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- WHY THE WILDERNESS?Why do we go through pain, disappointments, hard times and wickedness when we serve the almighty who can do all things. If you have ever wondered, then that makes the two of us. I wonder too. But, why did the Irealites pass through the wilderness to get to the promised land when they didn’t have to( Exodus 13:17-18). I realised, 1. how could the Israelites have known God as the God who makes a way where there seems to be no way? ( Exodus 14) 2. how could they have known God as the God who provides manna, quail and water in impossible situations. ( Exodus 16) 3. how could they have known God as the God who goes before his people by day as a pillar of cloud and by night as a pillar of fire. It’s important to understand what God did with his people, for his people and to his people during the time in the wilderness. During the times in our lives that feels like we are in the wilderness, God works on us so that we can know him more than we already know and that is part of our walk with him. When God wants to walk with you, he shows you what he can do and all you can know about him so that you can know him well to trust him enough. For some of us we know God from the stories we’ve heard others share about him. We trust him because of what we’ve heard and seen him do before. How could we have known about all he did with the Israelites on the wilderness if they didn’t go through it. We hope to encounter him in that light because he has done it before. We have even encountered him because we heard it before. Why the wilderness? Simply put, to know God and make him known. To know his power, might and salvation so that we can see his glory. So, as long as we live we will continue to pass through the wilderness in every season of our lives so that we don’t stop knowing God. Because, actually, we can never fully know him even in forever.
- ABUNDANCE FROM LITTLE
This post is for anytime you feel that you aren’t enough and anytime you feel empty. It actually happens to everyone at a point in life, the only thing is, you don’t have to stay there longer than you should. I hope this piece helps you out in those dark times
I would like to share with you two stories in the bible, the first is the story of Elijah and the widow at Zarephath and the second is the widow’s olive oil.
Elijah and the widow at Zarephath( 1 Kings 17:7-16)
This woman wasn’t only a widow, she had a son to cater for and she was about to finish her last meal and wait for death(v12). She must’ve been in a very dark place and felt empty too. She probably might have felt not enough for her son. This woman caught God’s attention so he sent his prophet to her. God asked her to feed his prophet(v9). Why would God want someone who had little to nothing share that little? Why didn’t God rather ask Elijah to bless the little and increase it? God wanted that little, even though the woman saw it as nothing and thought it was going to be her last meal, God saw an abundance.
The widow’s olive oil(2 Kings 4:1-7)
Another widow here but this time with creditors on her threatening to take her sons away( v.1). This must’ve been very devastating as well. When she went to prophet Elisha, he asked her what do you have? She replied “nothing at all …”. She actually had something, she had a jar of oil(v.2b) but she didn’t see it as anything. God was able to let that oil flow till there was no jar left to fill( v.5). It was from that one jar of oil that she had many jars filled with oil.
So you see, it’s okay to have little and feel “not enough”, you only have to learn to give it to God. He knows how to let abundance flow from little.
There is a way you give yourself to God in little ways which yields more for you.
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