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PIDGIN - CHILDLIKE FAITH AND LIKENESS!

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CHILD-LIKE FAITH AND LIKENESS.

CHILD-LIKE FAITH AND LIKENESS.

Mark 10:13-16

 

Childlike faith is vital to the Christian Walk and the life of the believer. It is deeply rooted in Christ’s teaching on faith and humility, implying simplicity, trust, and an unpretentious relationship with the Father.

Jesus says in Matthew 18:3: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." This means we must be converted to becoming like children in innocent trust, belief, faith, and acceptance. Why? Children accept what they are told readily without questioning the why, what, when, and how. They just believe and accept whatever they are told, as seen in Luke 18:17.

From Jesus’ teachings and perspective, true humility is becoming like children. Christ wants us to exhibit childlikeness in all we do, not childishness. Childlikeness is the quality of resembling a child in character and actions. Jesus asked us to be like little children because they embody qualities such as innocence, humility, and trust. In Matthew 18:3, Jesus emphasizes the importance of having a pure heart, being open to learning, and trusting in God without reservations.

Cultivating childlike faith involves embracing qualities such as trust, humility, and openness. Sadly, many adults are so jaded that we question everything. We must trust God completely, like children trust their parents. We must place our trust in God, believing that He has our best interests at heart and will guide us through life's challenges.

We trust our doctors, teachers, cab drivers, and pilots enough to place our lives in their hands, yet we don’t trust the King of kings, who alone has the power to save and kill. Children are mostly humble and recognize that they don't have all the answers, so they are open to learning and growing daily, as we too need to do in our faith.

The curiosity of children is a beautiful thing that I wish more adults had because it would make us dig deeper into God’s word and person. Approach your faith with curiosity and wonder. Ask questions, seek understanding, and be open to new insights.

Be simple! Children focus on the simple truths of whatever they are told or see. When we focus on the simple truth like a child, we avoid overcomplicating things and find joy in the basics of our beliefs.

Genesis 12:1-4 tells us that Abraham trusted God when he was asked to leave his homeland and go to a place God would show him. Like a child, he trustingly obeyed God. Despite not knowing where he was going, Abraham obeyed and trusted God's promise to make him a great nation.

Someone might be trusting God for something but may become impatient with the process, as we see with Sarah in Genesis 16. By praying for guidance during a difficult decision, we can believe that God will provide wisdom and direction for each journey. This could be in situations like choosing a career path, dealing with a health issue, or navigating a challenging relationship.

Childlikeness is about embracing positive, growth-oriented qualities that help us develop a deeper, more trusting relationship with God while childishness involves behaviours that hinder personal and spiritual growth, often leading to negative outcomes. Children naturally exhibit humility through their actions, often without expecting anything in return. Their genuine kindness and selflessness are qualities we can all learn from and strive to emulate.

Young David trusted God so much in 1 Samuel 17 that when he faced the giant Goliath, he humbly surrendered to God’s lead. Despite being smaller and less experienced in battle, David believed that God would help him defeat Goliath.

By striving for childlikeness, we can cultivate a faith that is pure, humble, and deeply trusting, while avoiding the pitfalls of childishness that can impede our spiritual journey.

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, thank you for being a perfect Father, help me to remain childlike and humble in my faith walk in Jesus’ name, amen.

Shalom

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PIDGIN - SPIRITUAL ADULTRY!

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SPIRITUAL ADULTERY

SPIRITUAL ADULTERY

James 4:4-6

 

Spiritual adultery is being devoted to worldly things, seeking after feelings and flesh, instead of seeking God with our whole heart, soul, mind, and body, as stated in Matthew 6:33. It’s a term often used in religious contexts to describe the act of being unfaithful to one's spiritual beliefs or commitments. It typically refers to the idea of turning away from faith or devotion to God and instead pursuing other interests, desires, or idols that take precedence over one's spiritual relationship.

We are all guilty of spiritual adultery; we cannot love God as wholly and completely as we should and as He desires. Godliness and worldliness can't coexist, and according to Exodus 20:5, our Lord is a very jealous God, referred to as El Kanna, the husband of His people who won’t share His bride with anyone, including you, me, and the church. Spiritual adultery is simply unfaithfulness to God.

A jealous God! God the Creator is worthy of all honor from His creation, the honor and worship that He alone deserves. God will not share His bride with false gods; He will not tolerate rivalry. So, God’s jealousy shows His concern for our well-being. The believers’ relationship with the Father is likened to a marriage, with God as the husband. Our text tells us that friendship with the world is enmity with God and an “adulterous relationship.”

Unfaithfulness in a physical marriage is disastrous and breaks up the relationship; how much more, then, is spiritual unfaithfulness? The running theme of the scriptures is of God as the husband, the faithful, loving, and jealous husband who wants His bride and wife to be faithful to Him.

Spiritual adultery is an analogy to the unfaithfulness of one’s spouse: as Jeremiah 3:20 says, “‘But like a woman faithless to her lover, even so have you been faithless to me, O house of Israel,’ says the Lord.” So, when we place material possessions, wealth, or other people above our devotion to God or spiritual beliefs, we are essentially committing spiritual adultery.

The sin of adultery is the relationship with another person, not the legal husband or wife, that causes damage to the family. This is exactly how the Lord sees His children when they walk away from Him—a wandering wife that leaves her husband and goes off with another relationship. The book of Proverbs, especially chapters 5-7, warns against the adulterous and immoral woman whose character is not only shallow but evil. She is the adulterous, unfaithful wife whose restless, unstable feet do not stay at home.

The unfaithful bride flaunts her marriage vows and defies God’s law. Adultery offers only a quick but unsatisfactory pleasure. When we become unfaithful to God, we become unstable and have no anchor of godly character to direct our path.

Spiritual adultery includes any form of idolatry. In the Old Testament, the children of Israel tried to mix the worship of other gods, such as Baal, with that of God. Judges 3:7 tells us the Israelites went after other gods, the Baals and the Asheroth. Baal was the most powerful god of the Canaanites, while Asherah was a Canaanite goddess, a companion of El, the head of the Canaanite gods, whom the Israelites lusted after and committed adultery with. In doing so, Israel, like us, becomes like an adulterous wife who wants both a husband and another lover.

The person who commits spiritual adultery professes to be a Christian yet finds real love and pleasure in the things of the world. The love of the world and the love of God are direct opposites. Claiming to love God but being captivated by the love of the world is committing spiritual adultery against the Lord.

God wants to protect what is rightfully His, and He deeply desires and deserves our worship and friendship.

PRAYER: Lord, help me to be faithful to you as you are always faithful, may my devotion and affection never sway to something or someone else ove you in Jesus; name, amen.

Shalom

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PIDGIN - SET YOUR AFFECTIONS!

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SET YOUR AFFECTIONS

SET YOUR AFFECTIONS

Colossians 3:1-11

 

Affection is the feeling or emotion, the quality, the condition, and the state of the body, mind, and heart. Whatever our affections are, we need to set them on the right things.

Colossians 3 talks about a new life or putting on a new self and exhorts Christians to set their affections on things above, that is, on heavenly things. Misguided affections lead to misguided motives, which lead to misguided actions. Our affections are indicative of what we care about the most. What do you or your friends say you care most about?

Apostle Paul exhorts us, as he did the Colossians in his days, to be heavenly-minded after the example of Christ, that we may be prepared to appear with Him in glory. He encourages us in verses 5-7 not to continue in our former state but to change our minds and lives.

From our conversion, we didn’t only share in Christ's death but also in His resurrection, to then enjoy heavenly life with Him, where He is and has made room for us at God's right hand. This means we must let our whole thought be set on heavenly, not earthly things. Our lives should always remain hidden in Christ, as we too will be revealed at His second coming because Christ’s manifestation involves ours.

We must kill and deprive our lives and bodies of anything with the power to destroy our spiritual strength. Kill any sensual appetite, deprive it of the nourishment by which it lives, thrives, and keeps active because the body may suffer from excessive sensual indulgences as the appetite increases with indulgence.

We must not set our minds on inordinate affection, unnatural and degrading passion, or bestial lust according to Romans 1:26-27. Selfish and ungodly affections create a system of idolatry that produces all kinds of impurity.

The list of ungodly and earthly affections includes both acts and motives. If the affection is yours, then you can set it on the right things, godly things, and heavenly affections rather than allow it to meander to the wrong things. According to Psalm 145:16, God will open His hands and satisfy only His people’s pure and godly desires.

Paul described what is positionally true of us, directing our attention to the practical influence of the truth of God’s word over our mindsets. According to Romans 6:11, we are to reckon ourselves to be dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. It means to accept what God says about us as true and to live in the light of it. It means we must believe what God says in Romans 6:6, that the power of sin over our lives has been broken. This demands a definite act of faith, which results in a fixed attitude toward “our old self.” We will see our old self where God sees him, on the Cross, put to death with Christ.

There is a distinction between natural and spiritual or gracious affections. The affections of the world are strong, but they are not spiritual, they are not born of the Holy Spirit, nor are they awakened by the New Testament, and they are not the affections of God as sovereign God. When we incline our hearts to seek the Lord and desire only Him according to 1 Kings 8:58, we begin to set our hearts on things above and not earthly things. Set your affections and tune them until aligned with God’s desire and affections.

PRAYER: Lord, God, may I words be an evidence of my affection for you and your people, both in what I say and what I don’t say and never on the wrong things in Jesus’ name, amen.

Shalom

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DECISIONS!

DECISIONS!

Numbers 9:21-23

 

Decisions are sometimes difficult to make and achieve. We struggle daily with making all kinds of decisions, and the impact of the ones we make is seen in the consequences. We make decisions daily for all areas of our life, for varying issues. Sometimes we make good decisions, and sometimes bad ones, but regardless, our decisions are impactful and often far-reaching.

Where are you heading? Who will guide you on this path and journey? Who will lead and direct you?

The Israelites had a decision to make: to allow God to lead, guide, and direct them, or to let the circumstances they faced determine their journey. The Lord’s presence among the Israelites was manifested through the cloud, which looked like fire at night—a definite symbol of God’s comfort and protection of His people.

God may no longer lead us by visible physical means, but our decisions must be made by the leading of the Holy Spirit. We must still learn to follow Him when we are stuck, especially as His presence (the cloud of fire) now resides within us to guide and direct our journey.

The Holy Spirit leads us by an inner witness, which brings to light the voice behind your ears spoken of in Isaiah 30:21, telling you where, how, and when to walk so you don’t turn sideways or backward.

Regardless of how long we are stuck, we must determine that the prolonged wait will not push us to wander off the Lord’s path for us. Jesus, the way, will always be a light and a lamp for our direction according to Psalm 119:105. Being stuck is not necessarily a terrible thing. I have come to experience that standing still, stuck waiting for God’s leading, is a deliberate decision—one that could be very productive and progressive even when it doesn’t look like it.

If you decide to let God lead or not lead you, it will determine the outcome and destination of your journey.

Deciding is arriving at a solution that ends uncertainty or settles a dispute. It is distinguishing between options, some big, some little, some good, some evil. We must choose between little things. But the most important decision in life is this: What shall we do with Jesus? If we choose to accept Him, our eternal destiny and life on earth will be radically different from what they will be if we choose not to accept Him.

Like the Israelites, we must learn to stop and move on the Lord’s lead and command. Our response should always be one of obedience. Like Mary said in John 2:5, “Do whatever He tells you.”

Even as the Israelites did in Exodus 13:21-22—they remained when the cloud stopped and moved when it moved. Verse 23 says they obeyed the Lord’s voice!

Are you willing to follow the Lord’s instructions and obey His voice? Are you willing to stop and move as He directs? Would your decision be based on His leading, like Abraham in Genesis and David, who always consulted the Lord before deciding, staying, and going only when the Lord says so?

How willing are you to stand still, remain stuck if the Lord demands it? Obedience is key to the move of God. Decisions made by the leading of the Lord will trump every carnal one.

If we are to go far in any area of our lives successfully, we must decide to allow the Lord to take our hands and lead us. We must allow Him to take us to places we’ve never been before and can’t go on our own without the Lord’s help, leading, guidance, and direction.

If you’re at a place right now where you need to make a difficult decision but are struggling, can I assure you that the only guarantee that you’ll arrive at the right decision safe, sound, and successful is if you allow the Lord to lead and guide you? Let the Lord decide for you!

PRAYER: Oh, Lord, like Joshua, I have decided and chosen today to serve. Me and my family, we will serve you, Lord. We will follow and believe in your Son, Jesus. In His name, amen.

Shalom

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