show me love. He specifically asked her to express that love by buying me a gift. She didn’t understand it but decided to obey. She went off to the shops and bought me a card and present and hauled it to church hoping I’d be there.  She had no idea it was my birthday. I on the other hand, cannot begin to tell you how stunned I was to open the card in the gift bag and read the words ‘Happy Birthday.’   

That card and present was God himself tangibly expressing his love for me. Had it come from a friend or family member, I wouldn’t have gotten the message but coming from someone whose relationship with me does not exist beyond the realms of ‘hello’.

I knew it was God.  

I’m not doing the testimony justice because I cannot find the words to capture how I felt. Words cannot describe it. As soon as I walked into my flat that night I fell with my face to the ground and worshipped.

I had and have never felt so loved in all my life.

xXx

Waila

 
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Posted by on July 15, 2011 in Pursuit of God

 

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I Am Alive!

Hey Guys!

First things first, I apologise for going quiet on you. Spiritually, a lot has happened in the last month and for a time but you will hear all about that in the coming week.

I am currently working on a couple of posts to finish off the PoG series so please hang in there…don’t give up on me just yet!

If there’s one thing I need you to know while you wait, it’s that God is real. I don’t know about you but sometimes I find myself questioning his existence, asking myself if I’m wasting my time believing in him. Amazingly, every time this happens, he does something that blows my doubts out of the water!

HE IS REAL.

If you believe nothing else, believe that!

XxX
Waila

 
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Posted by on July 15, 2011 in Uncategorized

 
 
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