BE ALERT
October 2018
Loving greetings to all my readers in the matchless name of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST.
In this hour of turmoil all over the world through various destruction, today God wants to speak to you, saying “Be alert, for the signs of His coming are visible”. Mathew 24:6 says “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars; see that ye be not troubled, for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. “So, now is the time God wants to alert you all. For this is the time of testing, for all the believers. Those who stand on the Lord will, will inherit the kingdom of the Lord, else, will inherit the kingdom of satan. Now God wants to warn His people who are going against His perfect will.
First, “Be alert to the voice of God” Revelation 3:20 says, “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”. But, many a time it has been a habit of believers to ignore His gentle voice. For instance, if you take the life of Prophet Jonah, God entrusted on him a great work to save the people of Nivevah (Jonah 1:1-2). But Jonah ignores the voice of the Lord and flees to Tarshish, but God still had His will to be done through him and so he gave him one more choice, but this time, God taught him a lesson by throwing him inside a fish. Only now he realizes the importance of hearing God’s voice. Jonah 2:2 says, “I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice”. Through Jonah ignored the voice of the Lord, still God heard the cry of Jonah, because our God is a loving God. And when the voice of the Lord came for the second time. (Jonah 3:1-3) Jonah obeyed and preached about the warning given by God to the people of Nineveh. Thus the great city of Nineveh is saved from being destroyed from the face of this earth. This is the scenario in many spiritual people’s life. When God says something, they just ignore the voice of the Lord. They don’t want to hear the warning from God, they just want to spread only the things which everyone is prone to hear(message of blessing), but only when God teaches them a lesson, they do the perfect will of God. In Gen 22 we see how Abraham obeyed God implicitly, for it is high time we have implicit obedience to the voice of our Lord.
Second, “Be alert to the word of God” Rev 19:13 says, “And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood; and his name is called the Word of God. “Yes, God alerts His people through His word, “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” Heb 4:12. When a person goes away from the perfect will of God, God alerts them through His word. For there is no other way to know the perfect will of God. Many a time in our life we may go through a period of depression or live a sinful life or backslide, at that time when we pray unto the Lord and read His word, He is ready with an answer, for we know his mercies are new every day, so as His word guides us every day because “His word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”(Ps 119:105).
Yes, my friend God has a plan for every one of you. In order to know His perfect will, we have to be in His presence day and night, for Ps 1:2 says “…and in his law doth he meditate day and night. “But, after being alerted, if you are going away from the perfect will of God, today God wants to give you one more chance… so turn back to the perfect will of God.
Finally, “Consequence of ignoring God’s voice after being alerted”. Gen 6:5,6 says, “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.”
Yes God created man with a purpose, but when we go away from the will of God, it is the time of God to react. And then God searched a righteous man, upon whom He can restore the job of proclaiming the warning message from Heaven above and He found Noah. Gen 6:8 says, “…Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD”. And then when God alerted His people through Noah, people ignored and the result is the mighty flood, destruction to the mankind. But we should be happy for we were not born during these days of Noah, but rather in the period of grace. “O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for His mercy endureth forever”. 1 Chro 16:34.
My dear children of God, Our Lord is a awesome God, He is Loving and a compassionate God, There is no one like Him. So be alert to hear the voice and the word of our God, never ignore His voice for he always wants to speak to you because he cares for you. May God bless You.
Amen