A WONDERFULLY BLESSED LIFE

“The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.” (Psalm 16:6)

All glory to God who has promised to supply all our needs according to His riches in glory.

As you ponder the words of the psalmist in our text, I hope like me you receive them as a powerful personal statement of faith to profess and live by daily.

The believer's daily life of faith is a life to be lived continually and steadfastly in the confident hope of God's goodness and faithfulness. Life on earth is littered with trials and troubles that often test us and fiercely challenge us, but in all these we must remain focused on God who ultimately causes all things to work together for our good, because Christ has overcome the world (John 16:33).

So, though momentarily you may not be experiencing what you hope for, yet your expectations of God's goodness and faithfulness have not been denied. Understand that you have a beautiful inheritance in Christ. In Him God has caused the lines to fall for you in pleasant places, for God's thoughts for you are for good and not for evil. Indeed, your hope in Christ will never bring shame, praise God!

In all things, Christian, remain God-focused. He alone has the final say in everything concerning you. His boundary lines mark out pleasant places for you. You have a bright future, a delightful and wonderfully blessed life!

May the Lord direct your steps always and cause you to experience diverse and full manifestation of the blessings you have obtained in Christ Jesus as an heir of God.

Grace to you!

Pastor Victor Ubani

REMAIN WITH CHRIST

"The truth is in Jesus" (Ephesians 4:21).

In this changing world of rapidly changing appetites where the bounds of propriety and acceptability are redrawn daily according to the whims of men - men who reject the knowledge of God, Christ is your "True North"! Follow Christ and remain with Him!

Russian Orthodox believer and novelist, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, was a man whose life could be described as a strange mix of paradoxes, a man in whom an internal conflict between the believer and the sceptic raged. 

Despite appearing conflicted, however, Dostoyevsky uniquely summed up the strength and depth of his Christian conviction and devoutness with the following profound expression of his faith in Christ: “If someone proved to me that Christ is outside the truth and that in reality the truth were outside of Christ, then I should prefer to remain with Christ rather than with the truth.”

Friend, whatever the rest of the world decides today's version of truth is, only REMAIN WITH CHRIST - for "Truth" that ultimately matters is to be found in Him who alone is able to say "I am the way and the truth and the life" (John 14:6). Only on the strength of this conviction will you find true meaning and discover the courage for the next step to the next level in your life. 

Press on in the Spirit of Christ.

Pastor Victor Ubani

ALWAYS THERE

“For God has said, “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”" (Hebrews 13:5)

“I will never leave you and I will never abandon you!” This is God's unambiguous promise to you, Christian – and what an amazing promise it is! God has promised that, without a doubt, His presence will always be with you.

The impact of our scripture passage is far-reaching. It's promise is relevant not only for the believer’s physical and emotional protection and healing, but also for their material provision and prosperity as well as their spiritual preservation and perfection. Everything God can do and will do for you in Christ is included in the promise “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you!”

BE STILL (2)

“Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?” (Psalm 10:1)

The Psalmist here expresses an emotion that most of us are all too familiar with – the anguish that help may come too late! When we don't see any sign of divine intervention at the time we expect it, it sometimes feels God is indifferent to our problem: “Why, O LORD, do you stand far off?”

The real question is has God stayed far off and hidden himself from us or is it that our unbelief has kept us far from Him? What we feel about God’s timing remains exactly that: a feeling. And if we fail respond correctly, that feeling will interfere with our faith. We will get offended with God.

Child of God, your heavenly Father will not abandon you or delay His help. He who promised to answer when we call will never be late to answer you. And the Lord who works all things according to the counsel of His own will (Eph 1:11) will always be on time!

Martha and her sister Mary thought that Jesus' arrival was too late to be of any help to their brother Lazarus. They said to Him if only you had been a little earlier... But, you know, it is never too late with the Lord (John 11:21, 32, 40).

Whatever time our Sovereign Lord turns up is the right time! Don’t be anxious, but be still; believe, and you will see the glory of God!

BE STILL

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” (Psalm 46:10)

The message of this passage is directed both to the enemy of God’s people and to the people of God. But our focus here is directed to what God is saying to us His children. Be still, He says, it is not over yet! Recognize that I am God and be confident in that knowledge. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

But God must first be exalted in your life! Let your knowledge of, and trust in, God be the biggest thing in your life. Don’t throw away your confidence, but exalt the Lord above all your problems. God wants you to know that no power on the earth can overshadow His power which is actively at work in the lives of those who trust Him!

It is not in vain that God repeats a promise twice as He did here, “I will be exalted…I will be exalted”. We must pause and take good notice of what is being promised, as well as ponder the implication of such strong emphasis.

God’s unmistakable message to us is that we serve a “Big God”. Our hearts must perceive Him as the highly exalted creator of heaven and earth! And our hearts can only experience the rest that the Lord commands when we “know”, that is, recognize and understand that He is bigger than anything we are ever likely to face.

God will surely be exalted, trust Him and be still! If you have not already done so, lift Him above everything else and exalt Him to the highest place in your life!