God is three in one,
and as we grow in our Christian race, we believers will be able to
differentiate who amongst the trinity is actually speaking to us, yes, just as
you can differentiate the voice of your earthly father from that of your mother
even without seeing their faces. Be that as it may, what is important is that
God speaks, whether it is the father that speaks, the Lord Jesus, or the Holy
Spirit.
By the way, this
message is meant for born-gain Christians! Why? While it is evident that everyone
can hear God, not everyone can know the secrets of God, and you know what?
Secrets… which come in the form of instructions from God are vital to success!
If the poorest man on earth has access to the kind of secrets that Bill Gates
has, he is most likely not going to remain poor.
Last Sunday, I did not
eat my first meal of the day until around 4pm, because I decided not to eat
until I returned from church. Church service
ended around 1pm, but my family and I went to a few other places, and finally
arrived home at about 3.45pm. It was time for me to choose what to eat from
what is available in our house. Suddenly, I remembered that there was a small portion
of pounded yam wrapped in a transparent zipper bag placed in the fridge. Pronto,
I decided to eat this with a mixture of Fluted pumpkin and spinach leaves soup.
In the process of warming the food, I saw something like a vision (in a brief
flash) showing me that the pounded yam was divided into two. In my heart I said, ‘’what??? This food is
just enough amount of food that my 10-year old daughter will eat. God, are you saying I am not permitted to
finish this food?’’ As I was making up
my mind to eat the whole portion, not being really sure if God was talking to
me, the Holy Ghost said to me… ‘be not disobedient to the heavenly vision’. I had
to divide the pounded yam into two, eat a portion and my wife also opted to eat
the other half, and returned the rice she had earlier thought of eating.
An incident happened
not long ago in the sub-division where I live. A Christian woman was about
setting out on a trip to somewhere known to her. The Holy Spirit whispered to
her not to go to where she meant to go. She ignored the voice that spoke to her
and set on her journey. Along the way on her way driving, when she finally
decided to obey the Lord and make a turn at a junction to return home, it was
too late! She crashed into another car
while making the turn. She had collided with the car driven by another Christian
sister that lives in her suburb. As soon as she got out of her vehicle, she
started to confess her regrets…’how I wish I obeyed the Lord, the Holy Spirit
told me not to set on this journey’.
There are people who
set on journeys that are not meant for them, and they end up dying the death
they are not meant to die. Look around you and you will find so many examples
of these. Perhaps it’s because of the
favor/contract that that minister awarded to you that informed your decision to
travel to his party at all cost despite being warned of God not to go. The dog
that refuses to hear the whistle of the hunter will certainly get lost. He that
refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul (Proverbs 15:32).
If reaching heaven is your goal, I think your ability to
hear when God speaks to you is directly proportional to whether or not you will
make heaven. Heresy????
Mathew 19:16-22 tells the story of a young rich man who
was bold enough to declare that he keeps all the commandments of God. Who would
have thought that this brother has made an idol of his riches despite being a
keeper of God's laws? Thank God he asked in verse 20 'what lack I yet?'...and
he was informed.
What is the next area of your life you need to deal with?
Excuse me sir, I don't know!
Only your maker knows your weak points! You need to
revert to him so he can show you what areas you still need to work on so you
can be perfect and ready to enter heaven.
I tell you brethren, if
you would be perfect, God must be able to interrupt you. He must be able to
change your decision about the clothes you wear, about the job you do`, and about
the places you go to; the Lord must be able to put a comma and a full stop to the
events that you have determined to execute.
