Common Sense isn't common

“…there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die? If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also.. Now therefore, come, let us surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they keep us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall only die…” 2 King 7:3-9, NKJV, italics mine

Some of us believe that when we become Christians we kiss our brains, common sense, goodbye! We spiritualize everything, but let’s think about this, (extreme examples) how many of us would not wake up in the morning unless God wakes you up? Or how many would not go to work unless the Holy Spirit says so? Or who amongst us has ever been told by God to take shower or brush teeth?

In the above text, the four lepers thought, used common sense; they said if we stay here we die, if we go to our enemies we may live…so they chose to go to their enemies camp and all the while God was setting them up to discover the victory that he has already won for them. My point is, in absence of God’s specific direction in life, we should and have to use common sense, wisdom and in it, we will find the Lord.

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

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copyright 2009 Light to my path by TJM Kyara

One Language

“…And the LORD said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them...” Gen 10:6 NKJV (italics and emphasis mine)

I am amazed at what God has to say about these heathen Babylonians, because they were ONE and HAD A PURPOSE which THEY PERSUED in UNITY and ONENESS, God says NOTHING will be withheld from them. We see this pattern with the early church, Acts 2:1, “…When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord (harmony, agreement, settlement) in one place (position, situation, understanding, and stance)…”

I believe the church today has very little if any, influence in the world because we don’t speak ONE LANGUAGE. Every denomination speaks her own language and sometimes even when we are the same denomination, we have our own language between churches…my prayer is that we may learn to speak that one language as a body of Christ as Eph 4:5 says, “…one Lord, one faith, one baptism…” NIV, One language, i.e. the full gospel!

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

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copyright 2009 Light to my path by TJM Kyara

Spiritual Street Kids

“…Oh Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God and you shall be established; believe and remain steadfast to His prophets and you shall prosper…” 2 Chr 20:20b AMP (italics and emphasis mine)

I know of a friend who believed that belonging to a church and or being under any form of spiritual leadership was equal to being under a yoke. He submitted to no one and was accountable to no one except the Lord. He would say, if the Lord sets you free, then you are free indeed, right? He was a kid in the mean streets of a city…no guardians, parents or mentors!

The scripture above says that if you believe in God, you will be established (be found, immovable, firm, steady, prominent) but when you believe and remain steadfast (committed, dedicated) to His prophets you shall prosper (flourish, do well, succeed). Christians were not meant to be loners, we need each other and above all we need the prophets amongst us.

[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

Re: Light 2 my path-New Wine, Old Wineskin

“…and no one pours new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the fresh wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled and the skins will be ruined (destroyed). But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins...” Luke 5:37,38 AMP (italics and emphasis mine)

Cognac, Whiskey and the sort are types of alcohol also known as spirits; so it amazes me when Paul says we should not be drunk with this type of spirit but rather from the Spirit that is from God [Eph 5:18]…looks like a substituting one spirit for another…but far from it. Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit [1 Cor 6:19] the writer of Romans [12:2] urges Christians to renew their minds lest they be an old skin containing new wine.

If I have learnt anything in my experience in the ministry is that the greatest challenge and opposition the church has is not un-believers but rather new wine filled un-renewed believers. Handling the new wine with an old mentality, trying to figure out the limitless Spirit of God with limited mind. A drunk person does things that a sober person wouldn’t dare do…this is exactly what a renewed mind filled with Spirit from above would do.

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

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copyright 2009 Light to my path by TJM Kyara