WISDOM'S ARENA

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”   Galatians 2:20 (KJV) Hi, I trust you are doing well by God’s grace, it’s been a week and as I said in my last edition today we will take a look at the second stage called the “The Dying Stage” . This is the most difficult of all the stages, at this moment most people are unable to survive because of the fierceness of the battles that are waged. The goal of Satan at this stage is to ensure that the seeds you and I have sown never amount to anything. This is the point where every garbage is thrown at us just to ensure that we do not amount to anything relative to the assignment.  Let’s go to our key scripture and look at it carefully - John 12:24(KJV) “Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if i...

“ To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” .  EcclesiaStes 3:1(KJV) It’s been quite a while, I was held by some circumstances beyond my control. Thank God, that is in the past, I am ready to ride along with you on our next journey called “STAGES”. Lately, I have been wondering why Jesus Christ didn’t come as a grown up, with all His messianic majesty and glory so as to make the fallen human beings believe in Him easily, but He rather chose to come as a baby born to a very average family and in a humiliating situation. As a baby, He went through all the stages every normal child goes through to attain maturity. As I reflect on this recurrent questions, a scripture passage that keeps popping up in my mind is Ecclesiastes 3:1(KJV) “ To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” . There are processes to everything under the sun and we must be able to understand the times and the season so as to...

There is a popular maxim in my local parlance that goes like this “He who sells his sickness, will definitely find a cure for it” it means that knowing your problems and seeking to resolve it , is actually solving the problem in itself, and choosing to sell your sickness means that you know your exact sickness. There is a difference between knowing that you have a problem and doing nothing about it on one hand, and knowing the problem and doing something about it on the other hand. I have met people who know that they a have problem yet they choose not to do anything about it and I have equally met people who have come to terms with the problems confronting them and then decided to do something about the problem. The latter always have the problem solved, whereas the former is continually plagued by their problems. The bibles says that “ The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.” Psalm 34:18(KJV) In the case of the...

“ Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice”  Ephesians 4:31 (KJV) 1.       Be Wary of Bitterness – Bitterness is a manifestation of an unforgiving, resentful, angry and belligerent heart, it is the number one killer of God’s grace in a believer’s life. The bible said in Hebrews 12:15 (KJV) “Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled” , it’s effect is very negative and far reaching. Generations have been destroyed, wars have been waged, destinies have been destroyed, dreams have been caged, potentials have been unlocked, callings unfulfilled, marriage destroyed, the list is endless, all because of bitterness.       If any believer wants to see smooth progress in his walk with God, then he must grow in the grace of dealing with bitterness, the scripture  s...