A man of faith was trapped by the flood in a three-story building.
When the water was very small, certain swimmers (rescuers) came to the house to
offer him a rescue hand, but our man on the line of faith refused, saying God
will deliver him.
The water rose, He moved to the 2nd floor. Some set of rescuers came again, this time around in a canoe,
offers to rescue him again, but on the ground that God will save him refused.
And lastly the water rose to the last immensely, and our man was moved to the
last floor, rescuers came again, but this time around in a helicopter. Our man
refused again, saying God will save him. Unfortunately, the flood arose and
overwhelmed the house and He died.
Why didn't God save him?
The rescuers that went for him, the canoe and the helicopter that went to save him, who did you think send them.
Likewise,
is the story of a young woman (name withheld) who was very sick unto the point
of death. Her Pastor told her she needs not medication, but with faith God will
heal her. At many points in time did her husband bring medications to her, of
which she frankly refused, saying God will heal her. Her health continues to
deteriorate, and she eventually went to an early grave on the ground that God
will save her.
THINK ABOUT IT: What kill them? Is it Faith, is it Ignorance/self-confidence, is it God who neglected them?.Why did Paul ask Timothy to add little wine because of his illness? 1 Timothy 5:23
A SHORT NOTE:
DO NOT BE IGNORANT OF THE
DEVICES OF THE DEVIL:
Many
are ignorant of the fact that; what they called faith (based on the foregoing)
is not really faith in every sense of it, rather, it is simply tempting God. Matthew
4:7 …Thou shall not tempt the Lord your God.
Even
then on the ground of tempting God, we still see God working in every possible
way to deliver them from such erroneous premonitions.
Take for instance the man
that was trapped in a house by flood, of which help came to him at every point
in time; look at the woman that her husband tries at many point in time to get
her treated with medications etc.,
One would see that the understanding that they
lacked was that; the God they relied upon has been the one sending help to
them; He has been putting up to them the way out through the various helps that
come their way. Unfortunately, they were so blinded to see it. And that is
true of many people; who has on the ground of faith destroyed their own life.
The
truth indeed is that; people perish, because of lack of Knowledge, Hosea 4:6a.
We see empty pride here; for it takes just a little step of faith out of the
house and perhaps a lit sip of medication to set them free.
GOD HAS SET BEFORE US AN OPEN DOOR (Revelation 3:8)
God,
the bible says every good and perfect gifts comes from Him… James 4:17; hence
He is never in the business or acts of neglecting His own People; remember
Jesus saying; I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you (John
14:18).
Hence,
no matter how grave or how great a situation may be, God will always set an open
door of opportunity and breakthrough. But one thing is God setting it, another
is we seeing, understanding, and exploring that which God has set before us.
IT TAKES HUMILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE WAYS AND THE THINGS OF GOD” James 4:6.
ND: Faith without work is dead: A step out of the flooded house and a little sip of medication would have gotten them out of the messy roadway to death.Think about it:
Grace
to you.
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