THE BEST BOOK EVER

The Bible is an exquisite book, but not all knows this and not all who read the Bible really understands it value. I know this because I read the Bible for several years both as a child and as an adult, and after reading so much of this wonderful book. I still dumped it and sought for wisdom somewhere else. I guess it takes more than just reading to really assimilate what wisdom the Bible entails.

As an inquisitive young man, they were a lot of things I had to figure out about the world and why it is so messed up. Aside that, I needed to be ahead of the game, several moves ahead of my opponents whoever they maybe; with this in mind I explored the knowledge the world had to offer in terms of books and several other resources aimed at boosting the mind. At a point I felt I had arrived and I knew it all, and when I heard the word fool, I was 100% percent sure I couldn’t be one. My search for knowledge gave birth to a book titled Mortality, Reason and Religion https://www.okadabooks.com/book/about/the_philosophy_of_reason_and_religion_/11244. Most of its content are anti-religious and bothers more on reasoning. Then along the line I discovered they are certain burden that comes along with all knowledge gathered. Too much information sometimes renders even the simplest of knowledge useless. What am I saying in essence, it got to a point I then discovered to my greatest surprise that I had been a fool, even with all I thought I knew. So I began another search for wisdom, I gave my life to Jesus Christ. How did I do this? I simply confessed my sins, not once, not twice. I kept trying until I grew enough discipline and spiritual courage to totally conquer sin(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ACM9N5I? Then I began the journey of enlightenment, the first step of which is harmonizing with Christ. This was the point I discovered the wisdom in the Bible. The Bible brought to simplicity all the complexities that surrounded all I knew before. All my life I couldn’t quite balance this world, good, evil and all the complexities, by gaining the wisdom from the Bible it all made perfect sense.

 Believe it or not the Bible is the best book ever written. It’s like a combination of all the books in the world to make one perfect book. During the period I was harmonizing myself with Christ and his will. I had in my hands a book by Stephen Covey on the 7 habits of highly effective people, the book was about 400 pages. I had read up to 300 pages. One day I read some verses in the Bible. In the book of proverbs, I read that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom; I also read that a man’s life is shaped by his thoughts and in 1^st Corinthians 13. I read about what love is and all the qualities of love. The wisdom i got from all these three verses totally summarized Covey’s entire book.

I know it sounds weird, if you read it now; it may not make that much sense. There is need for spiritual enlightenment when it comes to understanding Gods word. That is why you have to first be born again and second begin the journey towards enlightenment, which is what the 7 cardinal rules are all about. Ever tried to balance life’s variables like career, marriage, school, pleasure, beliefs and principles, family etc. without getting exhausted? Try the fear of God and suddenly all of life variables will fall into place. It is a math’s that was solved by God ever before any man was born. True wisdom is not worried or insecure, its source of energy is never revised, questioned, objected upon, reviewed or updated. Looking for true wisdom? Waste no time reading different books. Read one book! The Bible

Awaken the god in you- 1

                        

In the book of Genesis, after Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit. God said “Now that man has become like one of us” (gods). At first God created us in his image, but the moment man erred, man became more than just the image of God, man became like God and thus was responsible for all his actions.

Do you know that you are a god? And have the power of a god.  Man’s only deficiency is his mortality. Imagine what it would feel like to have that much power. As I write it and as you read it, it sounds like a fairy tale, however it is the hard truth.

The whole world is on a backward progression when it comes to assimilation and reflection of this fact. The adversary the devil has managed to make people feel, that they are less important, just flesh and blood, that they have no power at all and are just nothing to themselves or the universe. Although the Bible states otherwise, even at that many Christian still do not comprehend or believe this truth. To buttress this point I will mention some human gods in the Bible that realized through Gods divine help their status and expressed god-like powers. I will explain why they had that power and why at some points the power failed them.

Our first example is Moses- The moment Moses meet God in the burning bush his god-like nature was activated and through him God performed wonders, that up until this day are unequalled. Do you agree that Moses expressed god-like power? Absolutely yes he did and he could access that power. One because God choose him, Two because he kept his body and spirit pure and free from guilt and iniquity at all times and Three because he had faith. The moment Moses waned in his faith in Gods ability, he lost a significant aspect of his power, prospect and thus saw but never entered the promise land.

Second example is Joshua – Joshua took over from Moses and God spoke to him. He impressed God because he had so much faith and lead a holy life to compliment it. As such he is the only man to have ever commanded the Sun to stand still and it did. What else would you call this, isn’t it god-like?

Another example is Prophet Daniel, Shedrack, Menshack and Abednego, four men that thrived during the time of Israel’s exile in Babylon. They had absolute faith in God, irrespective of the circumstances and thus were able to rise above the fire of the furnace and the Lion’s den. Same goes for Prophet Ezekiel who raised dried bones back to life. What a mystery? That is the kind of power we possess.

Our last example is our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, without a question Christ was the only one that knew he was a god and indeed he is God. He expressed this to the fury of the Pharisee and Sadducees and through his power he changed the course of history and given this we are agree that yes he is God.

The question now is why is it that is in our time, they are no more human gods. The answer is simple Sin. The human entity has a spirit, body and soul. The soul comes from God and it goes back to God upon death. The virtue of every human is embedded in the soul. The soul is the powerhouse of our godlike powers; to tap from this power. We must fulfill the ultimate condition.

DARE TO TRUST IN GOD

I was once told to cast my burden on a man that he cares for me. I was told emphatically that he could solve all my problems and give me eternal freedom. But seriously, I wouldn’t believe this. I mean, I do have an open mind, and irrespective of how open my mind is, I could hardly leave all my issues and challenges to chance. I had to take charge, to be in front of the situation. After all that is why I have a sound mind and body. No matter how I taught about it, it never made sense to me, at least not in a practical way, how can I put my trust in God? No one understands God? Who knows what he is planning? Who knows his will? What he will do next? And ultimately is he even listening to me? Or does he have my time?

Seriously, I have thought about these questions and the more I thought of it, the more dilemma I found myself. That is where I remembered Cardinal Rule 3(In taking up the attitude and being in harmony with Christ; we should like Christ not equate ourselves with God or his Son) and it all made sense suddenly. That is why it is said that God is not man, so no matter how hard I try, I will not understand how God works, when he works and how he listens to prayers. It is when I decided to stop asking God the questions of “how will you deliver the goods” that is when I learnt this important lesson that, there is no power as God, no wisdom as his, no authority like his authority. The way God works, no mind can put it together and make sense of it. My friends and followers don’t ever try to make sense of what God does or why he does it. This might take you a good lifetime. Instead “Dare to trust in him”

    As a child, that grew up in a Christian family. I have heard the message of faith preached severally and not until now did I realize that the messages about faith were taken a bit too lightly. To have faith is no small task, especially when you are brilliant and have so many resources at your disposal, that at a spot you can think of Plan A all through to Plan Z. And someone expects you to just sit back, watch and have faith? I will possibly say, tell that to the birds! As such I’ll go on and on with my life and never give God an opportunity to actually do something real, tangible and eternal in my life. I know it never easy to let go of all you know and trust in God. It’s a rare wisdom only enlightened people will possess. It is a wisdom that teaches you to look beyond this world and into the next plane of existence. A wisdom that no amount of money or education can bestow, a wisdom given only by God, to the children he loves.

     Let God work in your life today, allow him to straighten you up. For too long you’ve gone astray, let God bring you back home. Let go of all you know and learn from his eternal wisdom that surpasses all understanding, tap from his infinite Grace. Dare to trust in God. I learnt this important lesson only when I looked around and I realized there was no Plan A – Z, that there was no plan at all. I was choice less, almost hopeless. But God gave me his infinite wisdom, which comes with a desire to serve him. This wisdom gave me a serene peace at a time of great turbulence. It gave me a calm of godlikeness in times when I should have gone mad with worry. It soothed my soul, set me on a direction of my true purpose and gave me clarity of perspective I never thought I could have. All my plans, knowledge and all the books in the world could not do this for me. It is only God that can and it is only through Gods wisdom, we can gain true inner peace and conquer our most daunting demons.