The Laws of God

Looking across the room

Andrew watched his two year old son clinging to his new “daddy”,

His wife looked radiant like she had just won a trophy.

He walked out of the courtroom broken and shattered.

In just over a minute his entire universe had come crashing down.

Rivers of pain poured swiftly across his chest

The thumping in his heart was getting louder by the minute

He clutched his heart wondering whether he was experiencing a heart attack

“How can I continue to be a preacher when my own life is in shreds Lord, I just lost my family”, he cried.

At that moment he felt the Holy Spirit say “My love is 

Enough to sustain you, 

To fill you,

To keep you going on the purpose God has set for you.” 

“What will I speak on lord?

I am just a homeless preacher with no money.”

“You will speak out the words I put you in your mouth.

 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. Jeremiah 1:9 KJV

 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: Hosea 4:6 (KJV)

Teach them my laws”.

Psalm 78:1 KJV “Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth”

He started exhorting the people with fresh conviction and anointing

“Follow His laws so it will be well with you, your family and your home” he spoke out in vigour

Deuteronomy (KJV) 28 ² and all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.”

"Mr. Andrew, the reporter asked, what is the secret behind from being a homeless, penniless, divorced, preacher a couple of years ago to a billionaire businessman, teacher and mentor with a beautiful family in such a short span of time.?"

Mr. Andrew nodded removing the strand of hair from his young daughter’s face.

“The laws of God are different from the love of God. Follow his laws, prosperity starts following you ", he replied with a twinkle in his eyes

The Decision

Ebenezer wandered around aimlessly

Replaying the nagging words of his wife in his mind

“Why can’t I break free from all the debts which our trailing me.”

He kept telling himself over and over again.

Pushing his huge frame forward

His eyes fell upon the vast ground inside an old dilapidated church.

Then he looked at the young men whiling away their time uselessly in front of it.

“I pity those losers one day they will land up like me

 Stupid and  broke.” He thought.

As he kept walking he read a huge signboard 

The words "Your decisions decide your  wealth"- Dr Mike Murdoch struck him right in the eyes.

“Really, if that’s what it takes to make a change I want to see these vagabonds not turn up like me “,he said.

He walked in met Father Peter who was surprised to see the old recluse

He was even more surprised when he spoke of his idea to keep the youth out of the streets.

He agreed to his plans'

The next day his wife found him dressed before dawn a spring in his step

His sold the few earthly treasures he had and he went to the ground next day.

He started early morning and started clearing out the debris in the woods.

Days went by the aimless youth gathered around the wall and watched 

Ebenezer on his knees creating a ground complete with tracks, football and basketball fields.

Excitement buzzed in the entire village

The old and the young came forward with the little bit they had to make the sports centre a centre of excellence.

Then the learned and wealthy proposed to start academics training to   teach the young people life skills and knowledge to live successful lives.

By the year end the University named after Ebenezer was birthed.

They elected the loser old Ebenezer as its chairman.

Yes a  decision by him to create a better world for the generation after him gave him wealth , status and power as it is written in Proverbs 13:22 CJB A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children:

The Latter Rain

The fifty year old refugee

Made his way in the rain.

The puddles in the road filled his shoes with water

It was months since he had been searching for a job in a strange land

So far away from home.

Nothing could stop him to return home not even the rain

He kept praying 

“Let this be rains  of the latter rains, father,

Let this be rains of abundance cancelling the curse of poverty in my life,

Let my journey in this land bear fruit o lord God Almighty,

Remove  every reproach from my life.

Help me master”. He prayed...

The incessant rain forced him to take shelter at an elder couple's home

They welcomed the wet stranger into their humble home with a cup of tea

Upon hearing his heart breaking story. The old lady shared the word from Joel 2:23-26

King James Version (KJV)

23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he  hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.

The old man wrote a letter handed it to the poor stranger.

Meet him the man whose name is in the envelope 

He will be able to help you. 

The man went the next day hoping his days of poverty are over forever.

The man whose name was written on the envelope turned out to be a rich powerful man in the city with many business establishments

Upon reading the letter “I have been looking for an able manager for a long time Mr. Amos my business mentor seems to think you are the right person, I will honour him by going with his suggestion.

”“Welcome sir let me show you to your new office”!

The man turned and looked heavenward and whispered “thank you father for the breakthrough,

The latter rain has surely fallen in my life.”

The Desert Man

Yusuf had only one aim 

A burning desire

To give his people a better life in the blazing desert

One day when he went looking for pearls in the deep sea 

He met the white man who had arrived in the big boat.

The man parted goodbye by giving him the book of life

Yusuf spent days studying it in his tent

He came across this verse

Isaiah 41:18 CJB

I will open up rivers on the barren hills and wells down in the broad valleys. I will turn the desert into a lake and dry ground into springs.

He meditated upon those words day and night

“Lord if what you say is true show me how to turn this desert into springs of water”.he prayed day and night.

He kept having dreams to dig deep into the scotching sand

Bearing the ridicule of the community he kept digging

His hard work found bitumen rocks lacing the entire region beneath the sand

Something told him to keep digging way below the rocks 

After a month of digging his hands struck fresh flowing water beneath the rocks 

The joy of the community knew no bounds as they reached out to help him draw the water out

In the midst of the celebration he had a visitor 

It was none other than his friend from the boat

Who spoke to him in great excitement.

They had discovered oil in the depths of the ocean

His gleaming eyes looked searchingly till it rested on the book.Since then he never stopped reading, believing, building....the city rocks on...

In all splendour and glitter all because one man believed there is power in the book of life.

The Twisted Path

The path looked anything but straight

The journey was rocked with delays problems and tons of trouble.  

Darkness had enveloped the path

Every day Rosalind had to ask herself the same question

Should I go straight left or right?

Doubts followed her like a shadow

Negatives Voices filled her ears

“You are following a wasted path

A journey which leads nowhere” 

She would retort to the voices

Isaiah 42:16 CJB And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

On and on she went confused lost and worn

“Aren’t you tired you have been in this wilderness for so long?”

Isaiah 40:31 CJB

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

“Why do you do this aren’t you safe comfortable at home ?” many would ask her.

"To reach my destiny is to fulfil my purpose

To fulfil my purpose is to live a fulfilled life 

To live a fulfilled life is to have no regrets

To have no regrets is to follow your heart

To follow your heart is to follow the twisted path

To follow the twisted path is to follow God

To follow God is to follow his word 

Psalm 119:105 CJB

 Your word is a lamp for my foot and light on my path.

So hence the twisted path".

I Stand on Your Word

Standing on your word is the only thing I can do 

The old lady with Alzheimer’s cried to her God that night.

“As each day drifts into the next, 

I am losing my grip on me.

When I speak the words fail me

When I stand, my legs wobble beneath me, 

 I struggle to read my bible each day

 I cannot remember the name of each day the year or the month

The names of my loved ones I can never recollect in time.

As each days approaches the future looms dark before me 

I’m afraid what will become of me as I drift into a world of nothingness.

I can only stand on your word 

 I know you will never leave me or forsake me

Isaiah 46 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

⁴ Till your old age I will be the same —
I will carry you until your hair is white.
I have made you, and I will bear you;
yes, I will carry and save you.

Your word is the anchor of my soul

My pillar of hope, the staff I will hold on

As darkness enfolds I know you will still be holding me

Taking me home, home to eternity."

The Wait

“Twenty one year’s Dad!

You have been working on a vision which is just not going to happen

Did you get it it’s not going to happen

Stop tiring yourself out OK just let it go.”

Old Abby looked up from his work hurt in his eyes and retorted back to this son

“It’s my master who tells me what I should do and not you.

When it’s time for me to rest He will tell me.”

That night they heard a sound which jerked them out of their beds

“Why! looks like the entire village is making their way up into our house”

Exclaimed the son to the alerted household

Old Abby rushed to the door, a fresh vigour in his step

His eyes alive with excitement

“Move! He shouted to his family

Get them all down into the basement.”

They led the people who were climbing up the mountain into the basement

All eyes opened in amazement as the old man led them to a secret tunnel

Stacked with millions of war weapons against the wall

The tunnel led to a huge room which was equipped for war had everything possible that refugees may need.

It looked like old Abby knew a day will come when the entire village would come to him for protection

The men grabbed the weapons and went to save their land leaving the women and children huddled inside.

Old Abby’ son came to his father...”dad I m sorry .I didn't believe.”

“It’s ok son...that was the vision...When almighty God tells you or show you a vision you just do as He leads without questioning him even if it takes twenty one years!