Child of God

“So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God.” – 1 Corinthians 4:1

Basically, this scripture speaks about how we as God’s children, ought to be perceived in the world. God’s children are his representatives in the world. As His children, we are the ambassadors of the GREATEST King ever to exist, therefore it is our responsibility to show others who belong to the world and not to God, what He really looks like. Through His Word, we get to know Him, and through prayer, we develop and personal relationship with Him, so we get to know what it is that God expects and intends for us. The only way that unbelievers can come to know more about God is by looking at the lives of God’s children. Others see our faith by the way we live, and this is the only picture that they have of what our Father is like.

God placed YOU in this world to serve Him and others the way that Jesus did. We are the servants to whom God has entrusted the management of His property. However, the possessions of God has given you, do not belong to you either; they belong to GOD. You are merely a steward. Therefore, it is up to us to represent God in the best way that we possibly can, to bring more believers to serve Him, because let’s face it, the world needs more of JESUS.

It is awesome to know that we are the “secret agents” of God, and He has entrusted us, with His secrets to life. We are so privileged! Therefore, I thank the Lord for that He saved me, and by being born again, He has entrusted me (and all of you), with the position of being His secret agent. That is such a blessing in itself! Shine your light that God has blessed you with to all of the Earth!

Be blessed. 

I give myself to you

"My life is not my own, to you I belong, I give myself to you. I give myself away, so you can use me.”

God made the ultimate sacrifice for our sake, by sending His Son to die on our behalf. To die. Imagine losing the one thing that is most precious to you. Imagine losing your child, your mother, your father, your brother, your sister, for the sake of some one else.

I struggle to comprehend the idea that someone would do that, for me, a sinner, unworthy of this sacrifice. I use the term sacrifice very lightly, as Jesus voluntarily bore our sins on the Cross so that we may be saved from an eternity in hell. Despite the countless times that we have sinned and wronged God, He finds each one of us worthy of His love, and worthy of His gift to us. Therefore, personally, I think the LEAST that we can do to show our gratitude (not that He expects any reward for what He has done for us), is to give our lives to Him, and completely and utterly surrender to His Will for our lives. He took the time to formulate a plan and purpose for EACH of our lives before we were even in our mother’s womb! How awesome is it to know that God has given each one of us our own, unique destiny?? 

As His children, He has set us apart from all of those who belong to the world, so that we may rise above all the enemies attempts to take control of our lives.

Jesus is our Saviour, who gave His LIFE, so that we may be saved. There’s no greater love than that.

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Who Is God Really?

“As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.” – Ecclesiastes 11:5

We do not have to try to understand God with our limited human minds because we will never be able to understand Him. However, the central message of the Bible explains who God wants to be for us. Willem Nicol said:

 “God is the Infinite One, the Foundation of our existence. He has a burning desire for us. He paid the highest price to enable us to be part of Him forever. We see Him in Jesus. Basically life for us should consist of being different from others, of no longer living for ourselves, because we follow Jesus. Eternity makes this possible for us because He gives His Spirit to live in us and to lead us.”

This is exactly what God wants to be for you. The reason for your existence. He wants you to be part of Him forever. He sends his Son so that you can be His child, and He gives His Spirit to show you how to live. You no longer have to try to understand Him – you merely have to be still and cherish His love for you.

-         Derived from Living in God’s Love, Nina Smit

Galatians 2:20

"I have been crucified with Christ. 

It is no longer I who live, 

but Christ who lives in me. 

And the life I now live in the flesh, 

I live by faith in the Son of God, 

who loved me and gave himself for me. " 

Romans 6: 22-23

"But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you real leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" 

Though Jesus certainly is radically different than the people-pleasing Christians many of us find ourselves being at times, Jesus is not a hammer looking to nail every person in sight either. May God grant us discretion, wisdom and tact as we navigate through this life allowing His spirit to conform us to His image more and more each day.