It is better to die in joyful moment than to live longer in sorrow. This was the thought of Jacob as he was in the embrace of his lost son Joseph at their reunion in Egypt. His past began to threaten his future. The memory haunted him in an instant. It was in the past, but it was difficult to erase. Hear me well! If you’re thinking of the future and hoping that better days will remain forever with you so that you don’t return to the evil days of old; that is not new. If you’re like that, you are not wrong. Jacob too felt that way on seeing Joseph again. Reunion brought fear to his heart. You are not alone in your struggles. God is faithful and good to keep whatever He begins...faithful is He... And I speak to your life today that your past will not return to haunt you down again! And as for those afflictions of yours, they will never arise the second time!The feeling of Jacob when he met Joseph his son whom he thought was long dead was let the end comes now or Let the rapture happen now! He said “Now let me die for I’ve seen you again and know you’re alive.” In a way, I can identify with Jacob’s situation here because of my personal experience. I remember the night my elder brother retuned home from overseas for the very first time after about nine years far away from home with little or no communication. Joyful tears welled up in our eyes. My mother was so happy. We were all full of joy. We didn’t sleep at all through that night. We were watching him as though he was a kind of god that could just disappear again. We were trying to consciously touch him and assure ourselves that he was the one we were seeing. Our senses were our faith at that point. We could only believe what we could touch there and then. Could this be you or a kind of ghost? Is it true that we are seeing you alive?
One of the rare men in history who knew where he would die before he got there at all was Jacob. God told him specifically that he would die in Egypt with Joseph by his bedside (see Genesis 46:4). Quite rare, for men to know where they will die and who will be around them by then. Although, he was not perfect; his relationship with God was so cordial such that God assured him that He will go with him to Egypt and make him become a great nation there. When he was still contemplating the trip to Egypt after receiving the wagons from Egypt he was having fears and skepticisms concerning relocating at old age. This journeying to Egypt at old age; to see one lost son who he has mourn over and gotten over long time ago? Was it worth it? Can’t he come over here if he was truly alive? On seeing Joseph face to face, Jacob wished for death lest an evil day catch up with his joyful moment. After seeing such a happy moment; he did not want to weep again at his old age. Isn’t that the way we feel too? We wish that our happy days never end. We hope that everyday remains a Christmas and expect every thing to go on smoothly in our way…And fear of the unknown keep us far away from going out of our comfort zones. We distaste risks yet we covet success and we desperately desire greatness. When we see successful people; we ask them of their story, they told us the conscious part. The unsaid part and the untold secret is that part they were not able to explain to us in words, rather they have had to risk, act and failed forward anyway. We cannot truly arrive at greatness, without having gone around the routes called risks.
Showing posts with label Hope. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Hope revived!
"Optimism is a spirit that must be carefully guarded by those who have it..."
-Olaotan Odunuga
“It’s a lie!” -You probably have heard or said that statement at one time or the other; when someone told you that something you lost hope on is workable or possible? "...And hope does not maketh ashamed...”(see Romans 5:5)“...But Jacob’s heart was like a stone, he couldn’t take it in” (see Genesis 45:26) That his son, Joseph is alive and ruling somewhere in Egypt? How do you explain that? Do you expect a joyful feeling from such a man like Pa Jacob, who has been accustomed to sorrow, pain and despair up to old age?
How do you explain to him that better days are here? How do you say that his latter end shall be greater and better than his beginning? That beginning from this very moment onward you will never have a reason to cry any more but laugh continuously?
All his children suddenly appeared as cast in a movie; on a large screen in a cinema hall, smiling. These everyday people he loves and lives with suddenly changed in status. How do you explain what happened to such a man like Jacob and expect him to join you on tourism jubilantly right away? A team of kids, who were worried a while ago instantly appeared from their trip rejoicing and they want him to believe them that all is well? Is it that easy to believe that all is well when so many things were not right? The most shocking News was that the presumed late Joseph is still alive?
I mean it took this old man some weeks or months to send these guys back to Egypt for more food after they have exhausted the first supply purchased from Egypt. Since they had arrived and said that Simeon had been arrested and will not be released until Benjamin comes, he had shut off from them all. He had to figure out if it was safe to send Benjamin to go with them even though they needed food desperately. Now they are all here rejoicing and even going as far as saying Joseph is alive and he is king over Egypt? The drama is becoming a little confusing and life is almost at an anticlimax here!
If you are still there and you’ve given up all hopes like Jacob? Your turning point is here! Joseph is alive! That was the good news for Jacob then. Jesus is alive is the good news for you now. My dear reader, your dreamer is alive! Your dream has come true.Your vision is released and you are freed! Your interpretation has become a reality! Your dream is manifesting! Mystery is becoming a possibility for you and all your doubts are shifting away. Every uncertainty is turning into certainty in your case! An achievable idea,has come.An interpretation has come for your visions. Your dream has began to speak! Right now! To those knotted situations, begin to receive clarity now! And every twined dreams and innovation begin to manifest into realization!
How many times have we been like Jacob we’ve been praying for so long for something to happen, may be for a new born and your delayed was over. A wife announced that she is now pregnant at last; but you couldn't believe it. It’s a lie.You said but No it’s not a lie. It is a dream come true.You cannot just figure it out yet…you can’t Imagine it? Well. Even the church folks were like that. Sometimes ago, they were praying for Apostle Peter in a house during the time of his imprisonment for preaching the gospel. And Rhoda heard a knock and went to answer the door. Behold it was Peter at the door. She announced joyfully that Apostle Peter is out there at the door and they all thought she was mad. It’s a lie! How can it be? They said. How come our prayers got answered, just like that? Is that possible? Weren’t they praying in faith with un-expectancy?
Faithfulness and un-expectant heart does not go together. Don’t mess with God at all. If you are not ready for it; don't ask for it. If you want it badly enough.Then pray for He does not joke with His people. One of the things God will never do is that He will never crack a joke over our matters. If you’re not serious about it, don’t bring it forward to Him in prayers. Expectation is vital if we must become the recipient of the Grace of God and receive answers to our prayers. We must be looking out at every moment for our reply. We should dare to expect to be blessed by other people. We should want a better day ahead than the previous ones. We should seek gracious hour at every moment of the day. Look out for our answers coming through the doorway to us... Optimism is of God. Inspiration is from God. And we are children of God.We need both.
-Olaotan Odunuga
“It’s a lie!” -You probably have heard or said that statement at one time or the other; when someone told you that something you lost hope on is workable or possible? "...And hope does not maketh ashamed...”(see Romans 5:5)“...But Jacob’s heart was like a stone, he couldn’t take it in” (see Genesis 45:26) That his son, Joseph is alive and ruling somewhere in Egypt? How do you explain that? Do you expect a joyful feeling from such a man like Pa Jacob, who has been accustomed to sorrow, pain and despair up to old age?
How do you explain to him that better days are here? How do you say that his latter end shall be greater and better than his beginning? That beginning from this very moment onward you will never have a reason to cry any more but laugh continuously?
All his children suddenly appeared as cast in a movie; on a large screen in a cinema hall, smiling. These everyday people he loves and lives with suddenly changed in status. How do you explain what happened to such a man like Jacob and expect him to join you on tourism jubilantly right away? A team of kids, who were worried a while ago instantly appeared from their trip rejoicing and they want him to believe them that all is well? Is it that easy to believe that all is well when so many things were not right? The most shocking News was that the presumed late Joseph is still alive?
I mean it took this old man some weeks or months to send these guys back to Egypt for more food after they have exhausted the first supply purchased from Egypt. Since they had arrived and said that Simeon had been arrested and will not be released until Benjamin comes, he had shut off from them all. He had to figure out if it was safe to send Benjamin to go with them even though they needed food desperately. Now they are all here rejoicing and even going as far as saying Joseph is alive and he is king over Egypt? The drama is becoming a little confusing and life is almost at an anticlimax here!
If you are still there and you’ve given up all hopes like Jacob? Your turning point is here! Joseph is alive! That was the good news for Jacob then. Jesus is alive is the good news for you now. My dear reader, your dreamer is alive! Your dream has come true.Your vision is released and you are freed! Your interpretation has become a reality! Your dream is manifesting! Mystery is becoming a possibility for you and all your doubts are shifting away. Every uncertainty is turning into certainty in your case! An achievable idea,has come.An interpretation has come for your visions. Your dream has began to speak! Right now! To those knotted situations, begin to receive clarity now! And every twined dreams and innovation begin to manifest into realization!
How many times have we been like Jacob we’ve been praying for so long for something to happen, may be for a new born and your delayed was over. A wife announced that she is now pregnant at last; but you couldn't believe it. It’s a lie.You said but No it’s not a lie. It is a dream come true.You cannot just figure it out yet…you can’t Imagine it? Well. Even the church folks were like that. Sometimes ago, they were praying for Apostle Peter in a house during the time of his imprisonment for preaching the gospel. And Rhoda heard a knock and went to answer the door. Behold it was Peter at the door. She announced joyfully that Apostle Peter is out there at the door and they all thought she was mad. It’s a lie! How can it be? They said. How come our prayers got answered, just like that? Is that possible? Weren’t they praying in faith with un-expectancy?
Faithfulness and un-expectant heart does not go together. Don’t mess with God at all. If you are not ready for it; don't ask for it. If you want it badly enough.Then pray for He does not joke with His people. One of the things God will never do is that He will never crack a joke over our matters. If you’re not serious about it, don’t bring it forward to Him in prayers. Expectation is vital if we must become the recipient of the Grace of God and receive answers to our prayers. We must be looking out at every moment for our reply. We should dare to expect to be blessed by other people. We should want a better day ahead than the previous ones. We should seek gracious hour at every moment of the day. Look out for our answers coming through the doorway to us... Optimism is of God. Inspiration is from God. And we are children of God.We need both.
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