…spreading the fragrance of His knowledge…
You don’t have to be everywhere.
You don’t have to do everything.
You don’t have to get involved in everything.
You don’t have to KNOW everything.
The fear of missing out (popularly called FoMO) has become an epidemic in our culture – and it has seeped into Christian walk as well…
You don’t need more spiritual power. Or fire.
You need more tarrying capacity: The ability to stay in his presence until you are “endued with power” – and fire naturally falls.
You don’t need more money.
You need more earning and learning capacity. (Click on the image to read more.)
Todd White shared the following true life story:
An atheist had a dream one night. He saw a long fence going on infinitely.
On one side of the fence was Jesus, the hosts of Heaven and angels.
On the other side of the fence was the devil, demons and the hosts of hell.
A young lad was brought to stay with us. His English was really bad. He could barely hear or speak the language.
When I spoke to him, I tried to speak slowly and in broken (Nigerian pidgin English) so he could understand me.
I started, “Wetin be your…?”
Immediately, my mum interrupted me sharply. “No.”
At certain times in our lives, we get to crossroads where we have to make life-changing decisions.
Usually, at these points, we hesitate: Left or Right?
Yes or No?
Leave or Stay?
Keep or Cut off?…
So there’s this female e-marketer who blows me away with two qualities: bull-dog consistency and top-notch copywriting skills.
Her mails are so good, so convincing – and so personal – that I started opening all of them. Just to read…
I used to wonder why the master – in the parable of the talents – called the servant who hid his talent ‘wicked.’
Slothful? Yes. Fearful? I can understand…but ‘wicked’? That’s quite a stretch…
“Shhhh…You know you are not married.”
“You’d better not say anything – at least, until you’ve had even one child.”
“How can YOU teach on holiness? Everyone knows you fell into sin many years ago. Choose another topic.”
“All this public declaration of ‘I am blessed, blablabla’ – when you don’t even have a grain of rice in your one-room. Don’t embarrass yourself.”
And so we keep quiet – and the enemy of our souls laughs loudly, cackling in glee, rubbing his hands joyfully together:
Another Redeemed of the Lord has been silenced!
Debby Osa 