30. August 2008 by GBS.

It’s a lovely day! Sure the Lord’s been good to you.
He’s been good to me and I stand today to say that he is faithful and when we think He is not then we need to look inwards. This is because His word is ever true and He will not deny His word and His name. I listened severally to a message this week and the fact that God guides us on a day to day basis struck me more than ever before. God is always there to ensure that all things work together for our good only if we rely on Him and not lean on our own understanding. After that understanding I committed myself to pray on a regular (more than just daily) basis for God’s direction and friend it has been awesome. God proved himself faithful on my behalf every step of the way. I don’t even know what and what to say but I can assure you that God is ready to help us if we will allow Him. His word says and I quote ‘cast all your cares upon me for I care for you’. Do you really believe that? Can you really cast all your cares on Him? Do you trust Him enough to take care of all the details of your life? A lot of times we say we do with our mouths but we end up trying to help God fix the issues of our lives in our proactivity.
Proverbs 3:5-7 says Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.
I think you should meditate once again on the scriptures and let God Himself teach you what trust really is. He indeed is our help in ages past.
You are blessed

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25. August 2008 by GBS.

It now looks as if being here is a monthly affair. Please bear with me for now cos that is not the case.
It has been a wao period for me. For a while now I have been struggling with a decision and I have been wondering………..Why is this not right? What exactly is the way to go? Why is the direction I want to head not the will of God for me for the now?
I had all the signals the time was not right but I was bent on doing what I wanted to do because I thought I was doing it for the right reasons……….Let me be a bit more specific so we can all gain from the experience.
Like you all know I work in KPMG and it has been a big struggle combining my work with any other aspects of my life that I care about e.g. my walk with God, my family comprising of my hubby, son and siblings, serving in the household of God in the unit I felt led to join, etc. My health was also affected up to the extent that I had to undergo some medical procedures to regain my normal health. This is because I have had to work extremely long hours. For me I thought the right thing for me to do was to just leave and then trust that God will make a way for me even though I was yet to get another job so I can continue to support my husband financially. I had applied consistently and vigorously for about a year but nothing was forthcoming which I eventually took to be the hand of God at work to keep me in the right track.
Each time I thought about my decision, I lost my peace and I knew there was something wrong but I could not place it. I still decided to leave but after I did notify my employer of my intention God started to minister to me that He does not define our righteousness by our works, but by our faith in Jesus. He taught me that we can only feel inner peace when we obey the voice of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, our utmost goal should always be to work our schedule around God and see Him make everything fall in place. A decision may seem to be the right one at the moment because we see only the now but God knows the future and He keeps preparing us for the best that is to come and that is why our now is the way it is. I also learnt that God will rather require that we trust our ways unto His hands by prayers and see Him work it out instead of being desperate to help Him achieve His purpose. It has not been an easy decision for me but I have decided to give God the final say about every step I have to take. Joseph was a slave in Potiphar’s house and then in the prison for a time before God took him to the palace. Even his scheme of talking to the Pharaoh’s chief cupbearer to talk to Pharaoh about him did not hasten the hand of God to perform his deliverance as the cupbearer forgot about him the moment he left the prison.
What has God been saying to you? What is His priority or will for you for the now? Are you walking in it? It may not seem like the right thing to do but if it is His will then that is THE WAY. Fall in line with His will today and I can assure you that your life will never remain the same again.
You are blessed as you walk this walk along with Him!

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