• CAPSULES
The darkness deepens but light continues to pierce it as we struggle with the forces that battle for our souls.
Lies are daily spurn to keep us blinded and we allow it. How can anyone meet the Maker and remain the same? How does anyone make that famous trip to Calvary and not die to self? Flesh is supposed to die so that divinity can gain prominence. Love is the foundation of our relationship with the Creator and forgiveness a key ingredient to growth. Many of us cradle offences and romance bitterness believing we are walking the talk of our professed faith, how can you lock people up in un-forgiveness and claim God as your“personal person”. God is LOVE, he who knows not LOVE, knows not God. We all grapple with the concept of unconditional love because it is foreign to the selfish nature of man, a love that loves in spite of who we are not because of who we are. The concept of forgiveness and a blank slate is complex to our carnal minds. We are not supposed to remember an offence against the offender, how is that possible, we ponder ..... The good book says“and forgive us our trespasses AS WE FORGIVE those who trespass against us”. The quality of mercy is not strained, it is twice blessed, blessing the giver and the taker, according to Shakespeare, so forgiveness releases the offender and the offended. Unconditional love though conscious of wrong is not supposed to be mindful of it. We cannot divorce forgiveness from love. My favourite saying is“Elephants don’t forget, neither do I”, but this is definitely not Christian, as that is me falling off the wagon. I have fought with bitterness and I am still at the battle front with this “stealer of joy”because the wound inflicted is so deep and the pain does not ease because of regular poking of the scab. We cradle offences in our arms nursing them like babies unwillingly to let go because the grudge we bear takes“stays”us in righteous indignation and we refuse to cede territory to light, the light which is love and the love which is God ...... how do we not understand the hypocrisy?
Many believe they receive blessings because God is happy with them, forgetting that the sun shines on the good and evil.
Love your neighbour as yourself the good book instructs, but alas our interpretation of this is that we should love only those who meet with our ridiculous expectations, this is ludicrous I tell you.
Can two walk together except they agree .... how do you walk with God filled with hate and bile .... LOVE, SACRIFICE and OBEDIENCE are words many chant mindlessly like the national anthem but do not understand the importance.
We need to set our captives free people, even the lawful captives, so that we can achieve destined purpose. Our spiritual arrogance rankles as this oftentimes makes us justify our stance of hate, we then support with scripture, ie“if your left eye causes you to sin, remove it” ....... the moment you kick love out, you are in sin.
The days are evil and the times eerie, we need to refocus and concentrate on what truly matters, if God truly has the wheel of our lives we need to let him drive .... it’s time to focus on eternity as this journey is not forever. We are ambassadors thus must adhere to the foreign policies of the kingdom, a bitter heart is filled with muck, it is dirty and causes diseases. Forgiving and forgetting does not make you weak, on the contrary, it shows that you are a powerhouse. It is time to offload the garbage before it turns you to one.