Jesus, the asylum seeker

“…an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him." So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod..." Matthew 2:13-15 NIV


Somehow the act of God hiding from does not feel right or spiritual; after all He is God, He could speak a word and Herod will be dead. Yet, He chose to hid His son from Herod by seeking refuge in Africa. We also see Jesus, during his ministry, hiding from men who sought to kill him as He ministered to them (John 8:59). He hid for a while then came back and continue with the ministry.


There is time for everything, there is time to run from the enemy (situations) and hide for a time. Are you faced with difficulties and hardship at home, work, school, everywhere? Perhaps you need to enquire from the Lord whether you should stay or hide away (resign; find alternative accommodation, school, country?) until the situation changes…losing a battle does not mean you have lost the war.

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Wise People Sight

"...and on going into the house, they saw the Child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then opening their treasure bags, they presented to Him gifts--gold and frankincense and myrrh..." Matthew 2:11 AMP [italics & emphasis mine]


When we visit a new-born, it is costmary to give gifts and normally these are things they will use in the next few months. The gifts from wise-men from East, however, had factual and prophetic meaning. It is commonly believed that Gold symbolized sovereign dominion, wisdom, power and strength, Myrrh symbolized anointing oil and also embalming fluid (preparing the dead body for burial) and Frankincense symbolizes priesthood and prayer.


The wise men did not gift him for who He was then (a small fragile baby in the manger) but for whom He was destined to be (King, Priest, Slain Lamb of God). Wise people still do that today; they see a leader in a distraught youth, a minister in a prostitute, a preacher in a drunkard, a saint in a sinner, a man in a boy, a prophet in a loud mouthed liar, opportunity in a mess…Jesus saw great apostles in the un-learned fishermen.

The question is: ''what and who do you see when you look in the mirror today?"


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Fear Note...

“…for the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me, and that of which I am afraid befalls me…”Job 3:25 AMP [italics & emphasis mine]

A man came home from work in Mexico City area, where kidnapping was the order of the day, and found a note saying, “we have got your wife, we will call you later” he knew his worst fear has materialized. He called the police, who came in with the special force. In the midst of the interview with the police, the phone rang, the special services picked the tapped end first and then motioned for the distraught husband to pick his end, and guess what, his parents-in-law were on the other side. Evidently, they had taken their daughter to pamper her for it was her birthday.

Job said, “…what I greatly fear has come to me…” Fear, like Faith attracts; fear is believing negative thing will happen while faith is believing positive thing will happen…both fear and faith are beliefs. What we fear (or have faith in) remain predominant in our mind (consciousness/thoughts), and psychology teaches us that we attract what is predominant in our mind (thoughts)…hence, we need to renew our minds (Rom 12:2b), meditate on God’s word day and night (Josh 1:8) fill our minds with God’s words (Col 3:16) for both fear and faith comes by hearing. Mark 5:21-43 is a story of a ruler who believed Jesus could heal his daughter, when he heard that she had died, fear replaced faith, but, “…As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid; only believe"…” Vv 36.


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God bless ME!

“…And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” But he said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me!”…And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”…”Gen 32:26,28 NKJV [italics & emphasis mine]


Asking for a blessing seems to be a sign of pride (wanting to promote oneself), at least it used seem that way for me. For years I never had courage to stand before God and say, GOD BLESS ME. Yet, I can fast and pray for God to bless and prosper others…I can ask God to “be there” for others, but when it comes to me, somehow it felt like I will be imposing and impolite to ask let alone demand (insist firmly) for God to bless me. I had false humility for I terribly needed God to bless me.


Jacob demanded God to bless him, he was about to face his brother (whose blessing he had taken) and feared for his life. He said, I will not let Go until He blesses me…Blessing means “empowered to prosper” blessing is having divine favour on your side-it is a word (spell) spoken over you which brings about influence to prosper. Divine favor is God rising someone to use their power, ability and influence to help you. Jacob became Israel-the Nation—I challenge you today to stand before God and firmly, faith-full and reverently ASK GOD TO BLESS YOU.

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