GOD, MY GUIDE

“And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise – Luke 10:37.”   The heart and nature of the humankind, right from the time he disobeyed God, has been plagued with wickedness, violence and evil imagination. Words like pity, compassion, love, care, unity and peace are not within his radar. Why would Cain kill Abel or what could have generated into the slavery of Joseph? The summary of this is given as a question – “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? – Jer. 17:9.”   Do you know or have you asked what could have been the purpose God gave His law to Noah, unto Moses and as many that were called are going to be called by Him? Well, if we do not understand or know the whole purpose, counsel or reason behind His decision of giving such commandments, there is one reason we are to be certain and sure of, that is, to be kind to one another.   Beginning with the law He gave to No...

  “And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed – Mark 1:35.”   The scripture admonishes us about the necessity of doing things early. This is exemplified in the usage of times and seasons as God had ordained them for us. When God created times and seasons, there must be reason for doing so. In fact, the works of God were confined within the scope of time. This is not to say He is limited by it, rather it is to make us understand that everyday is ordained by God for a purpose.   Learning from the account of creation, we ought to think and perceive God to be the One who loved doing things early. If we can conceive it so, we can establish it thus that He started His work early. As a matter of truth, the first verse in the scripture tells us about how seriously God takes His duties – “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth – Gen. 1:1.” Well, without speaking much of God on th...

  “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do – Hebrews 4:13.”   There is nothing new under the sun, said the writer of the book of Ecclesiastes. He didn’t tell us beyond or above the sun though. Anyway, whether we know what is above the sun or not, that is a question for another day. The certain question and answer to this is inscribed without doubt in this wise – there is no hiding place from God. There is no place any man can hide himself thinking or believing he is out of the reach or sight of God.   David confirmed this by asking – “Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from THY presence? If I ascend up into heaven, THOU art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, THOU art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall THY hand lead me, and THY right hand shall hold me. If I say...

“For He saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation – 2Corinthians 6:2.” Time is passing, so are men with it. One generation comes and another goes but let not any man think the earth shall be forever. There is nothing that will last forever. There is end to everything. All things have their end. Think about your end brother. What shall your end be sister. O ye fathers, should you be put on the scale, what do you measure? And as for you mothers, what do you weigh on the scale of God? You know that you aren’t going to be on this earth forever. Yes, by now you are sure of that. So, before you begin to consider what would happen later, NOW is the time for you to do the examination. Examine yourself whether ye be in the faith. By the reason of our text today, we shall divide time into three parts – THEN, NOW and LATER. What we refer to as “then” is the past. While the ...