HAVE A WORD WITH GOD TODAY

1. HAVE A WORD WITH GOD TODAY, He is patient to hear you and answer your queries, “Thus saith the LORD … CALL UNTO ME, and I WILL ANSWER THEE, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not” [Jeremiah 33:2-3] Don’t bother where to find God, He will hear you on your sick bed, prison cell, bedroom, on the street, etc. I know you have many things to ask Him, not the least, the unbearably toxic conditions and burdens of living in a digital age. Before you asked, God already answered, His answer is preserved in His WORD for those who shall come to Him through Jesus Christ, “COME unto me, ALL YE THAT LABOUR and are heavy laden, and I WILL GIVE YOU REST” [Matthew 11:28] God understand the frustration of those who speak harshly of the ALMIGHTY after HAVING A WORD WITH GOD without getting His REST. SIN is the culprit, the barrier separating man from God, “Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and YOUR SINS HAVE HID HIS FACE FROM YOU, that he will not hear” [Isaiah 59:1-2]

2. SIN is probably not what you think, it is primarily who you are and not necessarily what you do or do not do. We inherited SIN from Adam and Eve and as it is natural for fish to swim in water so is man wallowing in iniquity, “Now then it is no more I that do it, but SIN THAT DWELLETH IN ME, … to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not” [Romans 7:17-18] God knows everything we ever and some of us did some terrible things; He knows it is SIN working in us and that the man He formed was VERY GOOD [Genesis 1:31] God wants you and indeed all men to be free of the offence of SIN and made a way of escape for us in Jesus Christ, “Wherefore, as BY ONE MAN SIN ENTERED into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: … For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the GRACE OF GOD, and the GIFT OF GRACE, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many” [Romans 5:12 &15] GRACE is God’s GIFT to all men to have their SIN erased with His BLOOD shed on the Cross; Apostle Paul persecuted Christians, thief on the Cross, countless drug addicts, terrorists, murderers and yours truly among many others, REPENTED, received Christ and our lives turned around. God is calling you, “COME now, and LET US REASON TOGETHER, saith the LORD: though your SINS BE AS SCARLET, they shall be as WHITE AS SNOW; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” [Isaiah 1:18]

3. I can imagine the turmoil in your mind, God is calling you to REPENT but the Church next to your house is a nest of vipers. Your friend joined few years back with his family and lost his marriage, the Pastor took over his conjugal role. Friend, God was not blindsided, “Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The LORD KNOWETH THEM THAT ARE HIS. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. But in a great house there are not only vessels of GOLD and of SILVER, but also of WOOD and of EARTH; and some to HONOR, and some to DISHONOR” [2 Timothy 2:19-20] It is evident there are vessels of DISHONOR in the House, you must not be distracted, let your mind be settled on one thing, your conversation is with God not with men. If you allow yourself to think you are better off on your own, God will have you know you are as guilty as they, “… Ye are they which JUSTIFY YOURSELVES before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly ESTEEMED AMONG MEN IS ABOMINATION IN THE SIGHT OF GOD” [Luke 16:15] Jesus Christ is God’s measure of RIGHTEOUSNESS, you must not allow what any man does or does not do affect your relationship with God but challenge you to work out your SALVATION in CONFORMITY with Christ, “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren” [Romans 8:29]

4. HAVE A WORD WITH GOD TODAY and secure your ETERNAL RELEVANCE. Hear Him, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE, and NOT OF EVIL, to give you an EXPECTED END” [Jeremiah 29:11] God formed you in His IMAGE to be His companion through ETERNITY, Genesis 1:26-28. Foreknowing sin would come, God made provision for our SALVATION; He became like us in Jesus Christ that in Him we should be restored to His LIKENESS. This is the GOSPEL, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after CHRIST. FOR IN HIM DWELLETH ALL THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD bodily” [Colossians 2:8-9] Take your conversation with God to the next level, accept Jesus Christ as your SAVIOUR today. Your decision to receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour activates the spiritual odyssey of SALVATION which begins in time and continues in ETERNITY. A daily regime of fellowship with God studying and meditating with prayer on Holy Scriptures will ensure steady growth,  strength and guidance for the journey, “Thou wilt SHEW ME THE PATH OF LIFE: in thy presence is FULNESS OF JOY; at thy right hand there are PLEASURES for evermore” [Psalms 16:11] HAVE A WORD WITH GOD TODAY, tomorrow may be too late, the appearance of the Lord is so close; He is at the door, “Behold, I STAND AT THE DOOR, and knock: if any man HEAR MY VOICE, and OPEN THE DOOR, I WILL COME IN to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” [Revelation 3:20]