By Odon Bulamba
Mathew 24:29, today we are going to talk about
the stars.
It is written in the Bible that stars will
fall from Heaven. Imagine the stars
falling. What will happen on the earth
if they fall? We don’t know how big they
are or the damage they will cause to the earth.
Normally stars are another type of Christian who don’t shine that much
and don’t produce light to show us the path.
Those type of people are Christians are really far from God. When you meet with them and you are told that
this person is a believer, you are shocked because the way they live does not
reflect God’s light, at all.
When I was growing up we had kerosene lamps
to light the house but without the kerosene oil, the light starts to die. Today, the number of Christians that are like
stars are more than the true Christians.
You can visit churches all over the world and see a greater number of Christians
whose light is failing compared to the true Christian that is shining the light
of God.
Satan is called a star, God is called a
star, we are called stars, and there are stars in nature. Satan was a star but was kicked out of heaven
because of pride, he wanted to be worshiped. In Genesis 15:4-5, you will see Abraham
was visited by God and going through a serious problem of not having a child
and God told him, “Come outside your tent,” and come out. He looked towards the heaven, and God said, “Count
the stars. Then the number you have
counted will be your descendants and your children”.
Have you tried to count the stars? You won’t have time to bother yourself
because there so many that you can’t count them. My mum used to ask me, “How many children
will you have when you grow up?” I
wanted a small number but for Abraham God is asking him to count the stars to
determine the number of descendants you want.
How many stars will you count? How many children do you want Rebekah? Four.
Not 4 hundred? We all believe we
don’t need many children because the more children means the more trouble and
challenges we will face. All of us are Abraham’s
descendants. How many stars did he
count? Many. Once you count a big number, you get
lost.
As we are born again and the light of the
world, God asks us sometimes to come outside from our tent to start to count
the number of believers that are not shining anymore. He asks us to count the number of those that
are counted as Christians but are no longer the light for God because their
light is hidden. Once counted, we will
take the responsibility of becoming their parent, care for them, look after
them, pray for them, fast for them, preach for them, come close to them and
treat them like our own children.
Someone can be older than you physically
but can be younger than you spiritually even if they met Jesus before you. How much do you care for you children? When you think about your children, how do
you feel? You may see hundreds of
children at school but when it’s your child, you give them special
attention. You go to school because you
have a child there and you prepare them to go to bed, feed them and be there
24/7 to protect your child.
Abraham was given this huge task of
becoming a watchman. Are you a watchman
of those who are not shining anymore? Those
stars will fall. When satan was thrown
down, he was thrown to the earth. Our
bodies came from the earth and that is where physical life is, eating, drinking
and sinning.
Many of those who are not shining the light
of Jesus, they continue to fall in sin, they are sinners. Once they were saved but have decided to go
away from the gospel and live like sinners, they are falling. Now fallen, we don’t know who will pick them
up again, this is the big responsibility we have.
Pray you will never be like a star. Many people have created gods around the
stars. We have no choice than to come
outside and help stars. The message of Jesus
was to make disciples. We have these
disciples who are lost and they need to come back.
For example, Trish’s cat Cody got lost
because Trish moved houses. He kept
going back to the old house. Trish would
do her best to bring him to the new house but he kept going back. She tried her best and she loved Cody but Cody
doesn’t care about Trish’s love and care.
Imagine how hard it was for Trish that her cat is back and she has
happiness but after some time he disappears.
She keeps hoping he will come back to join the family.
When a child of God leaves His family, God
sends someone to bring him home but even when they come back to church, they
leave again. Do we get tired? Do we give up? God has been encouraging us, don’t give up,
don’t get tired. If just one soul is
saved, it is a big party in heaven.
Don’t feel like you have done enough, keep helping, their number is
enormous and God wants these people to come back to Him again.
It’s a big task, a tough one. You may go to that person and they may give
you many verses to show you that you know nothing but your victory will be in
your prayers. Your words won’t change
them unless God is in you to change those people.
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