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Letting Pride go

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Many of us, out of pride look down on the Messengers God sends to us. Naaman, listened to an Israelite slave girl who looked beyond her circumstances but rather saved an unbelievers life by sharing a vital knowledge to save her Captor. At this point, she was a messenger. However, Naaman had a picture of how Elisha would heal him hence his anger when he was told to go and dip himself in the Jordan River 7 times. The Jordan River was dirty! How can I, a general that the king leans on his arm be sent to do this, he wondered. Many of us are not always happy when we expect God to do something in a way that would favour us but He ends up doing the contrary. Let me say this, if God does it your way then suffice to say, God is a Man and his ways are then our ways which contradicts Isa. 55:8-9. There are certain things you are currently dealing with and you want it done your own way. Stop. God's way is way better than yours and because He loves you and His plan for you is for an expect...
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The Topping

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We Christians - We want something for God, we go the extra length. God gives us just a topping of the blessing and we think we have arrived. We move away from him using the topping as an excuse. However, Things start going south   and  nothing seems to be working, you start trying other alternatives forgetting that the One who gave you the topping is ready to welcome you back. You go back to Him, ask for Mercy and in His infinite mercy, he shows you love and extends the cufflink of grace to you. Again, he releases the topping and watches you. Now, ask yourself, do you want to go back to square one or deal with this topping with maturity knowing that you had nothing until something was given? Besides, does it not make sense that the same person who gave us the topping is faithful to give us the whole package? I have fallen in that category before and I am sure many of us have experienced this but this time, let us make up our minds and say "I am going to lean on my own u...
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