God....My God

Oh Mighty God , who are we ?  That you love us this much.  Did we do anything that we deserved  your grace, Is there any good that we did?  Did we bring any magnificent gift in your altar ? Did we come up with some great idea? Father ,Father , what did we do ? !!! What did we do my God, what is it Father, What is it my God?  

I have looked everywhere  but  I have not found anything good. There is nothing good and worthy that I discovered in me, Father not even one , I have searched inside out but I have came back empty handed.  I am  sinner  , there is nothing good in me, there is absolutely nothing intrinsically good in me. I have tried to pretend and look good and appear righteous but you and I know that there is nothing  worthy and wonderful in the person that I am.  There is no will to do good and to do the right thing. When I resolve to do the right thing I end up  doing the bad thing. Even when I do a good thing I do a bad thing in it. There is nothing attractive  and glorious in me.  Heavenly father I am ridden with sin and unrighteousness. My heart is sinking in covetousness and fleshly desires.  I have no potential in me , I have no ability that is intrinsically mine.  I don't have the means at all.  

 But God .... But God.... My God Maker and Creator of all things , Redeemer of hopeless and lost souls. You have overtaken  my whole being with your love and your grace. You have rescued me  from the present hell and eternal hell.  You have captured me from darkness . You have given me your own righteousness , you have given me your own divine nature.   You given me hope, you have given my life meaning.  I have hope and I have you in my life.

Ephesians 2:1-10  1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

"And you were dead in the trespasses and sins"  Death is a hopeless imprisonment. Its a desperate  incarceration. There is no hope of escape  to life at all. In death someones destiny  is completed and done. There is no home coming in death. Its an imprisonment where there is no parole at all.  Death is eternal  enslavement to evil where there is  not even a  reason or  hope for emancipation.  In plain words death is a totally hopeless and irreversible  state. If an object  has been burned into ashes  it can never be restored into its original state. This is our dismal diagnosis without Jesus Christ and it has a completely negative prognosis. Here I am specifically referring to spiritual death.  With Jesus Christ death is rendered powerless , because when Jesus comes into my life  He quickens within me and makes me alive together with Him. This is the sheer power of the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ, it totally  overtakes us and changes us completely.

This is to expose that Jesus Christ makes the  impossible possible , He reverses the irreversible. This to show that the new birth is a miraculous event in our lives.  It is not ushered in by the will of the flesh or by the will of man. The new birth is not familial inheritance  but it is completely God's miraculous activity in our lives.  The new birth is not our  achievement its absolutely  God'S divine work in us. We should fight  and capture every thought that begins to suggest that we somehow influenced or worked to bring about our salvation. It was because of God , by God , through God  and for God.  But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved.

Privatization of Faith

The issue of faith has been dubbed  a personal issue and as a result  this  has privatized it.. Its an area that is frowned  at when its being shared in a public space. It has actually become a taboo. These days saying a swear word has become more tolerable than expressing allegiance to Jesus Christ publicly.  

The issue of our faith in Jesus Christ is not an isolated controversial issue  but it is our very lifestyle as christians , it is who we are. It is our culture , it is how we express ourselves as human beings in the known world.  It is in the core of my faith that my life and my message must affect the person next to me. Sharing of our faith is one of the core values of our faith. Its the value  for the spreading of the fame and glory of our Lord and King Jesus Christ.

Therefore the privatization of faith  is forcing us to compromise the core mission of our faith. We cannot  tolerate  this because it prevents us to be who we really are  i.e Christians. Christians must express their faith to others  even if those people have beliefs of their own.

Who is God? Part 1

Acts 20:24 The God who made the world and everything in it , being Lord of heaven and earth , does not live in temples made by man , nor is served by human hands, as though he needed anything , since He Himself gives to all mankind life and breath  and everything.  And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on the face of the earth , having determined  allotted periods and boundaries of their dwelling place , that the should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way towards Him and find Him . Yet He is actually not far from each one of us, for in Him we live and move and have our being.......


God  is  infinite  and  He is ultimate reality. I know that is very difficult for some people  to swallow this , it doesn't settle well with their intelligence and affections. They are unhappy that God is God  since they want to rule and dictate everything in their lives.  Understanding God   as creator is crucial and ultimate to  the Faith,  this  is also crucial in understanding the existence  and the revelation God. Our faith hangs in the very creative ability of God i.e that everything emanates from God.  God is the creator , He made all  things. The existence of the universe and everything in it  is not because of  some cosmic accident that happened billion years ago. Everything Is!because of God.  From the far reaches of space  to the depths of the oceans God's hand is all over it.

People of the world  this is huge ! Its absolutely staggering.  God in His infinite wisdom and power purposefully created the world.  He made the very details of everything.  The composition of the stars is his very invention. He is the great scientific mind behind the hallmark of every living creature  i.e the DNA. This very fact implies that  God is infinitely big and beyond our wildest  ideas.  Nothing is new to God , He is never surprised or intimidated . He  is altogether  and is absolutely intelligent and resourceful.

By virtue of being the creator of the  universe , God is the rightful and absolute ruler of this world.  Yes He is the rightful ruler of my life  and your  life. What He says  is what should be  and it is what is to be followed to the very letter.  He is also the ruler of the very details and intricacies of life.  For the most of our lives  we have been attempting the  impossible. One way or the other many of us have cried to "house" and "box" God.  We have made and created boundaries  for God , saying to Him  " this is far you can go" This is absolutely impossible , we want God to be what He is not. We want Him  to come on board to our terms and conditions as if we voted Him into power. God is not a democratically elected ruler of this world. He was not interviewed by a panel  and found to have the qualifications. We should never be prescriptive and instructive to God , that is absolutely an insult to the God of the universe who is all knowing and in control.  God has  therefore  no obligation to give an account or answer to us of His actions. He is the creator and ruler of the world and  He is excellent at that. God is all-wise and does what pleases Him , what pleases God is always the best. He therefore has our best interests at heart as He gives us the best and that is Himself.


God is absolutely resourceful. He provides breath and everything and to the 7 billion people on earth and billions of living creatures. He never runs out  , He overflows with resources. He always wants to provide and He overflows with provision.  God is not in debt  and He doesn't owe any one anything.........................................