When Christians Sulk (part II)

By Odon Bulamba (summary only)

Psalm 86:11. Teach me your way O Lord, and I will walk in your truth.

This must be each Christian’s prayer. First ask God to show you His way because often we walk in different directions and this is when we tell God to leave us alone. If God shows us the way we will have peace of heart and peace of mind, which is much better then the peace of our bodies. We will also stay faithful to God because we will respect His Word and when we respect His Word we can be assured that we are saved. If you respect the Word you will win over trials and temptations, and if you respect the Word the anointing will be with you.

In our lives do we think about God’s authority? Is it an issue in our lives today? Many people think about their studies, family and material needs but they don’t take the time to think about their spiritual life. If you ask a Christian what does it mean to think about your God they won’t know what to say because they only think about God on Sundays and when they have problems. So what kind of Christians are we? We must ask God to teach us what faithfulness is and once we know it we can practice it.

So what is faithfulness? When a husband tells his wife that he is faithful to her, what does he mean? To be faithful is to keep your word. Shari are you faithful to your husband? Men are you faithful to your wives? If you ask people this question they say yes I am faithful, but do we keep all the commitments we make? A lady told me one day she wanted to live like a Christian woman and respect her husband. About eight minutes later her husband came home and she said to him, “how can you walk in without knocking”. So what happened to her commitment to live like a Christian? The tone of her voice showed that she did not respect her husband. So was she faithful?

She may be faithful by word but how she shows it is quite the opposite. God wants us to be faithful through our actions because words don’t build faithfulness. Judas went up to Jesus and kissed Him because kissing someone was a sign of love, however we know that Judas betrayed Jesus, so was this kiss faithfulness? Yes Judas was faithful to the Jews when he promised to hand over Jesus, but was Judas faithful to God? We must control our actions so that we will be serving God and not the devil.

We are talking about living in peace with God but sometimes the freedom we want can build a wall between God and us. We must listen to the input of other’s in our lives. If not we might become like satan while he was in heaven. One minute he was serving God and the next he was serving himself.

In the book of Hebrews it says that you cannot love God if you don’t love the one beside you, and you must love others as you love your own soul. If you want to serve others first think about how you serve yourself and from here you will know how to serve. Moses had the power to perform miracles. So he prayed and they always got what he prayed for whether it was meat or water, and Moses was always the last one to be served. When they crossed the red sea Moses was the last to cross. So to serve others you must become a slave to people and God will raise you up. Do the children serve adults or do the adults serve children? For example when a child comes over to your house will you as a parent give up your seat for the child? If you want to serve God in your life then first serve man and you will become God’s friend. Many people neglect poor people but 80% of all the prophets were from normal households and God used them, so don’t neglect anybody.


We must be careful with other people’s souls. Those who seek their own interests will lose it for this is God’s principle and no one will change it. If you want to win you must first lose what you have. To lose for God means to give others what you have as Jesus gave His life for us so we must give our lives to our brothers and sisters, because it is better to give then receive. Amen.

SUMMARY

-We must serve God first, then people (before ourselves)
- We must be faithful to God in our actions (not only in words)
- We must listen to the advice of others

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