RHAPSODY OF REALITIES SATURDAY, 3RD DECEMBER.

HE NEEDS YOU!


  The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men (Psalm 115:16).
If you had a house and leased it to someone, it remains yours, but for the period of the lease, you have no authority over that house. In other words, you can’t manage or run the house. During the period, the lessee exercises authority over the property and runs it according to the terms of the lease agreement.
    In the same way, God has given man this world to run, and for the time being, He can’t run the world by Himself; He’s given you the authority to do that. The time will come for Him to run the world but until then, you and I have the divine responsibility to run the world for Jesus Christ, and He will hold us accountable for how we ran our world.
Many, including Christians, analyze the events and happenings in the world and wonder why God isn’t “doing” anything to right the wrongs. Well, if you’re waiting on God to do something, you’re making a mistake. He needs you. He doesn’t, and wouldn’t, do anything without you, until the lease runs out, and a new heaven and a new earth takes its place. However, until then, the responsibility is ours to tame and subdue this world.
    Look at it this way: God wants us healthy and sound, and stated it as His desire for us. 3 John 1:2 says, “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.” Yet, in James 5:16, He said, “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
Why is that? Why does He want us to pray for one another so that we may be healed? Why doesn’t He just heal us? It’s because He needs the right to take action on our behalf; so, He charged us to pray. Therefore, take your place as a joint heir with Christ and fulfil your purpose here on earth. Read Romans 8:19-21; it puts it in perspective: “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.” He needs you.

PRAYER

Dear Father, I thank you for your power and ability vested in me to run this world. I’m your seed, prolonging your days here on earth. Therefore, I fulfil my divine responsibility of bringing men and women into their inheritance in Christ, through the Gospel, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:
Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Jeremiah 51:20-21 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; 21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Matthew 3 Genesis 6-8
TWO YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Matthew 2:1-12 Genesis 3
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