It’s a joy to meet again.
When we see each other, our eyes can give
to us an opportunity to differentiate between different people. Our eyes are important to testify what we
have seen to make the right choice and see what others cannot see. It is better to lose my arms than my eye sight. I have friends that say better to lose
everything but not my sight.
According to 2 Corinthians it is better to
walk by faith than by sight. Faith can
see what eyes can’t see. Faith can show
you the right place to step where your eyes have no idea. Faith can help myself and others prepare for Jesus. This is today’s message.
We see people protesting all over the world
because something is wrong somewhere.
People are protesting that black lives matter. Black people feel that others think our lives
don’t matter so they must protest. When
they talk about protest, they walk towards a destination. Why don’t we also protest against satan? Imagine if all Christians could stand against
satan and sin, how strong would our church be?
We can protest for that man who died.
Maybe that was the path God had chosen for that man.
Some who are good swimmers die in the
sea. Some can die in a car crash or in
their beds sleeping. It is just a path
that God uses to bring his people back to him.
No one protests against corona virus itself. Why can’t we all say, “This sickness has been
killing millions, we should protest”.
I give these examples before I start
because in life, we sometimes don’t always focus on what is important. We make small things bigger and protest against
them but I should learn to protest against sin.
When I see sin coming, I should pick up my banner and protest against
sin. I should not wait for others to
join me. A protest can start with one
person.
When people are protesting, it is some
peoples’ job to film. Even when the man
died, no one helped, they just filmed.
When we see others protesting sin, what do we do. I saw a man drowning in water and screaming
for help and a person just filmed it.
Lucky someone intervened. The
film maker thought it was just a joke. Sometimes
we think our sins are just a joke and not serious and sometimes we create a sin
network. If I want to gossip, I will
have my network of people to gossip.
Ephesians 5:15-17, think about how you are
living. The time you are living is a
serious time. This is a time where
everyone should be awakened. Very soon Jesus
is coming back. This is the time where satan himself doesn’t hide himself
anymore and he tries to destroy as many souls as possible. Sin can be seen in our eyes as normal. People are not afraid anymore to do wrong in
front of others. Satan has removed shame
and respect for the Kingdom of God. What
we couldn’t do 10 years ago, people do easily today and people clap their
hands.
We are living in a dangerous time where we
all must know that we have to be careful.
We must go into a confinement to protect yourself, family and children
to protect ourselves from the influence of the world because Jesus is at the
doorstep. God insists, “Do not be
foolish, you have the brain I have given you and you have the capacity to
decide what is right or wrong”.
Sometimes people will decide to put their
dignity aside and act foolishly.
Yesterday I was at Oscars, as we were eating, Oscar left his plate
because the phone rang. On his plate was
a nice piece of fish. Because Oscar was distracted, I took the nice fish and
ate it and replaced it with a head of fish.
When Oscar came back he knew straight away that it wasn’t his fish. He lost control denied the plate was his.
Don’t be shocked when you come back to your
Bible after being distracted that things have changed. You can be fervent in prayer and if you stop
for 2 days, it will be hard to come back to praying. It is the same with reading Bible. If you are distracted, it will be hard to put
aside by your distractions.
Nadege likes to chat on the phone helping
others to be on the right path but it means she is up until 4am. The next day, she can sometimes still be in
bed until 3pm. Something has taken her
in a different direction.
What is a blind spot of your life? You are in your car and a good driver and
have your licence and you know your roads around you very well. Behind your wheel something happens and you
didn’t see it. Two seconds from your car
hitting it, what will you do? Scream,
slam breaks, freeze.
A blind spot is a spot where you cannot
see. You can see but something blocks
you from seeing what is coming. It’s a
threat not only to the driver but to other road users or those walking. One time I was driving and the bus stopped so
I went passed but then someone on other side of the road came on my side of the
road and I screamed but thankfully we both stopped in time.
You have a rear-view mirror in your car but
you are not able to see everything that is behind you. What do you do when you are reversing your vehicle? What do you do first? You must check. How often do you check your life when you
decide to reverse spiritually, when you are regressing spiritually? Have you done an exam or test of yourself? If I pull out/reverse of my spiritual life, I
can kill myself and others. What happens
if I decide to not to read my Bible every morning or pray every day. What is your plan?
Everyone driving has a plan in their
life. When you reverse in your life,
what is the next destination. That is
the problem of not seeing behind you what you may kill. When we decide to reverse spiritually we kill
some of those fruit of the spirit.
A child knows its bad to steal but decides
to steal. When asked, who did this. They will lie. They will destroy the truth to sin. They will give justifications or accuse
others. It wasn’t me. They don’t see where they are going. If you sit in your vehicle with a reverse
camera, you may stop and see what is behind you.
What tools do you use when making your
spiritual decisions? Praying, church, Bible
study, helping others, sharing gospel with others. I made the decision that I will share the gospel
once per week but I change that promise.
How many lives are lost because I am reversing my spiritual life? Don’t be foolish and think that it doesn’t
matter. Why can’t I protest against the
decisions that I don’t fulfil, my false promises and make a decision to be
honest with myself and others.
Some people drive from lane to lane, left,
right, left, right without indicating while driving at 100km/hr. How often do we change our lanes? God has given us the path to follow but we
don’t remain in the faith and we move in the fruit of the flesh. We are shifting from left to right and we
become a stumbling block for others. We
are a danger to those next to us.
We just decide to change the lane because
we believe we will reach where we go faster.
110km/hr is the max speed limit.
One time I saw a person driving 130km/hr and they overtook us. 20 mins later and we saw them again because the
traffic had slowed them down. You can
drive fast but it doesn’t mean you will get their earlier. If the police catch you, there will be a
consequence. Sometimes we break the rules
believing we will get something but we will end up in the same place.
Do you know the rules of God? That is the will of God for you. What is the will of God for you? John 3:16, He doesn’t want to see anyone
perish, He wants all of us saved in his Kingdom but we choose not to by
deciding to go in a direction where we will perish. When you don’t follow the road code, you can
have an accident.
After eating my brother’s fish, Oscar
didn’t say much. I was watching
him. He went back and took another piece
of fish. He ate. I took back my fish head and put it on Hayley’s
plate. She didn’t touch it.
The world can sometimes destroy your
comfort and step into your plate of life and make it look yuck. If something leaves left-overs on your plate,
you will change your plate. Oscar didn’t
change his plate, he kept eating the rest.
When someone disturbs you, do you blow up everything or do you ignore
that bad pressure from the bad corner?
When someone steals from you, do you become angry?
The blind spot in your life is when you cannot
control things. When you lose
control. You forget the presence of Jesus
and then you hit something. Slam on your
breaks which means to have self-control.
When someone hurts your feelings, you become angry but then you need to
slam on your breaks. Your heart will
pound. Close your eyes and block your
ears. If you open your eyes you will
attack or if you open your ears, you will hear negative things.
Although a bus is stopping on your right
side, don’t go by with high speed. Slow
down when its time to slow down. Don’t
rush. Even if someone is telling you
something huge, take your time and ask God to help you.
Colossians 4:5, we must walk wisely towards
strangers. When you meet with people and
they don’t know you and they don’t know if you are a Christian, do you behave
as a wise person? Wisdom comes from God
and it’s a blessing to be children of God because He gives us wisdom. When we see strangers and friends are not
there, how do we act? Do we do what they
do or do we help them to understand that their lives do not please God?
One time I spoke to one of our boys. I asked if he had tried to drink alcohol and
he said, “Yes because my friends gave it to me and it wasn’t good”. In my house, he will never do that but when
he went outside the house with people that we don’t know, he was offered
something. Satan is our enemy and
targets us when we are outside of those that we call Christians. At work you will see someone talking against God’s
ways or propose sins and you will participate because it seems normal. God is asking us to walk wisely.
Wisdom is to decide what is right and what
is wrong and to choose what is right. One
time I was given vegetables and meat and I was asked to choose which one I want
to eat. I’ll go for meat. Why meat?
It tastes good. After eating, the
person said, “It was a good choice to please your mouth but vegetables are more
important than meat”. Very often we
limit ourselves to our taste, this is fashion, this is how the world looks and
if I don’t do like them I will be different.
We are different because we don’t belong to
this world. Just because Shakira wears
those clothes or dances like that, we should.
We will look foolish in God’s eyes.
Our older brother who passed away wanted to
be buried about 70km from the capital city where his ancestors were
buried. He’s dead and his body won’t say
no. We can put it anywhere. He believed that his spirit will help others who
come to visit his grave. I told Oscar to
put that aside and we instructed them to put the body somewhere else. We sent young persons to prepare the
place. The family found it was wrong
place but it was too late to change the place so they accepted.
When our collegues or friends are wrong, we
can help them. Don’t be ashamed of our
belief. Use your eyes to see. God helps us to see everyday situations. God is coming back very soon before we are
old, at any minute, Jesus can come back. Are we wise or not? If not, He won’t take us. Remember the story of the 10 virgins, if you
are not among the wise ones, you will stay behind. Please be wise.
In your prayers, tell God every time, “I
need wisdom”. Once you have wisdom, you
will have more.
