Overprotective father 1!!

I overheard a Mummy call God, an Overprotective father. Please, let's check the meaning of *Overprotective*: having a tendency to protect someone, especially a child, excessively.

My picture of an overprotective father is one that is always in your matter. He doesn't give you space to breathe and God help any person that wants to stand as a threat to the child, you will face the Father before you come close to the child and that is where I am going to.

The Lord knows I have always been scared of anything to everything (N.B: You can check Jesus, My Protector 1 & 2) however, Jesus caused a transformation in my life that drove that fear away from me, as far as the heavens are from the earth..

However, sometimes, I get scared of the spiritual realm, when it's time to sleep and I can't control much in my dreams, I cover my self with the blood of Jesus as many times as possible, then, plead the fire of the Holy Ghost to protect and raise a hedge of Fire around my dream life, it's not funny...

But, when that Mummy called God, an Overprotective Father, something resounded in my heart.
  If I call God an Overprotective father, that means, not just anyone comes near me, this means God screens anyone that comes 1000m close, he screens those I call my friends, so much that when their hearts start to change and I don't know(because I don't read people's heart), he starts to show me reasons and starts to tell me to watch out and when necessary cut them off.
  Now, this is just in the physical, talk more of the spiritual where Jesus is the head of all principalities and powers, and everything, everyone, and anything bows to him from the highest heavens to Hades, the lowest of hell, including under the sea.

If I have family members that are the heads of evil and good, then no evil is permitted to touch me, except they allow and every good is my portion in full measure.
  Imagine, my father is the head of kidnappers, which kidnapper will dare to kidnap me, infact once they hear my name/surname, fear would run down their spine and if they even dare, the person's end is at hand.

Now, I am the child of the Greatest and the Highest being plus he is overprotective in nature, meaning He's all in my business and guess what, I am not to pray for protection out of fear but out of an understanding of who I have as a Father.
An overprotective father means, even when I am tired of his presence(which I can never be, by the mercies of God), his protection is 100% standby.

Please note, I did not say we should no longer pray for protection, rather, when we pray for protection, we do not pray from the angle of fear but from a depth of understanding of who we call and have as a father.

To be Continued...

*Please check out this space for My Overprotective father 2

Dont touch my hair!

I remember when I was in primary school, there were friends I had that while playing with them, if your hand mistakenly touched their head, you will hear, "Don't touch my head", when asked why, the reply would be "Because my Mummy said I should not allow anybody to touch my head".

That time, it sounded trivia and nonsensical but over the years, I have come to realise that indeed people should not touch your head.
  As a girl, that can be a bit difficult especially when you have a nice hair texture, everybody just wants to touch your hair, indirectly touching your head, and guys are not left out, especially when they have unusual hair patterns and texture, then, you hear, "Are you an half-caste?" or "Is this your real hair?" followed by the next inevitable question, "Please can I touch your hair?"(trust me, I am guilty here), the worst is when, they don't even ask for your permission and start touching your hair, that can be very annoying.

Your head is a sign of your authority, you don't allow people touch your hair or your head anyhow, from your friends up to even a man of God, except by the leading of Holy Spirit.

If you allow people touch or play with your hair, it's as well giving them the power to do anything they like with you, either physically or spiritually.

If people or anybody can touch your hair or head anyhow and it's okay with you, then, you are as well saying, "You can have control over my life".

Even the Bible says, the hair of a woman is the glory of the woman, so in allowing people touch your hair, including hairdressers/barbers, you have to be watchful of the hands that work on your hair, you can't let just anyone touch your hair/your head.

This might sound trivia and nonsensical like what my primary school mates were saying back then, but it's the truth, and guess what the truth will set you free.

Some people are going through some terrible stuffs, just because of someone, somewhere that touched their hair.
#Reflect

Not everyone will make heaven..Will you?

ESV:For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

KJV:For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

NIV:For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

NLT:For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

People always say, Jesus came to save all, however, technically looking at this scripture, Jesus did not come to save all, instead "many". This is why in the book of John, we read "as many that believe, they are called the sons of God"(paraphrased), even our favourite and most popular verse of the Bible,

KJV:For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.John 3:16

makes us understand that whosoever believeth in Jesus NOT

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten to the whole world, so that as long as you are in the whole world, you will not perish but have everlasting life or make heaven"..

We can see that there's a condition, the salvation message is a conditional message, if you do this, you will get this..meaning, if the whole world believes in Jesus then the whole world gets everlasting life but if just few believe in Jesus, then, only those few get everlasting life.

Now, we all know that everyone will not believe, it's not a curse, that's just nature, the power of choice. God won't force himself on you, the same thing with Jesus, so, if you don't align yourself with Jesus(like Victoria Orenze will say), don't expect to get everlasting life or expect to make heaven..that is the truth.

Yes, Jesus died for the world but his death is not the world's ticket to everlasting life..it is the believing in Jesus (his birth, works, death, commandments, resurrection, his Father, his Spirit, and everything else that resonates Jesus) that gets you everlasting life..

Where do YOU stand, Do you believe in Jesus and confess him as your personal Lord & Saviour or do you think just because you are in the world, automatically, you will have everlasting life? Reflect.

Can I be perfect?

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ESV:You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

KJV:Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

NIV:Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

NLT:But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.Matthew 5:48

When Jesus said we should be perfect, he knew we could be perfect. Notice, he did not say when you get to heaven, you will be perfect..his statement was made in present continuous tense..right now..Be ye perfect.. not try to be perfect nor keep trying to be perfect..

Our aim as Christians is to be perfect like God, our Father.
It is the joy of every parent, most especially, the Father when his children/offspring are a chip off the shoulder(that is, looks like him, talks like him, thinks like him, walks like him, even laughs like him).
  There is no intelligent parent that would want/be happy having a dull child, not that he discriminates dull children but that the child does not take after him, then, you start hearing statements like, "Are you sure, I am your father?" or "I don't know where you carried your brain from because it's not my own", etc.

Infact, if you check most parents that play favourites with their children, in most cases, you see that the children they love the most are either the ones that have sharp minds/mouth like them or the ones that are their perfect look-a-like.

If all these are applicable to men, talk more of God, our father, who created us in his likeness.. What do you expect?

God expects us, as Christians, to look like him, think like him,react to situations like him, if possible, laugh like him. He expects us to be like him, to carry his nature in every aspect of our lives, including today's topic: Perfection.

Yes, we are humans, we are still in our flesh, we tend to do the things we don't want to do and neglect the ones we are supposed to do, we are mere dust...I know all these factual excuses and Jesus knows them too, and that is why I love the amplified version of theme scripture, which says,

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You, therefore, must be perfect [growing into complete [ak]maturity of godliness in mind and character, [al]having reached the proper height of virtue and integrity], as your heavenly Father is perfect.(N) Matthew 5:48(AMP)

From this passage, we can see that the perfection God expects from us is not a state/position of "no mistakes", rather, its a walk, a growth process into complete maturity of godliness in mind and character.. this just reminds me of Romans 12:1 &2, the MSG translation

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So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.
Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.

Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it.
  Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

Infact, Romans 12:1&2 is simply a summary of how we are to attain perfection with God and in God.

*This is a bit comprehensive but I ask that the Holyspirit enlightens the eyes of your understanding and helps you comprehend what "perfection" in God's sight means.

So, the next time, someone tells you or you tell yourself, "Nobody is perfect, only God", remember this,"Yes, Nobody (in some sense) is perfect", but God expects us to be perfect, meaning, we can be perfect and with God's grace and the help from the Holyspirit, we will be perfect, not just in heaven but even here on earth, RIGHT NOW.

Be ye perfect as your father in heaven is.. Shalom!

Things are not always the way they seem

The man is in flowing crystal white robes, with extra dramatic effects. He must be an angel, he's trying to pass across a message..

Angel: Earthly vessel, earthly vessel, wake up and get this message sent from above..

But then, the angel's voice starts to sound distorted, as if there's too much breeze blowing his mouth...

Angel: The mess..sage..is..s.. "Hey John, reduce that fan, shift it to the left small, it's blowing my wig off"..Okay, so where did I stop..?

NIV:Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

NIV:This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

NIV:but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. 1 John 4:1-3

Jesus, My Protector (II)

From Jesus, My Protector(I), we learnt that as a christian, we might have certain veils in our hearts that would be hindering God's maximum move, control, love from spreading through our lives; and we said, we are to ask the Lord, give him the permission to work on our hearts.

Telling the Lord to search your heart does not mean you are not a child of God. The presence of veils in your life does not mean you have not given your life to Christ..
  Your acknowledgement of veils in your life and wanting to tear them down speaks Spiritual maturity, it speaks how much you want to let go to get God, and God sees that.

From Philippians 1:6,
"NLT:And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.",

we can see that we are all Work-In-Progress, until Jesus comes,

"NLT:Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely."1 Corinthians 13:12,

So, with this, we are to work out Salvation towards perfection, tearing down as many veils and weights that would want to slow us down on our Christian race...

"NLT:Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us."Hebrews 12:1,

God expects you to tear as many veils that are obstructing your view,

"NLT: So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image."2 Corinthians 3:18

So, from today, start tearing down the veils, the veils of pain, distrust, mistrust, anger, malice, depression, loneliness, sadness, confusion, misunderstandings with the help of the Holy Spirit, and let God be glorified in your life.... Amen.

Happy New Month!!!

Jesus, My Protector (I)

For some days now, running into weeks and definitely months, God has been taking me through several lessons on "Jesus, My Protector"..

You see, I am someone that has always seen people around me as my protectors with the ideology that "at least, I can see them, than God that I can not see"..for example, with my friends, I say, I can't be hurt because they will be there for me, just like I try to be there for them..

With my mom, when I am with her, I have always felt that nothing, NOTHING(bad) can happen to me, I can do odenshi to anybody... but all that changed after a gruesome encounter I had with a bus conductor on a late Monday night..

Actually, the change started a long time ago, in series until the last straw was broken...
  However, on that day, my eyes were opened, and in my own writings, this is what I recorded..

"Today proved me wrong. My mom was there but I still received a stinging blow on my mouth...Although, the guy didn't go without having his own beatings especially on his head from my mom's umbrella...

I have learnt from today's encounter that:
1. It is only God that has my back in all situations
2. My mom is still a human being, just like me, so she also has her limitations.
3. People don't care or notice you, they only care about themselves or what they think is right."

This is my own veil that the Lord has been tearing down, it has not been easy because this is a veil that has been built up through thick and thin, in the cold and hot weather, for many years...
   Infact, I didn't realise this veil was there, until, I laid my life at Jesus's feet and I told him to search my heart and test it, to show me the hidden things there because from the Bible, I learnt that

"NLT:“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?" Jer 17:9, NLT

However, I also discovered this:

"NLT:No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit." 1 Cor 2:11, NLT

But it did not stop there, I saw this too:

"NLT:And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us." 1 Cor 2:12, NLT

With these verses, I made this request to God:

"NLT:Put me on trial, Lord, and cross-examine me. Test my motives and my heart." Psalm 26:2,NLT

And it has been a roller coaster of events.

What is your veil? Have you discovered it yet? In other words, what are you struggling with? Have you laid it at the feet of Jesus?

Like Pastor Nathaniel Bassey said, "Little foxes and Secret faults will spring surprises on that final day."

Search your heart, before it's too late!