THE POWER OF TEACHING

WHERE THERE IS NO REVELATION, THE PEOPLE CAST OFF RESTRAINT; BUT HAPPY IS HE WHO KEEPS THE LAW.

PROVERBS 29:18 NKJV

This weekend I was so excited about having my niece and nephew over, while they spent the weekend I knew this would be a great time to have them be apart of devotion. They are earlybirds like myself so I knew this wouldn't be too hard. We read a scripture and I followed up asking questions to what was read, I was surprised at some of their answers. They're 7 and 11yrs old but while their answers were great I proceeded with a question from their answers and this reminded me of me...myabe others may feel the same way.

Me: "what does God require of us?"

Them: "for us to give our lives to Him,"

Me: "what does that mean?"

Them: "not sure, I do not know"

I attended church for many years went to Bible studies, apart of church groups, camps and so forth but as an adult I really didn't understand what that meant to "give my life to Christ" and to be honest I didn't know why, but I was able to in the most simplest way explain the God's loves, and how He sent His son who died for us to be able to be apart of His family when he came on this earth. What a major sacrifice right? They thought so too. They had devices in their hands a Ipad and Iphone I asked when the battery gets drained what do you do? They both said charge it then I asked when you feel tired what do you do "sleep, lay down-rest" "Yes" amazing answers but how did you recharge? I asked. They both looked at each other, without a answer they looked at me and said " I don't know Aunty", great "God does all of that, He made our bodies, gave movement, hair, eyes all of that and allows our heart to pump blood thorugh the body without us plugging in, recharging or pressing any buttons" at this point they are both looking at their hands, like ohhh so I didn't make my own hands and fingers move lol it was so cute. It was a eye opener if we do not teach, train and have open conversation with our kids they will come to their own conclusion and grow to be indeoendent and self-sufficient from the thought or knowledge of God. Hence, adults that are disinterested and do not understand the imporatnce of having a relationship with God.

Winter of 2016 was very testing for me, I did not own a vehicle at that time and waited patiently for transit. I worked for a courier company and didn't work too late but 3-5mins after the bus would pass that I needed to catch. This was so frustrating everyday around the same time I would get anxiety, otherwise my walk to the next stop was 15mins and the wait was another 10mins. The time mattered if you've lived up north you know winters can be brutal a few minutes too long in negative 5-10 degree weather can be blistering lol pun intended. This particular day the bus as far as I knew had already passed by, I worked in an industrial area. I was the last employee to leave and lock-up, no other offices or stores were open. I walked to the stop knowing that I had no means of getting home I couldn't be certain of the temperature but it was in the negative for sure, all bundled up with gloves, scarf, boots and a toque/beanie I stood their waiting but wasn't sure what to do. I didn't know much people then so as far as I was concerned I did not have nayone to call. I was just kinda getting to build a relationship with God. I had already prayed for a new job but didn't really know if God answers, how He answers and if He did how would I know the difference from Him and my mind. I stood there crying inside because there was no way I would let a tear fall from my eyes in the freezing cold. I remember feeling releaved and comforted and looked up, the bus was coming. I had favor, the driver knew that I get off a few minutes after he would pass so he drove slow enough for me to still catch his bus. He was of East-Indian decent and for the duration of the time working at that company he would always make sure I was able to connect to my next bus at the station. My prayer during this time was for me to get a car but it didn't happen before the time God had appointed, I needed to grow, learn and have intimacy with the Father. That was one of those memorable moments for me because after coming out of that situation I was able to see what I was doing wrong and what God was doing in me to get me to another level in Him. Although, during this season I couldn't see God, nor could I understand Him but He kept working on my behalf. The things that I may have never appreciated I was able to be more grateful, when I did purchase my vehicle I gave God thanks for my amazing Saturn I was not out in the cold, it had auto-start and was always very aware of others that were waiting in the cold and would help when I could. If at all you feel as if you are going through a tough season, start praising in advance for what God is about to give you. The enemy tries to ruin our breakthrough by placing enough pressure in our lives for us to complain, to speak negatively against our own lives and misunderstand God. The harder the battle the bigger the praise!

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