WHO IS MY NEIGHBOUR?(THE SOCIAL MEDIA FRENZY)

 

Mishaps occur not because we ask for or invite them. We are living in a dark and wicked world where the cry of the poor is faint and the clamor for evil is deafening. Day in day out we hear and see calamities happen to the innocent and the only thing  they are left with is their bitter cry. Some do not even have the strength to cry again. All their energies have been drained

Few weeks ago, God drew my attention to something which I’m equally guilty of. First, let me take you to the scriptures then we delve into this matter.

Luke 10:29-33 

29But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?30And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. 33But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him

 

In vs 29, the lawyer asked The Lord who his neighbor was and this drew Jesus to touch on this subject. Since I’m addressing the body of Christ let me relate it to the activities in the church (the virtual church)

 

The first person mentioned was a priest which we would say a pastor,a preacher or a minister of the gospel. He preached on facebook and other social media platforms. He is very active, has a sound doctrine, well known and highly respected but he lacks one thing and that is compassion. He sees a soul lament on his updates, he pays no attention. He is so busy that he has no eye for people suffering. He hears of natural disasters happen to other brethren in other nations, he looks unperturbed because it is not within his circle. His concerns are within his sphere. If it is not within his confines then it’s a waiver. So, what prevents this person from checking on a brother who is in trouble on his social media platform? What prevents him from checking on a brother who has gone mute for sometime or is he minding his business? This is not right. Love knows no boundaries.

 

The second category are believers who are very active on facebook. They preach sometimes, share messages yet they also look unconcerned when there is a bitter cry from a soul. One writes “I am bereaved, I am sick, I am broke, I have lost properties”, they read it yet they are not moved by compassion. They convince themselves, “after all this is social media and I don’t know him. How does this concern me?” These people sometimes talk about love the most but only when it is within their confines. If he is from Ghana, his concerns are for Ghana alone. How about that brother in Guinea whose country experienced a political mayhem few weeks ago?

 

The third category is the man  called the Good Samaritan. I suppose the wounded man was a Jew and remember in John 4:9, the Samaritan woman made a statement.

John 4:9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

Relationship wise, these two people had nothing in common. In relating it to this message, we can say they were not of the same religion, social status, denomination, tribe or nation yet this Samaritan had compassion on the wounded man who was left half dead. He invested his energy and time on the wounded man till he was well.

One would say but I don’t have the financial resources. One of the greatest gifts you can offer a dying man is your loyalty and loyalty comes in the form of your time, your concern and all forms of energy. You may not be in the position to help financially but checking on them daily to know the extent of their progress is key to their recovery. There are a lot of people here who are gasping for their last breath. They have lost hope. They have never been loved right from their childhood. They have suffered all manner of abuses. All they need is that person who will offer them a shoulder to lean on. They may look scungy, battered, shattered. Only your love can bind their wounds. Only your compassion can heal them.

 

In conclusion, we shouldn’t look unconcerned when a soul cries out. It is understandable that there are criminals all over who take undue advantage of people. That is why we have The Holy Spirit to help us discern. You can contribute your quota in the life of someone.

 

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ANSWERED PRAYERS

Some of the sudden changes we see in our lives are as a result of some prayers we made some time back. " Lord break me, change me, reveal my heart, let me love you more, let your will be done, let me love people with your heart".

The Lord will ask " Are you willing to drink My cup? Are you willing to love those who betray you? Are you willing to forgive those who abuse you?" He will ask you through the storms that come your way.

Remember it is a walk of love with Him. Sometimes He will take everything and everyone from you. Sometimes the breaking process will make you weep. You might not understand so many things happening in your life now but be thankful.

Last week The Lord told me something that got me thinking. " You think you love people? Your love must go throw My refinery".

Any good thing we think we are or we do must come from what He gives us lest we begin to boast. There is also a good side of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. God is not looking for what is good but what He gives.

Sometimes He would withhold certain things from you for a season so that you will depend on Him alone. The Lord said to me " I will lead you to the wilderness but I will not leave you".

What you are seeing now is yesterday's prayer. God does not throw away heart felt prayers. He is just saying be still and trust Me. How can you work for Him if you have not seen Him working. Jesus said My Father has been working until this time and I Am also working. You want to do too much. Hold your peace. God has began something new in your life.

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AN ATTRACTIVE LIFE

Ask yourself where were the friends of Job when he was suffering before The Lord restored him? When God makes a man attractive, people do not only celebrate with him but they come to celebrate him as well. Maybe they thought you could not make it in life but as soon as one hears of it another will hear then they will come in turns. God Himself will advertise you. This is what we call the blessing of The Lord. Anytime you struggle so much to get the attention of men you are not in the rest of God. The glory of God beautifies a man. It makes a man attractive. Lady, you think too much make up and hipsters will attract your Mr. Right? Brother, you think your wealth will attract a godly spouse? It is the glory of God. The place of glory is the place of intimacy. God told Moses I will cause all my goodness to pass before you and I will proclaim My name The Lord in your presence. When you are in solitude with God He reveals His glory. He reveals His name Jehovah to you. I have had times with The Lord where I could literally see Wisdom as person walking with me.

Jethro had mentored Moses but when God glorified Himself through the conquest of the Egyptians, Jethro did not only come, he came with his grandsons Gershom and Eliezer plus his daughter. He said to himself I don't care how busy Moses is, my descendants must taste this glory. Let people laugh at you. Let people spit on you. Like Job say to yourself "My Redeemer Liveth". If men have not laughed at you how can men laugh with you.

O God saturate me with your glory and let that glory advertise your goodness in my life.

CONSISTENCY

What keeps Christiano Ronaldo at the top year after year?

Great passion for his work
Willingness to go an extra mile in training
Hatred for mediocrity
Willingness to learn
An eye to set new records.
An eye firmly set on nothing but the best.

We can learn a lot from the life of this great footballer as Christians. If we want to be Christians that heaven and earth will forever remember then we need to go about our Christian life like Ronaldo. Should Ronaldo retire today he will be remembered as one of the greatest footballers to have lived on this planet. Thankfully we have The Holy Spirit to help us.

If your prayer life is the same as it was 2 years back don't expect God to suddenly lift you. It doesn't work that way. If you no longer study God's word as you did when you were saved don't expect a radical change. Have you seen a Christian who is growing in leaps and bounds? He has an earnest desire for God. It doesn't happen accidentally.

Ask God for fresh hunger if you have lost it

THE TIMING OF A PROPHECY

Hebrews 7:25
For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.

God had told Abraham that his descendants would spend 400 years in a strange land afterward they would go out with great treasures. It was year 390 years from the time of the promise to the time Moses came into the picture. It had come into the heart of Moses to visit his brethren. Moses seeing his brethren go through all forms of abuse had that natural inclination to defend his people but that was not what God intended. God did not mistaken when he said 400 years but Moses was not ready for the task. He wanted to rescue the people his way. God had to send Moses to Jethro. Through shepherding Moses learnt the art.

The preparedness of a promise is equally key to the timing of a prophecy. God said you would marry this year. The question is are you prepared? God said you would travel to the nations to preach. Are you learning something about how international ministers go about their business? When God speaks it is not His sole responsibility to make things happen. When expectation meets preparation results is produced. Your time may be due but are you prepared? Training prepares a man for the battlefield.

THAT DISAPPOINTMENT

Judges 15:1

But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said , I will go in to my wife into my chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

Judges 16:1
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot and went in unto her.

I don't know the time frame between these two incidents but there is something worthy of note. In chapter 15 Samson went to his wife on legal grounds. He had a right to go into his wife. That desire had not been met. Then in verse 14 & 15 Samson slays his enemies but in chapter 16 it is recorded Samson goes into a harlot.

Have you ever had a just claim turned down or a sincere desire and request denied only to fall into sin or take matters in your own hands. Let me get practical; A young man wants to have a sexual affair with his wife only to be turned down day after day. Because a desire has not been met he loses self control and finds himself on a strange woman's laps.

A young woman invests so much in a relationship only to be abused. She ends up playing men in the future. A young man is jilted by a woman he loves. He gives into alcoholism to soothe his pain.

When wounds are not healed, when disappointments are not well handled the devil capitalises on that weakness. A desire is not a sin but when an unfulfilled dream or desire is not well managed the devil expands that weakness. An unfulfilled dream or desire not well managed creates more gaps for the devil to build strong holds.

Why did Samson fall into Delilah's trap? The problem started in the chamber of the harlot at Gaza. Learn to hold your peace in times of disappointments. When you lose your peace you lose your strength. When you lose your joy you will end up losing your integrity.

O God may my sincere unfulfilled dreams and desire not lead me into temptation. Teach me to wait for your perfect timing.

COMPASSION VS PITY

Compassion is of the spirit while pity is of the flesh. The fruit of compassion is love. The fruit of pity is fear. When you start pitying others what you are trying to say to yourself is " what will I do when it happens to me or is that how miserable I'm going to be when I suffer from a similar fate".

Compassion identifies a need and solves a problem. Jesus had compassion on the 5000 not pity. The reason why some weep and rant over certain happenings is because the occurrence is giving them a mental picture. They dread being in that state.

Not every tear is a tear of compassion. Some of the people who cry with you in your dark days are mourning for themselves. They dread being in your state. This is what the three friends of Job did.

People who come to comfort you in pity end up blaming you for your predicaments. Job called them miserable comforters. They dread being alone in your situation so they blame you to overcome their fears. The what ifs begin to ring bells in their hearts and mind.

Remember whatever you fear will overtake you but remember your greatest fear can be turned into an uncommon testimony.

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ITS A PHENOMENON

Whatever happens to you in this life bear in mind;

1.There is nothing new under the sun. You are not the first person to experience that. Take consolation in that.

2.The word of God says God will not allow you to be tempted above what you can handle. In other words that trial or temptation is not above you.

3.Every trial or temptation passed brings out the best in you. You will never know the content of a fruit until you squeeze it.

4. Like Job, confess "My Redeemer lives". God is a living God. He hears, sees, feels, wills and wishes for you.

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The Glory

The glory of God has bearers. In the old testament the priests carried the ark of glory. In the new testament he has made us priests. We are bearers of his glory.

Every Christian is supposed to be a bearer or career of the glory of God. "Christ in you the hope of glory"

There are depths in glory. The more you behold His face, you move from one phase of glory to glory.

The glory is not for aliens. When Uzzah touched the ark he fell. When the enemy touches a bearer of glory he has to fall.

The height and depth of glory is dependant on the depth of your friendship with God.

The glory makes a man's face to shine. When you have glory you life becomes attractive.

The higher the glory, the more one loses consciousness of self. Moses did not know that his face was shining. Higher glory kills self.

THE LORD MY PORTION

Numbers 18:20 ESV

And the LORD said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the people of Israel.

When God alloted the land to His people He did not allow the Levites to have a share in the allotment. God told them He was their portion. Material wise it appeared they were lacking. The 11 tribes apparently were blessed material wise but God purposely chose the Levites among the 12 tribes to be separated to Himself.

What Was The Role Of The Levites?
The Levites helped in offering sacrifices made by blood. The blood was God's power of sanctification or in other words His holiness.

The Levites put show bread on the table of God. They had access to the bread of heaven

The Levites bore the ark of Glory. The Ark was the presence and glory of God among His people and only the Levites had that privilege.

The Levites offered fat on the altar. The fat was the glory of God.

The Levites who ministered at the temple had special garments which represented their rank, authority and Identity. As long as the garments were on them they were not of their own.

In the New Covenant God has made every believer a priest thus every believer is supposed to minister in his office as a priest. God was for all of Israel but there were people He had specially called unto Himself for separation. God is for all believers but those who minister to Him as a priest see

1. His holiness
2. Glory
3. His Presence
4. Rhema
5. His Authority

There are Christians who are blessed material wise but God is still calling all to minister to Him as priests. Here is the order.

First minister to Him as a priest
He will become your portion
When God becomes your portion all other things shall be added unto you.

As you begin the month of September may you stand in your office as a priest of the Most High God and minister to Him. All other things shall be added unto you.

Happy September Saints!!!!

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ARE YOU BITTER?

Hebrews 12:15

It speaks of a root of bitterness. Anything that has roots has a fruit

How does bitterness come?
-Through hurts
-Through pride
- Self righteousness
-When we think we are too special to be offended
-When we see people to be too perfect
-When we think people are like God(faultless).

The fruit of hurts and offences is bitterness.

When you are hurt and offended you become bitter

How do you know u are bitter?

When you can't speak well of those who offend you

When you raise your voice over an issue that weighed you down in the past

When you suddenly become too aggressive over an issue it is a sign u are bitter

When u can't talk to people gently

When u can't sincerely pray for your offenders.

When a past issue is talked about and you begin to stereotype like as for guys...., as for ladies......
It means there is some hurt there.

Self love and respect also leads to bitterness.
That thing that cause people to isolate themselves lest they are hurt.

Self love is not loving yourself. It's being full of self. If it's not about you then nothing matters

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YOU MUST HEAR WHAT GOD IS SAYING

Seeing and encountering The Lord for yourself is different from being told about Him. In the book of Job, when the patriarch was going through difficulties, he had his three friends: Eliphaz, Zophar and Bildad accuse him and giving him wrong information of God's righteousness.

In Job 42:5, Job talks about two different experiences. He first talks about what he has heard. Secondly, he talks about seeing The Lord. When Job saw God for himself he realised he wasn't justified. God's righteousness began to unfold before His eyes. He began to abhor himself. He began to regret careless utterances he had made.

Job 42:5-6
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Then in verse 7 after Job had repented and seen The Lord's righteousness, God summons his three friends and begins to rebuke them for giving false information of Him but you would realsie that God did not start with Job's friends. God was waiting for Job to brace himself up and seek Him.

Job 42:7
And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

If we do not understand any mishap in our lives we should learn to get personal with God and ask questions and wait patiently on Him. If we don't seek God during such moments people will portray a different kind of God to us. God loves His children and He wants to reveal hidden things to them.

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GET YOUR BOOK AND YOUR PEN READY

Revelations 1:9-11a
I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is is called Patmos, for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book

The Apostle John went to the island of Patmos in anticipation of the Word of God. He was expecting God. He had separated himself from all forms of distractions to seek God then The Lord spoke to Him. First, we must learn to separate ourselves from distractions or quiet our spirits if we want to hear from God. While awaiting His Word we should be in expectation. John went to Patmos for the word of God. Any man who goes to God without an expectation will come back empty. Someone would say but I have prayed a lot on this why am I not hearing God. It could be you never expected God to speak to you. God wants a dialogue and not a monologue. Search through the scriptures. You would realise that any man who walked closely with God had a dialogue with God. It wasn't God always speaking.

God instructed John to document this encounter. Many times while praying or about to pray I have heard The Lord say "get your book and write". Why does God want us to document our experiences?

We need to write so that we can make future references

We need to write so that we will not mince words when relaying it to other believers

We need to write so that we will be constantly reminded of our responsibilities God's promises and specific instructions.

We need to write so that we will know how well we are travelling whether we are growing spiritually or we are malnourished.

Beloved make it a habit to keep records of whatever God gives you through His word, dreams,visions, impressions of the heart, words from the mouth of others. From time to time go through the books and add to it as God gives you more insight. Meditate on these things and it will give you a bigger picture of what God wants you to do in the future. Years to come you will be glad you did.

A Blessed Tuesday

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TRY AGAIN!!!!!

Although, you may have weak faith, your weak faith should not be your excuse why you are not able to fully devote and be determined for God. Even if your faith is weak, confess to God in such a way, “God! I am determined and I have decided to live for Your will but I fail. I am so sorry. Please forgive me. I will get up again and try my best.”Then the Lord will answer you in such a way, “Alright. Try again.”Even if you have fallen ten times, only if you get up on the eleventh and try your best, God will be impressed.

Pastor Kim Yong Doo

OFFENCE FREE

Are you sure you are offence free?

Check how you react when your irritants speak or put up an action. Examine how you react anytime you hear stories about politicians. Do your presidents and ministers easily irritate you? Do the views of others easily irritate you on Facebook? Something is not right in your heart and you have to get rid of it. Any form of offence will keep one from entering heaven.

DON'T BE DISCOURAGED

You must not be discouraged. When you hear My voice you must live. Have you not read in the scriptures that I wasn't discouraged. When I speak to you in the midst of your storms you will live. Look unto Me. Wait upon Me. Wait for My voice in the midst of the trials. I will speak to you and you will live. I always heard My Father's voice in the midst of trials. I always waited to hear from My Father. The voice of My Father always strengthened Me. I say wait and hear My voice and you shall live.

John 5:25
Most assuredly I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.

Isaiah 42:4
He will not fail nor be discouraged till He has established justice in the earth.

A LETTER TO SISTER ABIGAIL

Dear Sister Abigail,
please don't miss your David just because he is not wearing a crown today. See the oil on his head and you will not miss his moment of glory. The biblical Abigail saw David's oil not his toil. Had she considered his toil she would have missed the opportunity of becoming a future first lady. David's frequent battles and wanderings might have had an effect on his appearance yet Abigail saw the oil ahead of the toil. So dear Sister Abigail please if you can see the oil upon his head in his toil, you will rejoice tomorrow. If you are not willing to risk with him then you don't deserve to rise with him.

Yours Faithfully
1 Samuel 25(signed)
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A LETTER TO BROTHER BOAZ

Dear Brother Boaz,
I'm writing to you to consider your misdemeanor towards Sister Ruth. The fact that she tries to get closer to you each day doesn't mean she is a cheap girl or a gold digger. The biblical Ruth was a Moabite widow. She might have lost her charm due to the sorrows she went through after the demise of her husband. She might have been naive or to an extent an illiterate in terms of Jewish culture but her perseverance, wisdom and submission got her name written in God's eternal books.

Dear Brother Boaz, she might be coming from a tribe least respected among your tribesmen but please like the biblical Boaz please see the treasure in her. God is sending her your way to remove the emotional scars through your warmth so that all will see her treasure within. Had Boaz missed Ruth probably his name might not have been mentioned in the genealogy of the Lord.

Sister Ruth has in her womb a treasure that many generations will celebrate. Sister Ruth has kings and warriors in her womb so dear brother Boaz be led by The Spirit and not your mind because the bible which you study and pray with day and night says "as many as are led by The Spirit of God are the sons of God" so please don't be speaking all the tongues and expect Ruth to come to you as one of the elites in society. Watch, pray and be sensitive.

Yours Faithfully
Ruth 2-4(Signed)
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KNOW YE NOT THAT I PERISH

When Jesus speaks over your storm there is peace. Stop fretting. Stop complaining. It is time to say Master I am sinking. It is time to say Master I am afraid. It is time to say Master I have come to my wits end. Jesus is ready to speak to you and when He speaks there will be order. When He speaks there will be direction. When He speaks there will be peace. Time to say Master know ye not that I perish.

A Blessed Weekend
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DO NOT CURSE

Cursing is never the way to go for any minister of the gospel. Someone would say but Elisha cursed the youth. The same Elisha spared the Syrian army later in his ministry when he was matured and exposed to more light. Jesus never cursed or made death threats.

Expressing wrath has a way of contaminating ones spirit. Authority is given to build the kingdom of God and overthrow Satan's kingdom. When a minister resorts to cursing, he exposes himself to all kinds of wicked spirits. It doesn't matter who cursed Jesus never taught that unless someone can disprove what Jesus came to teach. "Bless those who spite you".