Obedience is ever so important where the Lord is concerned. And thank God for Abraham who show us all that importance, and the blessings that flows from obedience.

Abraham seems to be a very loving and obedient man by nature. When his wife Sarah told him to sleep with her slave to have a child, his heir, he did, Genesis 16:1-4. When his wife once again, told him after giving birth to their promised child Isaac, to get rid of his son Ishmael and slave his mother. Being distressed because it concerned his flesh and blood son. God spoke to him and said for him to listen to whatever his wife Sarah tells him about his son Ishmael and his mother, it’s through Isaac the promise will be fulfilled. It was hard on Abraham, but once again, he was obedient.

I had thought it to be so mean for God, to say yes, for Abraham to get rid of his son according to his wife Sarah. Then it hit me, anything that is not in God’s plan or that can hamper it must go. The fact the Ishmael was mocking Isaac at the great feast given by their father Abraham. Sarah recognize trouble, the same conflict and issues she had with his slave mother Hagar when she was pregnant with him, Hagar who had despised Sarah, Genesis 16:4-6.

After all it was Sarah’s idea to allow her husband, for the sake of love, to lay with her slave to have an heir. It was selfless of her, because it must of been the hardest thing to do as a woman who loves her husband. Unlike back then, thank God we have surrogates and in vitro fertilization, because no way, no matter how much a woman loves her husband today she will not allow her husband to sleep with another woman to have his baby, especially an heir. Koodos to you Sarah! It started with Sarah and it ended with her. The Lord permitted it, because he understood her heart and mind. But there was very much hard consequences for her actions, she suffered.

Obedience, nothing like it to be blessed and highly favoured. When people see your life and you’re happy and well off. What they fail to realize is, if you live in obedience to the Lord, he provides what you need and protects you and your love ones.

When after everything Abraham and his wife went through waiting on the promises of God even by there works( planning and trying to have a child by surrogate). Remember the scripture declares faith without works is dead James 2:14-26 Abraham and his wife Sarah surely was doing all the works they can, even at the cost of causing themselves emotional pain. Then God asked Abraham to take his son, his loved child with his wife Sarah in their old age and the promise one, to go and sacrifice him. And with obedience to the Lord, Abraham took his son to sacrifice him, Genesis 22.

Was God being evil to have asked such a thing of Abraham? No!Abraham was proof that man can be redeemed from disobedience. The disobedience that lead humanity to sin(death). Now we can all understand why Abraham was chosen to be the father of all nations. God needed the bread of life for all of humanity (Jesus) to come from such a bloodline.

Paradigm shift, a change has been coming and prophesied for years, and it’s here! There’s always going to be a shift and change in our lives. As long as the world keeps turning change is going to come.

For all of us who’s been sleeping, it’s time to arise and shine in your calling. An awaking is taking place in our world, a spiritual awakening. We’ve been dormant for a while, but it’s time to come forth! Those who are in darkness also must come out of it. There’s no place to hide that the light wouldn’t reach.

Awakening and division has begun. Those who has ears to hear, hear what the spirit of the Lord is saying. For all those who wants to play stupid, ignorant, or foolish, the jokes on you. “If you ask, you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be open to you,” Matthew 7:7. “Don’t play you’re foolish!”

Evil is on the rampage. The devil time is soon coming to an end and he’s seeking and coming after all he can to take down with him. And we all must be on guard in prayer and fasting. We must draw nearer to God every minute and every hour.

I was pretty upset to the point of tears. It’s been years now and I’ve been doing some soul searching. My dilemma, every time I try to be obedient to the will of God, evil presents itself. I am so tired of every time I do good evil presence itself, and I am left wondering if being and doing good is worth the hassle of my heart being broken and my emotions is on high, second guessing myself.

My conversation to the Lord. “God if you require of me to do your will, then harden my heart, and help me to forget hurt and pain. Take control of my mind and prevent my thoughts from spiralling out of control with its negativity. I feel so broken, lost and confused. This following Jesus has it’s difficulties with the heart and mind. The balance between the flesh and the spirit is difficult. It takes discipline and understanding to overcome. Discipline is knowing when to let go and let God. Understanding is key, knowing it is by no strength or power of our own we do what we do, “but if hadn’t been for the Lord.” We are to take no credit for victories won or feel wounded and defeated. Scripture declaring, “the battle is the Lord.” Proverbs 21:31 The horse is made for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord.

We live in a world today that’s in a crisis with entitled, disobedient, self righteous, unapologetic, narcissistic…”must I go on human beings,that God loves unconditionally?” Yes! That’s right God loves us, that he keeps doing everything in his power to save us all, even from ourselves. But my question to God is why keep on trying to save, who don’t want to be save? I can believe or comprehend the the resistance of those few. We shouldn’t have to throw a lifesaver at a drowning person who keeps tossing it back to you refusing to hold on, which can only mean one thing, “I don’t want to be saved, let me drown.” The fact that they would watch you right in the eye and then submerge themselves and when you jump in to help them they try to beat up on you or take you down with them. But God, I thought you said, “ don’t give what is holy to dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trampled them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces, Matthew 7:6?” God reminded me of Luke 10:11-12 Whosever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgement, than for that city.

You know what God’s said to me, “ I am feeling just as helpless and frustrated as that person is feeling with life, so if I can’t see myself in their position with my tantrums right now to understand, and show compassion as one who’s got so much faith in Him, because not only do I believe, but declare how much I love and I trust in Him. It’s better that I didn’t know, than know He’s real and not just a few, but all things are possible with Him.

Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. In my obedience to doing what God has said, I’ve realized the helping of others was also helping myself we’re all as one in the sight of the Lord, with our strength and weaknesses. But if only we can see it is a battle and a struggle we all face within ourselves as do others to stay on the right path. The negative forces always tries to conquer us all and sometimes we don’t even know it. So when we point fingers at others and judge, really we are only judging ourselves. As Jesus said, “he that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone” John 8:7

With love comes a lot of emotions good and bad. Taking on the responsibility for others as though it was myself who give birth to them, when it’s God. Sometimes we just have to know our place. We are all sinners and just because God has chosen us to do a thing, doesn’t make us Gods ourselves. God is not on the throne making Gods, he’s there taking care of his creation whom he loves so much.

“Yeah though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we shall fear no evil,” Psalm 23:4 Death has surrounded us like never before without us being at war. But are we not at war? Death is not prejudice(no respecter of person), it’s coming after everyone in the world, there’s no exceptions and no place to hide. Death has to be so that evil doesn’t remain.

We are so afraid of death because it’s the unknown. So many people has passed on (died) as much of those who’s been born. Why are we not afraid of life (being born) as we are afraid of death. But then again are we? Is life coming from the other side (birth) just as much frightening as death? We don’t know, or should I say, “we can’t remember.” The fact that the majority of us don’t remember birth or our death, the answer to this question is a mystery. All I know is that the here and know of our existence began with us, when we could remember as far back as we can. Our memories before starting with our birth some how has been erased. But like déjà vu, certain aspects of our lives flashes before us.

I never understood it, we as Christians who believe in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus are afraid of death. Whenever I heard this quote from men and women of faith, “thank God, I am alive to see another day.” It’s like to be alive is to be blessed. But then again it is written the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus our Lord, Romans 6:23. Could it be that we’re misunderstanding that it’s not this life we’re living now, which is within sin, but the life to come after, the resurrected life with Jesus? Jesus overcame sin and was resurrected. Death couldn’t hold him down, yet he lived, Amen!!! 2Corinthians 5:8 “we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” (KJV)

Could it be that God is taking so many souls because a certain shift in our world has occurred?These souls that are being taken is it possible that they have reached the point of maturity and is no longer useful for the plans the Lord has for the earth and their services is now needed in heaven.

According to the hymn, “Oh when the saints go marching in!” No longer on the wheel of life, but graduated to heaven. I believe we all have passed lives and until we learned and experience certain things we had problems in facing or dealing with in our past lives, for example things like racism, a certain illness, a phobia, suicide, faith, etc. Today world is the day of our salvation for all those who got it, the lessons needed to to be learnt, such as the wisdom, knowledge and understanding of the most High God of our world and all that dwell there in.

I don’t want to come across as being ignorant to those who are just wreaking havoc in the world as we consider them, bad people, the sinners. Yes they are also dying and what’s happening to them is the creator Himself has plans for them why they’re also being taken off the earth for the Lords purpose. Only God is judge and He understands and knows why some people turn out bad. In the sight of God though we’ve all sin, but our redemption was given through Christ Jesus for our sins of the past, today and the future. “Remember, John 3:16 God so love the WORLD!”

So some of the heroes taken are soldiers in the army of the Lord, carpenters (builders), teachers, preachers, prophets and leaders…The angels of the Lord are very busy ascending and descending from earth. It is clear to see they are searching us to see who’s fit to stand in this preparation for the coming of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ.

I have this feeling we are being sifted like the wheat from the tares right now. The righteous and the unrighteousness, the lost and the stolen. I say stolen because everything and everyone belongs to God and we are stolen when the devil puts obstacles in our way through temptation, weakness and our vulnerability. He then captures us, refusing to let us go.

Changes are about to come and for us who are left behind (not dead) we have the responsibility to stand and having done all to stand knowing He is with us to the end to fulfill purpose and destiny. So don’t get too eager or happy yet, because it’s gonna require discipline and faithfulness to stand and overcome as war shall be ragging against you by the enemy (devil). You may feel like you’re not ready to handle it, but the Lord knows you better than you know yourself. You are ready and equipped for the battle, “the devil must go!”

For those refusing to take the vaccine, you’re an indication of what disobedient is (sin) which leads to death. We must die to the things of this world, being in the world and not of it. Our only focus should be on the things of God, like Jesus. “Not our will, but thy will be done, Oh Lord!”

I dreamt I saw Jesus and he was pregnant, with the world. “Pregnant with the world?” I thought, “how could this be?” I saw him in the garden of Gethsemane, sweating drops of blood on his head, but yet the crown of thorns wasn’t on his head, Luke 22:44. It seemed like Jesus was between then and future of what will be. In the garden of Gethsemane we understood Jesus was crying because going to the cross was terrifying and he was exhibiting emotions with fear, especially when he asked the father, “ O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me, nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt” Matthew 26:39. But like a woman in labour giving birth, he was calling out to God for the relief of the pain, the contractions was so strong. He couldn’t for the love of God get the disciples to stand strong with him in that moment. Every time he left them and came back they were fast asleep. He was willing to push, but he needed them to help him like a coach to breathe (prayer) at each contraction. Prayer became the breath needed to take, then push. The pushing is the ability to stand and not fall into temptation. The baby have to help the mother by moving down the birth canal with every push. If the baby refused to be moved towards the birthing canal to the light, it would get stuck and need cesarean, causing the mother to have months of pain in stead of a moment of pain.

Matthew 26:38-47 Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me. Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “ Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” He went away a second time and prayed. When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. He left to pray a third time. Then came Jesus to his disciples and said to them, “sleep on now, and take your rest, the hour is at hand and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going, behold, he is at hand that doth betrayed me…

It was never about Jesus, but about the world that God so loved. Jesus tears was the hopelessness of man to stand. It was Jesus pleading for us to stand and help ourselves. The heaviness of the disciples eyes showed we were unable to fight the power of temptation. Jesus was in the garden of Gethsemane like being in Eden, this time rectifying sin within us(man). This is were Grace was birth for us. The connection between Jesus and the disciples was ever so powerful. He was pulling their weaknesses onto himself to distribute his strength into them in the garden and they couldn’t receive it. Remember in Matthew 10:1-42 (NIV) Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness…And even then the disciples had problems in fulfilling this duty. In Matthew 17:14-20 There was a man who son had that suffers with seizures and often falls into fire or water. He’d brought his son to the disciples and they could heal him. So he brought him to Jesus to heal him and Jesus response was, “you unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me. Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy and he was healed. When the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked why they couldn’t drive out the demon? He replied, because they have so little faith. If they have faith as small as a mustered seed, they can say to a mountain move and it will. Nothing will be impossible.

Jesus implanted the wisdom, knowledge and understanding of the kingdom of God to his disciples by his life death and resurrection. But they kept on coming up short. Man has got a long way to go to receive the victory over sin. We keep on waiting for Jesus to come again, but it’s up to us with all that we know about Jesus, to make our crooked ways straight. In the renewal of our minds we could have dominion over our weaknesses (sin). As Jesus said, we must rebuke the devil and he shall flee. We’ve been given authority and power through fasting, praying, the Holy Spirit and the name of Jesus. We must acknowledge the kingdom has come and through faith it is established throughout the world. How well learnt are we? Through the reading of the biblical lessons and the revealing of the Holy Spirit. “Come on, we got this, all we have to do breath (pray) and push (stand) with Jesus! It’s not hard, with understanding the spirit of Jesus has never left the earth. After two thousand years it is by faith we call on the name of Jesus whom we have yet to see, but still believe. All we are really looking for is the physical manifestation of his being. John 4:24 “ God is Spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth!”

We’re coming into the New Year with uncertainties, old situations unsolved and things that has been plaguing us for some time. Our faith is on trial. Can we all say like Job,”Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him?” Job13:15

We have to be able to stand up in the midst of our trials and say, “we love the Lord, He’s still good regardless of life situations.“ Giving thanks and praise for all the good in the bad. When we think about His words. John 1:1 “In the beginning was the word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Jeremiah 29:11 “ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Let our faith stand strong planted in the foundation of the life, death and resurrection of Christ Jesus. John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he give his only begotten Son, that whosever believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”Let not the truth of the son of God be a lie in our lives. The truth of Jesus existence is to help us today, back then and for all eternity. His sacrifice and love is still at work for us. It continues as long as we believe.

We are covered and propped on every bending side. His strength is made strong in our weakness, 2Corinthians 12:8-10. So with this understanding we must lean on the Lord. Don’t ask why me? But rather say, “ not my will, but thy will be done, Lord.” Realizing this too shall pass. All things are possible through God. The fire may be burning, even on the water which is the element to destroy it, but the creator of both the fire and water is in control. It’s out of our hands, so let it go and allow the Lord’s.

It’s sad that it seem like what am blogging is all about gloom and doom. The truth is our world is in a serious crisis and more than ever we need God. We can’t look to each other for help, cause right now, useless is the help of man. We need the powerful intervention of the Lord. Psalm 121:1-2 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hill, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.