THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS - PART 38

Through faith in His name can God make man whole again. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. Faith arises within us when we begin to pay attention to the Word of God. God reached out to mankind. God sent His Word so that we might be saved. In the beginning was the Word and without word it is impossible for anyone to even theorize the significance of God's plan. In order to bring salvation to fruition, God counselled with Himself to determine a plan of salvation that would appeal to man. Once decided, God spoke His Spirit Word. And lo and behold, the worlds were framed by the Word of God.

All that man produces is first counselled in his mind, and then he endeavours to express his thoughts in word. Sometimes he draws a picture illustrating his thoughts. In so doing his word takes on a visible form of expression. In this context, right from the start, Adam was capable of speech and thought. In creating man, God talked with Adam. Unfortunately, man listened only with one ear. The conversation and thoughts passed through his grey matter before exiting through the other.

Still, God knows best. God knows what is good for man. Inasmuch as He is the designer of man, there was no design flaw when God created man. Indeed, Adam was perfect. Why Adam and God had fellowship together right up until the time that Adam thought that he knew more than God. This is when Adam got his feet stuck in the mud. But God loves His creation. In fact, if you think about it, man was God Himself as a man in a created form. Further, the whole of creation is a visible expression of God.  In short, God in visible created form.

Similarly, God set man over the very works of His own hands causing us to say, "What is man and man’s offspring that Lord, you are mindful of him?" Even the very hairs on our heads are numbered. As the scriptures state, the heavens not only declare the glory of God but the earth shows and expresses His handiwork.What a wonderful world God has created for us. Be still then. Stop getting caught up with the cares of this life. Day follows day and night follows night. God has us in the palm of His hand.

But further and further we roam in an opposite direction from God. What will our answer be when Jesus beckons us home? At the end of life road is God. In the meantime, this is the best life you have ever lived. It is the best place that you or I have ever been. Unfortunately, at the end of the day, we spin a tangled web of sin. We inherit the wages of sin. The unwritten law is we reap the results of the seeds that we plant and as a consequence, the wages of sin is death. However, as related earlier, God has no pleasure in man’s death. It was not God’s intended plan of man’s destiny.

The concrete jungle, the bright lights and the electronics are only distractions that keep us from getting to know our God and Saviour. In fact, until we come to know God, we remain slaves to a system that endeavours to imprison us. A system intent on moulding us into servitude until we gradually lose our individuality. Like the Hebrews of old, they were in the eyes of the Egyptians second class citizens. That is, until they cried out to God. In that moment, upon hearing the cries of His people, God raised up and deliver them.

God brought them out of that house of bondage. But God didn't just deliver the people from bondage. God gave them good health as well. As the scriptures state, there was not one weak or sickly person among them. God brought them out with full severance pay. Consider the goodness of God. He is a rewarder of all them that diligently seek Him. Call upon Him. God has made a way for man to escape from a life that doesn't make him a better person.

Life is not around the next corner. Instead, God says look to me and be saved. Be delivered. Be healed and comforted. God desires to give you peace, joy and prosperity. So, why settle for less? All the aforementioned have been bequeathed to you if you will only believe in God's plan of salvation.That He loved you so much that He would become as one of us so that we might renew our friendship with God Almighty.

When we read the Bible, we learn that Jesus is literally the very Word of God. A visible personal illustration of God’s love and mercy. The Word proceeding from Jesus mouth is what you and I ought to grab hold of. His word is the pearl of greatest price. For in Him and in Him alone is Life eternal. In the end, let no man deprive you of the blessings God has for you. God has invested His natural life as your deliverer. Why linger? Certainly, if nothing else is working, it's time to revisit your friendship with a God who loves you. Return to Me, God says, for I have redeemed You.

This is my blood shed for you. This is my body given for you. Now it is your call! Don't miss this opportunity. Come and let God bless you. Enter into this wonderful conversation today.