Month: November 2021

Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, and a very present help in trouble.                                                                                                              

IN THE INFORMATION AGE, there is no shortage of perspectives. Newscasts, blogs, radio, movies, television, newspapers, and opinion polls constantly assail you with how you should feel and think about all kinds of issues. From morning till you go to bed.

I love the reminder of God’s word about how we aren’t to be anxious about ANYTHING, don’t you dear friend? More than anyone in the scripture, David talks about God being our refuge. Psalm 46:1 is a strong biblical passage that reminds us that even in the face of adverse situations God is our refuge and strength. Prior to that, God Himself makes the idea of refuge important by having Moses establish “cities of refuge. What is this thing called refuge?

Denielle Bernock define refuge as:

• Shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.
• A place of shelter, protection , or safety
• Anything to which one has recourse for aid, relief, or escape

Here you can see that, why? God, Himself makes the idea of refuge important. It is because He is well aware that we human beings are fragile and we cannot make it on our own, as we are surrounded by uncertainties of life, problems, pains, sorrows, sufferings, despair, anxieties, confusions are inevitable parts of our lives, and we need refuge. When we are toss and turn by the facts of this life we can only have satisfaction and the peace that surpasses all understanding, running to Him alone.

Sometimes, your heart is weight down by looking at the circumstances you are in, scattered words and empty thoughts pour out from your heart, and your heart will seem numb, things you held so dear, you are asked to let it go, you have never felt so torn before, and you don’t know where to start, TO WHOM WILL YOUR SOUL RUN? For refuge.

The one place you can go to is in His arms, you can throw to Him your feeble prayers, In brokenness, in spite of all the questions, you can still give your life to Him, even if it doesn’t turn out like you think it should, always remember His ways are higher than Yours. You will be able to see this was of His will for your life, as Jeremiah 29:11 says, “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 future.” And running to Him will satisfy your soul and you will feel fulfilled because you know that He is empathizing with you.

The sufferings and pains of Covid 19 and lockdown might get over soon, but my dear, I wanna tell you, this is not the end, there will come more pains and sufferings as the Bible said so ( Matt. 24:3-14; II Tim. 3: 1-5). It is the plan of God and it is natural when you overcome one mountain there will be another higher mountain, it won’t end! As long as you live. But what is important here is TO WHOM WILL YOUR SOUL RUN? Always remember where there is no peace on this earth there is peace in Christ.

If you are submerged in pain, sorrow, despair, anxiety, confusion, etc, in this season of your life, maybe you need to give your soul a good talking to. What will you say? Where will you turn when the world seems to crumble around you? Don’t let your thought run wild, Watch! You are not alone in this; Follow David’s lead and RUN TO GOD, who want to be your refuge and strong tower.

“Making God our refuge in times of trouble is the best thing a human could ever do.”- Nei

Nehemiah 9:6 You alone are the Lord. You have made the heavens, the heaven of heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them and the heavenly host bows down before you.                 

As I travel back alone from Manipur to Delhi, seated in the window side of the plane, I could see the clouds and the vast sky which my human mind couldn’t comprehend. This thought came into my mind…

“The wonderful work of God’s art. The universe, the sun, the moon, and the stars all these heavenly bodies set in their place. The layers of the atmosphere, Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere are well set by God. And the earth is covered with an envelope of Air, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbohydrates, Argon, Neon, Xenon, Hydrogen, Helium, Krypton, kept in the perfect amounts, and the earth with different layers of Crust, Mantle, Outer core, and Inner Core. His special art, male and female, the animals of all kinds, birds of all kinds, trees of all kinds, and the Blue whale to the smallest organisms.”

I can see the perfect God, as perfect as we can see in His art. He is just perfect, no being could ever imagine. So my dear let’s stop by today in our busy schedule in this Journey and try to know Him more, as we see His perfect art, as the Perfect Creator.

“There is no one perfect in this world, God alone is perfect, manifested in His Creation.” –Nei

                                             

Psalm 30:2 O Lord my God, I cried out to you, and you healed me.

Back in 2018 my Dad goes through a stroke and was hospitalized admitted to ICU, unconscious for 3days. I was in Hostel doing my 1st-semester exam my family didn’t tell me about it, as I went home for my semester break my elder brother packed his luggage,  I thought he was going for some exam but I was told that my Dad was in serious condition and he might not make it. I was shocked and didn’t know what to say, I didn’t want to cry in front of my siblings as they were already broken, and I told myself I cannot cry I need to be strong for my family.

I pretend to sleep, close my eyes but can’t sleep many thoughts are running through my mind, and I remember the best thing I could do is to pray and ask my friends to pray for my dad. So I wrote a text in my Class WhatsApp group has written in it ‘Class please pray for my Dad, he goes through a stroke and was hospitalized In ICU unconscious for three days now, doctors have no hope, and my brother is going to Manipur to take care of Him, pray as well for his journey.’ All my friends replied to me, many said they were praying and encouraged me.

Among all the messages one message struck my mind which says “ JEHOVAH RAPHA still lives, praying” It is this message which helped me to claim my Father’s life back to God, saying Abba if it is your will please give him some more time so that He will be able to make a closer relationship with you, I can’t lose him now…please Lord You are JEHOVAH RAPHA and you still live, You are the one who healed the sick, the blind, the cripple, who raised the dead, Abba nothing is impossible for you. Please one more time.

He did it, even when Doctors gave up hope, and people all around said even if he lives he will be paralyzed, he won’t be the same. But after all, He is JEHOVAH RAPHA the Lord who heals, He healed my Dad He is strong neither paralyzed nor dead, he lives healthy and strong. Dear… today, I just want to tell you He can heal all kinds of sickness, even the sickness which Doctors cannot understand, even the sickness which you have been hiding from others and is so a shame of, pause and take a minute claim healing in the name of JEHOVAH RAPHA.

“Indeed, JEHOVAH  RAPHA lives…be sure of it, HE heals.”- Nei