“And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.” 1 Chronicles 21:13
On deciding what areas God can invade- choosing to redirect the Spirit’s way into other sectors? As though God’s “zombish”. Where the quest for heavenly zest is low, so perhaps the fear of whether the entrance of power destroys human craving we really might want to roam in. So the otherness or space from divinity draws into a place of self decided and managed control. The Spirit leadership is then not into all areas, but regulated into a surrender to a scope of His operations.
So do we want a name He breathes over, a work life balance involvement, a ceiling open to God’s smile, a spiritual covering over our children, a meal prepared with thanksgiving, journeys into the unknown with faith, creating replacements for evil deeds, exchanging and placing destinies you can grow into? If God would always turn away from the ungodly, would one evade His discipline by avoidance? Can we trade dread for learning reverence? Also there is the other ambit of naive mockery to the things of the Spirit because it often surpasses the five senses.
Needful to consider in culture that we can bless God. Also, needful to consider there is a good premise in realising that openness to God is always a preferred outcome. Yet if not being complacent is in respect for God, that my friend is good wisdom. Like David in the bible would say, better to be on God’s side and to take His telling-off than on man’s. In all, God sees the heart and knows our human ways; it’s sufficient to know you can’t out-think God, so relax and rest in His love.
God bless.
Evangelist Israel Okunwaye
