I was at church today evening and was not feeling good at all. I couldn't concentrate in church during worship. My mind kept wandering off, however much i tried to concentrate.
But the preacher was a big help. He was shouting so loud that i had to listen. I thank God for this, for it was an answered prayer to my asking Him to help me concentrate somehow. It was a nice message about Joseph's five cloaks:
1. The multi-coloured one that Jacob gave him.
2. The one he left behind as he ran away from Potiphars wife as she tried to seduce him.
3. The one he left behind in prison, as the soldiers gave him new clothes to put on to meet the king.
4. The new one that he wore to see the king.
5. The one that the king adorned him with as he became 2nd in command to king of egypt.
Well, you might be wondering as to whats the big deal with the cloaks. Actually- nothing. The message was about Joseph waiting patiently and faithfully for the fulfillment of the visions God had shown him as a child.
As the message finished with exhortations from the preacher to trust in Him and His promises, the Pastor of the church came forward to encourage us and to lead us in prayer before pronouncing the benediction. As he was praying, he started worshipping God and started speaking in tongues. And as he was finishing, he told about a revelation he just had while praying and told that, there was someone here who was worried about his or her personal relationship with God, being not able to maintain a strong and constant personal relationship with Him. Then he said that, it was God's command to that person that, he should not lean on his own understanding but trust in His mercies. That he should surrender his plans and his life to God. And God's promise to that person was that, He'll exalt the person to places beyond what the person planned for himself and take him to greater heights than what he saw himself attaining.
Well, this divine revelation is completely, completely -- ME. If the revelations at the begining weren't astonishing enough, His commands and promise are just, just....i cant find words to describe my joy.
Though i liked the sermon very much, i dint quite understand what it meant. Well it was just the pizza base. God was exhorting me to trust in His promises, not to despair and to hold on firmly by the strength i have by the presence of His Holy Spirit in me, that has been poured out without limit on all who trust in Him. And that being done, He added the topings. He just gave me the promise to hold on to.
Isn't that just awesome. Only yesterday morning i was despairing, when He gave me joy in knowing He was right there inside me. And now He is literally talking to me, giving me personalised promises and instructions and exhortations on how to hold on to His precious promises.
I love You Lord!
Praise the Lord!
2 comments:
I love that you compared it to pizza :)
Well..thats what came to my mind first ;-)
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