Money is Defense

“…For wisdom is a defense as money is a defense, But the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it…” Eccl 7:12 NKJV, italics and emphasis mine.


Knowledge is acquiring of facts; Understanding is interpretation of facts but Wisdom is the application of facts. A wise person knows which knowledge to use, where, when and how and this is a defense. Honestly speaking, most of our losses in life came where the defense (wisdom) was either lacking or low.


As un-spiritual as it may sound, “money is a defense” just as wisdom; but Solomon goes on saying that the defense from wisdom is better than from money for wisdom gives life. Why? because there are things you can acquire by wisdom which you can’t with money…things like salvation, godliness, patience etc…


[rushwa ni adui wa haki, sitatoa wala kupokea rushwa | bribe is the enemy of justice, I will neither give nor receive it ]

________________________________________________________

copyright 2009 Light to my path by TJM Kyara

Devil, Unfair Foe

“…Simon, Simon (Peter), listen! Satan has asked excessively that [all of] you be given up to him [out of the power and keeping of God], that he might sift [all of] you like grain, But I have prayed especially for you [Peter], that your [own] faith may not fail; and when you yourself have turned again, strengthen and establish your brethren…” Luke 22:31, 32 AMP, italics and emphasis mine

In 2008 Israel was charged by most international communities for using disproportionate force against non-state militant terrorists in Gaza. In the UK, the law prohibits using “disproportionate force” against intruders, i.e. you should defend your home with a weapon proportionate to the intruder’s choice of weapon.

When the devil sought to kill baby Jesus, he was not seeing him as a baby but as he shall be. The devil does not fight you for who you are today, but for who are destined to be and he will use every force (proportionate or not) at his disposal to destroy you. The greater your destiny, the greater the attack but greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4)

[rushwa ni adui wa haki, sitatoa wala kupokea rushwa | bribe is the enemy of justice, I will neither give nor receive it ]

^{________________________________________________________}

copyright 2009 Light to my path by TJM Kyara

The Joy of the Lord!

“…Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength…” Nehemiah 8:10b NKJV, italics and emphasis mine

Have you had a moment in reading of the scripture that a very familiar verse suddenly lifts off the bible page with a complete different message? I did recently with the above scripture. I suddenly realized that when the devil attacks my joy, he is really after my strength.

You must have noticed that when you are sad and or unhappy, you loose the motivation, vigor, energy and strength to do “things”; that is exactly what the devil is after when he attacks your joy…to get rid of your strength to praise, worship, read the word, and serve the Lord; resist him in Jesus name.

[rushwa ni adui wa haki, sitatoa wala kupokea rushwa | bribe is the enemy of justice, I will neither give nor receive it ]

^{________________________________________________________}

copyright 2009 Light to my path by TJM Kyara

Mountain of God

“…Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him?…” Exodus 3:1-2 NIV, italics and emphasis mine

I recall to have said a few months a go that, “where you stand determines what you see”, I think I should add that where you stand determines what you see, hear, feel and experience. Moses “came close” to the mountain of God, then and only then did God speak to Him.

Do you want to experience God, have personal interaction with Him? Find your way close to His Mountain. We come close to God through prayers, reading, meditating and acting on His word. James 4:8 says when we come close to Him; He will come close to us.

^{________________________________________________________}

copyright 2009 Light to my path by TJM Kyara

Why call me Lord?

“…But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?…” Luke 6:46, NKJV, italics and emphasis mine

When we get saved, Jesus becomes our saviour since He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. He paid for our sins and secured a place for us with the father, through His sacrificial blood. Making Him our Lord (master, ruler, head, governor) however, is a choice that we have to make everyday.

Jesus said, in the above scripture, why do you call me Lord but you don’t do what I say? We call Jesus our Lord and Saviour, but when He talks to us about something that will either inconvenience or cost us? we simply put Him aside or on hold. Is Jesus the Lord over your money, time, relationships, work, ministry?

[rushwa ni adui wa haki, sitatoa wala kupokea rushwa | bribe is the enemy of justice, I will neither give nor receive it ]

^{________________________________________________________}

copyright 2009 Light to my path by TJM Kyara