THE MIGHTY MAN AND HIS FAITH

Faith is very important in our lives. It helps us to work with God and deal with the affairs of life. It is known that without faith we cannot please God and with faith, even as small as a mustard seed, we can move mountains.

What makes a mighty man is majorly his faith. The loss of faith has reduced many a mighty man. This loss of faith usually results from trials and persistent adverse situations. The loss of people or things we cherish most can easily lead to a loss of faith, faith in our God is tested and our souls wallow away in self pity, remorse and bitterness. Depression so heavy it can be felt by both people and things around us. This situation results in gradual loss of our faith and the man that use to speak things into happening no longer speaks as doubt creeps in and ravages his faith. Fear of negative results and the stack reality of his physical situation begin to torment his soul. He gradually begins to seek companionship with people of same situation (as birds of same feathers flock together) and finally slips into the obscure. If even he goes to church, he is just a bench warmer who knows it all and can only but criticize those who are on the pulpit from the choir to the ministers (he easily forgets that though he can do it better than them, he is not doing anything while those he criticizes are working anyway). The idle man’s mind has become the devil’s workshop! Various kind of sin begins to become the order of the day, first privately (in secret) and sooner/later publicly in the open). They may still attend church services, user, sing in the choir, shout halleluiah now and then, they may even have one title of the other – deacons, evangelists, Sunday school teachers, pastors, e.t.c but within, they are just filthy tombs with a good painting on the outside. They easily become tools in the hand of the devil and most time wondering how they have so fallen from grace. Oh how are the mighty fallen:

I would like to consider two lives in this respect.

King Saul was a shy boy, raised up by God’s anointing and became a mighty king. Under pressure and because of lack of faith, fear took over (underlying this was the sin of greed, pride and self seeking) and he fell from grace. He remained thus adding to his errors everyday till death. This mighty man never woke up. Job was a mighty man and when afflictions came, he shouted, ranted and even quarreled with friends, wife and everything was lost but hear his testimony – though HE slay one, yet will I trust HIM, faith held on and he was restored even to double of what he lost. He refused to insult God whether directly or indirectly by sinning or living in negligence to God’s work and word. He stood firm. As I speak to every mighty man, wake up; let your faith hold you. Dust your Bible, go to the book of Hebrews and energies your faith. Pray until you can feed your faith speaking to you saying, ‘I am awake’

I dare to ask you even now do might man ‘where art though’? Where are those shouts of prayers we use to hear coming from your room? Where are the prophesies you use to prophesy? Where are the living words that use to come from your mouth?

‘o mighty man, where are thou?

Wake up from the miry clay, take your stand again amongst the men of God. This alarm is sound for you to get up. What hold you down is not the situations around you but your mindset- loss of faith. So get up and pray to God to help your faith. So get up and pray to God to help your faith. Faith comes by hearing the word of God. Speak to DADDY again. I mean DADDY just as you use to call HIM!!!

Sin is a killer, the soul that sins shall die. The wages of sin is death. Sin de-bases disrobes you. It lifts the covering of the glory of God off you. No wonder Adam found himself naked and had thought to hide from GOD! The direct result of sin! The guilt drives us away from God’s presence! But the truth is that we should actually run to God at such times so as to be restored!

I encourage you today!