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DON'T BE IN A HURRY!

For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future. 

Jeremiah 29:11

Many of us are in a hurry to show off our wealth to the same public that will fight very hard to pull us down. The best way to show our wealth is in investment and Assets not on pleasure and Liabilities.

We may be calling on God for a brand new car, and God is asking you to wait! And you may be saying oh God, my mates are car owners, flashy cars and I'm still trekking with my foot, I would love to be a car owner myself. And God is only preventing you from the expenses that will come after being a car owner. You need an Asset to be able to maintain a car. You need and investment to be able to feul a car. You have a family to take care of, let your car not deprive you of your family responsibilities.

When our heart is set on what to do, we are only greedy to rely on the satisfaction alone, the pleasure this car we give to us, how my friends we see me, how the public will honour me, how I will compete with the society, my updates on social media etc.

We never taught of how we might be killed like other accident victims. The distraction from family this new car may cause us, the expenses and if truly we are ready for this or we are only blinded by pleasure and lust!

 If God is asking you to wait, obey Him and wait, don't be in hurry, seek for the express will of God, don't force God to permit you to have your desire, it could be dangerous.

Many a time when we have a plan, we present it to God and He says, “No way”. We then say, “I know how to twist God’s hand”. We begin to fast, pray, seek His face and then finally, we come round and say, “Lord, what about that plan?” He could then say, “Go ahead”. You had better not go anywhere. As children of God, it is our duty to obey Him promptly and completely at all times.

In Numbers 22, a king asked Prophet Balaam to curse Israel. Balaam asked God and He said, “No”. The king then sent some other people to tell Balaam that he would promote and enrich him if he would curse Israel. Balaam then decided to check back with God and the Lord said, “Okay, if you want to go, go”. On the way, God sent an angel to block his way. It was Balaam’s donkey that saw the angel; the Prophet, blinded by greed, couldn’t even see what a donkey could. 

Whenever you are so interested in something that you manage to ‘twist God’s hand’ to permit you to have it, you would be blinded by it and may run into serious trouble because of your inability to see clearly and objectively. If you do a little research to trace the history of Balaam, you would see that he ended up dying by the sword.

One area where Christians often pursue God’s permissive will is in marriage and many of them have regretted it afterwards. The fact that God allowed Hagar to give birth when Abraham went in unto her while Sarah was considered barren does not mean that the latter was the one through whom God’s covenant with Abraham would come to pass (Genesis 17:21).

It doesn’t matter how good the permissive will looks, you better go for God’s express will. Sister, that young man you like may be more financially secure than the one God says you should choose; don’t be fooled by today, God knows tomorrow, and He is instructing you based on that knowledge.

Ask the Lord to reveal His express will to you, because if you ‘twist His arm’ so you can have things your way, the end may be bitter.

Evang. Kinika Enwenemati

Holy Feet Ministry



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