Pastor's Corner (Bulletin)14 Feb 16

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Topic: LET GOD HAVE HIS WAY.

When you pray for God’s will to be done in your life, do you really let God do as you have requested? We all have dreams that we are believing for and situations we want to see turn around. Too often, we put God in a box and tell Him how to do it, when to do it, and who to use to do it.  The only problem is, God’s ways are not our ways: Isaiah 55:8 says “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.

God does not always do things the logical way, God uses untraditional methods, He is unconventional; it may not always make sense to our mind.  If you have these preconceived ideas of how you are going to be promoted, get well, it will limit what God can do.  You have to stay open, let God out of your box; you may only see one way that it could happen, it is obvious, you need to get that promotion so you will have the funds to accomplish your dreams. 

When things do not work out as you think you will get discouraged and start thinking; ”it is not going to happen, I missed my opportunity, God it is not fair.”  No, what you don’t realise is God closed that door on purpose because He has something much better in front of you.  Just because it is the logical way does not mean that it is God’s way, just because it happened that way before does not mean it is going to happen that way next time.  Stay open; if you are narrow-minded, you can miss God’s best.

A lot of times, God answers our prayer, it is just not the way that we expected.  You have to stay open as to how God answers your prayer.  It may not be the way you had planned, God may not use the people you were expecting, it may not happen on your timetable, but this is what faith is all about;
“God I trust you, you know what is best for me, what I need, when I need it, who I need.” If today you are a little discouraged because things have not worked out the way you had planned. You need to take another look; maybe God has answered your prayers, just not the way you thought.  Or maybe what you were asking for was not God’s best will for your life, and God loves you too much to answer that prayer.

Maybe God has given you something better, but because you are so set in seeing it happen your way you don’t recognise it right now.

  God knows what He is doing, He can see the big picture for your life; if you are only going to be happy if God does it your way you are not really trusting. You need to come to the place where if it does not work out the way you had it planned you are still in peace, you know God is still on the throne, and He will still get you to where you are supposed to be. 

The will of God will prevail over your life in Jesus name. Amen

#Rev Joseph Lamidi

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