GOD MEETS US WHERE WE ARE

 

Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ! Here is the word for your meditation and prayer. I am delighted to share the word of encouragement and hope, at such a time as this. The title of my message is:"GOD MEETS US WHERE WE ARE" Sometimes it is difficult to accept that God meets us where we are. Because of His love for us, He pursues us to lead us to salvation. You may be feeling lost and lonely, but where ever you are God sees you and will meet you there, to comfort and strengthen you. Haggar was desperate in a desert where she had even dropped her dream child and was awaiting to die, but God appeared in her desperate moment with a miracle well which was almost close to her,
but would not see it, until God opened her eyes to see the well.( Genesis 16:12-16)
The Living Bible in Acts 9:3-6 says,
[3]"As he was nearing Damascus on this mission, suddenly a brilliant light from heaven spotted down upon him!
[4]He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Paul! Paul! Why are you persecuting me?”
[5]“Who is speaking, sir?” Paul asked.
And the voice replied, “I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting!
[6]Now get up and go into the city and await my further instructions.”  In the scripture above Saul, who was later on converted to be a born again Christian after a personal encounter with Jesus, met God where he was. His name later changed to Paul who was to become one of the greatest apostle of all time. God meets us where we are,  when we think all hope is lost. He always appears in our hopeless moments, to comfort and give us strength, in order to move on with life.The Living Bible in Genesis 28:10-16,18-22 says,
[10]"So Jacob left Beer-sheba and journeyed toward Haran.
[11]That night, when he stopped to camp at sundown, he found a rock for a headrest and lay down to sleep,
[12]and dreamed that a staircase reached from earth to heaven, and he saw the angels of God going up and down upon it.
[13]At the top of the stairs stood the Lord. “I am Jehovah,” he said, “the God of Abraham, and of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on is yours! I will give it to you and to your descendants.
[14]For you will have descendants as many as dust! They will cover the land from east to west and from north to south; and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
[15]What’s more, I am with you, and will protect you wherever you go, and will bring you back safely to this land; I will be with you constantly until I have finished giving you all I am promising.”
[16](16-17) Then Jacob woke up. “God lives here!” he exclaimed in terror. “I’ve stumbled into his home! This is the awesome entrance to heaven!”
[18]The next morning he got up very early and set his stone headrest upright as a memorial pillar, and poured olive oil over it.
[19]He named the place Bethel (“House of God”), though the previous name of the nearest village was Luz.
[20]And Jacob vowed this vow to God: “If God will help and protect me on this journey and give me food and clothes,
[21]and will bring me back safely to my father, then I will choose Jehovah as my God!
[22]And this memorial pillar shall become a place for worship; and I will give you back a tenth of everything you give me!” Remember, the God of love does love us all. Once we ask God to be our Father,  He will start where we are and help us to grow and be where He wants us to be. People's view is that God should allow people to stay where they are. He loves us too much to leave us where we are. You may even be facing challenges which you feel no one can assist, including your studies, but God takes a different approach of not leaving you where you are, as He leads you to where you are supposed to be. He gives you the wisdom to succeed in your plans and career. Our heavenly Father, even though He is God Almighty, will seek us and meet us exactly where we are. Just know that you are not alone in that situation you are in, right now. How do we know God will meet us? " God met me more than halfway, he freed me from my anxious fears" ( Psalm 34:4 MSG). He even set up the meeting place:"I will meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be consecrated by my glory"( Exodus 29:43 NASB). The God of love does love us enough to pursue us. And God does pursue us. Look at Paul ( when he was still called Saul) in Acts 9, like I mentioned earlier. Paul wasn't going to Damascus to find Jesus. He was looking for Jesus' followers to kill them. Jesus had other plans for him. He found Paul and stopped him in his tracks. Jesus caused a serious turn around on Paul's life. God has better plans for you as well, according to Jeremiah 29:11. If you also look at Jacob in the above scripture in Genesis 28:10-22, he had an encounter with God' s angels as well. Although, he was a liar and cheater, God was to change his life and name from Jacob to Israel. God came to Jacob in a dream. What God told him probably did seem just a dream to Jacob - may be even a pipe dream. Remember, Jacob was running for his life. God came to him and gave him all these wonderful promises. God also came to Moses in a way He knew he would not miss him, when he was herding his Father in- law's cattle. God still comes to us even today. He loves us enough to initiate a conversation. He will always find the road that we are on and and come down right in front of us to get our attention. " GOD MEETS US WHERE WE ARE" Once we ask God to be our Father, He will start where we are and help us to grow and be where He wants us to be. It is a process that takes time, but eventually we get there by God's  grace. So as you have been following this message, I hope you are now convinced that God is able to meet you wherever you are anytime, anywhere. Don't be afraid or be discouraged, the Lord is there with you all the time. He is an omnipresent God who is everywhere at the same time. Where can you go without His presence? Nowhere! The Lord is in you, with you and for you, all the time.( Deuteronomy 31:6,8, Colossians 1:27). " GOD MEETS US WHERE WE ARE" He is the God of all encounters! The God of signs and wonders! He makes things to happen, when the time is right /ripe.( Psalm 77:14, Isaiah 60:22)

May God richly bless you!

Evangelist Fanuel Masikati

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