This one just put a smile on my face. I am
a Creflo Dollar fan, I watch him daily and by the grace of God, I have
benefitted from his devotion to spending time with God, hearing from him and
delivering what he has to say to some of us. Watching him has made it less
frightening to allow God to use me as someone who will transfer small to large
revelations to small to large groups. I have come to realize that it is not
skill, talent or eloquence based, but simply the willingness and a final
resolution that nothing else will do than to just be used by God everywhere you
are (this realization has really made me a better and happier me). It is so
amazing how God has effortlessly taught me that I do not need a pulpit to do
what he has called me, sometimes all I will need is to get into a taxi and
greet someone and by the end of the journey he would have manifested himself.
Think of all the times that God has just taken over a conversation, right then
and there you where unconsciously meeting a need, filling a void, answering a
question, mending a broken heart and giving hope to what seemed like a hopeless
situation. The beauty of all this is that we may never know the impact we have
and through humility on our part, God continues to work through our loud mouths
and overactive imaginations.
Creflo Dollar was revealing some of the
revelations that God has dropped into his spirit about the grace of God being
revealed in Rome. I muted him after he read Romans 1 because I knew then and
there that God was speaking to you and I here. I went back, and started from
the beginning. See, I love this God, given the chance; he will just do some
awesome things in your mind and life. Gentle brother Paul, I think I will name
one of the twins Paul and the other Paulina or Paulette hey. Ok, back to the
juicy stuff: Paul was just knocking really, doing his introductions and here,
God got me. There is a new dimension of
understanding God and this dimension revolves around us. I have this little
motto I live by “Discovering God; finding Me”. When we seek and are so eager to
really know who we are, what we have been interwoven with, our complexities,
flaws, strengths and greatest attributes, it can only be through knowing God.
My friend Maropeng always says “Modimo re ka se mo fetje” “we will never
conclude, completely comprehend or be finished so to say, in knowing God”.
What I absolutely love is how he continues
to bring himself to our attention and teaches us heaps of himself in the
smallest most intricate ways. Paul in his introduction reveals so much that
just tickles my spine lol. Allow me to only play around verses 1 to 7, I am
using my old purple high school NIV Bible neh: Romans 1:1-7 goes a little like this “ Paul, a servant
of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God- 2
the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in holy scriptures 3
regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendent of David, 4 and
who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God
by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. 5 Through him and for
his name’s sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among
all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith. 6 And you also are
among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.”
My good God. I recall saying that
repetition is profitable for our growth. If you have read or heard me say this,
I will repeat it: “you too honey, are also among those who are called to belong to Jesus”. Identity issues aside, called to belong (I
love this belong word, it is so beautiful, not binding but humbling attaching,
you know!!) to Jesus as full view. You are what you belong to and what you eat
hehehehe Pastor Joshua. No trained and qualified police officer reports or
carries out any duties without belonging to a certain force or team or
institution. Here are some things that screamed out to me when reading this:
Ø The gospel was promised to us and then so beautifully documented and
delivered, God does indeed keep his promises.
Ø Certain people will be singled out, appointed and placed to deliver
that gospel.
Ø Only the spir
Ø It is only for his names’ sake that we receive grace, like there is
really nothing we can ever do, good, better, best or amazingly so that can earn
us the grace of God than the name and its sake, Jesus Christ.
I hope and trust God that
you will see more from this post than what I managed to put down, I love love
love loving you.
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