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et in Eden, if Adam was not able to resist
and destroy the serpent i.e. prince of
darkness and son of perdition, there
was no way he would be allowed to apprehend
and partake of the ready-made wealth
and riches. Therefore, despite the hunger, pain, perplexity and the despair
they felt as they waited and fasted in the Garden of Eden, the first
man, Adam was supposed to hang
tenaciously unto the Word of God that he heard.
To neglect or despise that command not to violate the tree of knowledge was to treat the voice of God with disdain or profanity.
That divine command not
to eat the tree of knowledge was
Adam’s protection and security against satanic invasion; it
was his sceptre of dominion. God’s system of
justice would be violated if he handed over power to someone who despised his
words .
Because he was not able
to apprehend and partake of the ready-made
wealth and riches before he was overthrown by the serpent, Adam was left with a
destitute mentality. Truly, Adam never knew the joy of serving God
before they were exiled from Eden.
By eating the forbidden tree of knowledge, Adam also rejected the intangible
ready-made provisions freely given by the Creator. Paul writing to the Romans in the Bible,
called these ready-made riches: ‘ the invisible
things of God from the creation of the world, clearly seen and understood
by the things that are made.’ To the
Corinthians, Paul also wrote concerning the ready-made wealth: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God
ordained before the world unto our glory: which none of the princes of this
world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of
glory. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that
love him. But God hath revealed them unto
us by his Spirit : for the Spirit search all things, yea, the deep
things of God.
To rejoice aggressively for embracing without equivocation these intangible wealth and riches freely
given is to escape God’s wrath. Those who reject these ready-made provisions are under the wrath
of God. They are the adversaries of God. They have marginalized and
condemned themselves. And they cannot resist
the siege of faith.
TO
REJECT THE
INTANGIBLE WEALTH AND RICHES IS TO SUFFER FROM A DESTITUTE MENTALITY, WHICH IS
DETRIMENTAL TO YOUR PROGRESS AND PRODUCTIVITY, AS YOU ARE EASILY VICTIMIZED BY
DEPRESSION AND SORROW.
One greatest hurdle
preventing us from rejoicing over nothing ( i.e. intangible wealth and riches) is our evil desire to have the knowledge of how God is working behind-the-scene. We get anxious and
deflated because we want to know how
God is processing our prayer requests! Our primordial desire to learn how God
manufactures things to satisfy us has left us powerless and delusional. It is
true that the Bible says people are destroyed because they lack knowledge. What
that actually means is that people are destroyed because they are ignorant of
God’s character. To escape
perishing, we should learn God’s character, not his factory! The Creator has
permanently shut the gates of his factory against man and the serpent! Concerning God’s factory, we are not to know, but believe! ANY ANALYSIS CONCERNING GOD’S FACTORY LEADS NOT ONLY TO
PARALYSIS, BUT DEATH!
The more we want to
know how God makes things out of thin air, the more confused and suicidal we
get! This reminds me of a beautiful young woman who phoned and texted me with
desperation that she was going to kill herself because of the many
disappointments and marital delay she had suffered. Alarmed, but patiently, I
tried to calm her over the phone, praying with her. When she came to my office
that very week, she said everywhere she went in search of spiritual help, she
was told she had ‘spirit husband’, that there was ‘ foundational error’ in her
life, and that there was a wicked uncle in her father’s house who had sworn in
their wizards’ coven that she was never going to get married. Then I told her
all she had learned of her condition would not avail anything if no solution
from biblical scriptures was found!
Noticing her frustration over her cluelessness, I gave her some
scriptures concerning marital connection to meditate upon, and held
her hands to pray. Some days later, she called me on the phone, sounding
agitated: ‘ Pastor, nothing is happening o! I’m tired, losing patience. No man
is even asking me out, talk less of marriage!’ Repressing my impatience, I
replied her: ‘ How can anything positive happen to you when you keep trying to probe and investigate how God is going to connect you to the man that would
make you his wife?’ She said: ‘What do you mean?’ I went further: ‘ You are anxious,
impatient and troubled. That tells me you are trying to probe and investigate
God! You are on a slippery ground! Get this thing settled in your mind now: The man that is changing your story to
that of a HONOURABLE MARRIED WIFE is LOOKING at you now!’
Hearing this, she was
encouraged and stabilized. Cut a long story short, under five months later, a
man who lived in the U.K. began a fierce chase to secure her hand in marriage.
It was discovered that both of them came from the same village in Nigeria. By
April of this year, their traditional marriage as husband and wife was
performed in their village. She said later on: ‘ I can’t believe my eyes that I
am now a wife to someone! All my worry
was a waste of time!’ TO BE CONTINUED.
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