Jehovah-Rohi, Raa ( our Shepherd), Jehovah-Bara (our Creator), Jehovah- Chatsahi (our Strength), Jehovah-Chereb (our Sword), Jehovah-Elyon (The Most High), Jehovah-Goel (our Redeemer), Jehovah-Hashopet (our Judge), Jehovah-Makheh (our Molder).
NB: This names show that Jehovah ( Yahweh) is not just a title but a personal active and multifaceted God.
Do we really abhore wrongs? Do we view sin, errors of omissions and of commissions from God’s own perspective? Do we take time to detect the difference between what God perceived as Light, and what He saw as Darkness? Do the two come out as distinctively different when we come across them in whatever form. I mean for example, when another person commits an error, do we reprimand them because we are deeply offended and sorry about the wrong or we are simply envious and wishing we had the chance to do it ourselves, perhaps we could have done it only more discreetly and smartly. When we hear that a person slept with own sister for example, or that another got away with millions from government coffers, is it the offence from God’s view point that saddens us or deep inside we know we are safe from the same just because we lacked the opportunity or weren’t in the same place at the time. In matters right or wrong are we guided by deeply rooted principles and strength of character or simply operating as fate provides. As Christians do we aspire the kind of Postconventional level of faith and morality as the biblical Joseph. In evaluating our performances as Christians do we view our interactions with people and issues from Jesus’ perspective. Do we take time to self weigh and judge our actions before others even have opinion on them or we commit wrongs knowingly while hoping others either wouldn’t notice or when they do would have distorted judgements and let us get away with it. This brings me to a point where i ask, did man ever need the Bible to be right with God. Am not questioning God’s wisdom in providing Holy Spirit led Word to keep His people informed and inspired. But there is this predorminant feeling among Christians that the Bible is the document of reference about what God did with and through others but far failing to realize there’s a Word of God right inside them as well in the present and so far as God is concerned the equal of a bible is in the making every other day around life. Do we recognize errors as sins only when and just because we can see them written in the Bible, or we notice them immediately triggered by an inner Light and Darkness detector instilled inside us at creation. Think about it, how will God’s pre-Bible humans be judged for eternal life on Jesus’ second return. Are we who experience the bible a favoured lot that we would be advantaged against other children of God simply by having access to the Word in the form of Bible. The concept of Light and Darkness remains key. This is Jehovah’s divine empowerment to everyone of His created children right from birth, there’s no room for excuse by any. As complete packages we were made from womb, set with tools of detection for Light and Darkness. This will form the basis of God’s judgement for mankind, all others are convenient additionals. Another beautiful concept and secret to lasting transformational impact in matters faith is introduced by Jesus himself when he instructed in …. that when you receive the power stay in … and when you start to reach out start with …, then,….Spiritual incubation brings to full maturity the workings of the Holy Spirit inside a believer first for impacting empowerment and manifestation in the outside. This vital incubation is not possible to find in noise and publicity, it works on a believer at its best in the quiet and the tranquil. The Holy Spirit needs our individual person first. We’ll have better dominion over the outside once we have dominion over our own negative selfs. This is the common strategy God used right from creation whenever he sought to use man to create impact or serve his interest among others. Jehovah would better have us secluded from the noise and confusions around us, to effectively work on us at personal levels, remolding us to fit the design of his specific mission before again releasing us for impactful service evident and witnessed by all in the outside. A truelly transformed christian will not have to tell others by mouth that he is changed and wired. The outside will clearly see it and testify on behalf. When a christian has had an encounter with the Ancient of Days, the Maker of all that wasn’t there but called all by word into being, but not only that, into being in their pure-rest of forms, the person will for sure be a new creature and evident to every outside agents he or she comes into contact with. Our christian calls are more designed to manifest and impact through our own changed lifestyles than through our verbal expressions. We will not have to speak much for people to acknowledge what is already manifested in the inside for all to see. Words become less and actions reflecting our transformation more noticeable. It is about a process. A divine concept initiated by Jehovah Himself, that before he uses a versel in his purposes, he has to single it out, put it in the tranquil and the lonely for a while, clean it up, give empowerment and ensure our capacity to hear from him accurately is hiped up to his own divine standards. Only this way would God be comfortable with us as trusted varsels of his service to the fallen and sin-downgraded humanity. Any other way, we skip the design and the process as divinely set by the Almighty and end up serving our own self interests unfortunately even right from within set structures for christian service. In this way sadly we end up conducting anti-Christ exercises even within what’s known to unsuspecting and undiscerning faithfuls as places of worship to God himself. We need personal encounters with God to do his work effectively as he designed it.
As a keen admirer and follower of Christ-Jesus, i desire and strive to attain Postconventional Faith. I CANNOT, will NOT window-dress or condon religion-courted witchcraft, ill-will, and malicious discord. I will NOT be friends, associate, team up, or cooperate with persons or agencies that disrespects on grounds of class, religion, or misfortune. I will NOT dine or laugh around with demonic acts of jealous, preaching what sounds like love on the outside but secretly betrays justice, peace and harmony on which love is meant to thrive. I will NOT support whatever looks Christian on the outside but in discernment is plain anti-Christ in spirit. I know i am not alone in this, religion and secular platforms will not allow us the settings on which such pretences, hypocracies, falsehoods, and distorted faith is preached, but we’re fine with just knowing Him who loved, redeemed, and continue to keep us saved and safe for His coming Great Day. Oh help us Lord! Amen, Amen and Amen!
