Flee to the Mountains!

Before the angels of God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of wickedness, Lot and his family were urged, ‘Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!’ (Genesis 19:17). But Lot negotiated and said, ‘But I can’t flee to the …

Escaping the Corruption

Escaping is not the same as avoiding. We escape what is part of us, and avoid what is not part of us. The Christian life is a maze that seeks to escape the corruption that come up as we go about our journey, a corruption that exists within and around us. In other words, corruption …

The Joy of Purim

On the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar, that is the twelfth month, Jews exiled and scattered around the world, from India to Cush celebrated Purim. It was ‘the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning …

Waiters and Watchers of God

‘But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint’ ~ Isaiah 40:31 It first started with mankind hiding from God. After Adam and Eve sinned because they ate from the tree …

Mysteries of the Kingdom of God

The Kingdom of God has a fastness and slowness to it. A fastness in that, it takes a quick and resolute decision to accept it so that, ‘The kingdom of God is near you’ (Luke 10:9). But the complete manifestation of it takes time so that, ‘The kingdom of God does not come with your …

Cleansing the Bloodline

After the Fall, humans became compromised and sinful. Adam’s children born ‘in his own likeness, in his own image’ (Genesis 5:3) shared the same fatal DNA, and not before long, one killed the other. Man no longer had the image of God, but of self. Since then, we became known as the fallen race. Seeing …

The Deaf and Mute Spirit

A crowd has gathered around 9 of Jesus’ disciples, because some Pharisees are arguing with them. Cause of dispute: an unresolved request. When Jesus approaches the crowd and asks what the commotion is all about, a man from the crowd responds, ‘Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has …

A Fast as Unto the Lord

‘Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for a man to humble himself? Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed and for lying on sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?’ ~ Isaiah 58:5 Fasting is not just …

The Nature of Prayer

One time, the disciples ask Jesus, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples’ (Luke 11:1). If not for His missions, Jesus would always be up the mountain or in a solitary place to pray. While the disciples almost always fell asleep during prayer, Jesus would pray for hours on end. This …