LIFE INVOLVES RISKS
Memorise: Whereas ye know no
what shall be on the marrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour that
appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. James 4:14
When God calls you, it sometimes might appear like a
demotion. This was my experience. When God called me into full-time ministry, I
struggled with it because I had experience poverty from childhood which I
thought I had finally been delivered from when I became a university lecturer.
I received the call of God when the church was in a humble state financially. I
recall the day a young man gave me 50 kobo note; I received it and blessed him.
I told him I would spend the money on myself so that night, I thought over it
and wept. I ruminated on how I went from being the Head of the Mathematic of a
University to being a full-timer who receives a 50 kobo gift. God is the one
that specialises in taking a man from down below and lifts him up. Those who
see how far the Lord has taken me and are unhappy about it have need for God’s
mercy. Is God calling you into full—time ministry? Is the Lord asking for more
of your involvement in the things of His Kingdom at the expense of personal and
family plans? Fear not! He is a better planner than you and what He has in
store for His faithful ones will definitely beat your imagination.
Life is full of risks and virtually everything we do
in life involves one form of risk or the other, however, God’s call is a risk
of life worth taking. Marriage involves risk because some people get married to
spouses who fast-track their death. Staying single also is risky because the
inability to perpetually remain chaste may make the fellow end up in hell.
Staying hungry has it risks while eating food also involves risk. Some people
who were not sick died while eating or while trying to swallow food. If you are
asked to come and work with the richest man in the world who also has a reputation
of uncommon generosity, many would jump without even asking God about it. Yet,
even that involves a measure of risk. Some may take up that job and trigger
their worst nightmares. When God calls you, there is an element of risk
involved but it is the safest, surest and best risk you can ever take. If He
calls you into full-time ministry it means He is ready to take you up as His
pet project.
Key Point
Placing your life and total
cares in God’s hands is a risk worth taking.
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