Check your diet

Post election day America and many are those who are at a loss at what’s going on and sucking up fear, obsessed about the unknown and  some beguiling their souls, while others too are in utter distraught. News from around the world oozes impact of uncertainty cast upon the global village because people have their doubts either in the abilities of the president-elect to deliver on his slogan “Make America Great Again” or his temperament...

Nevertheless, to all my precious readers and friends who supported or were against the president-elect there is only one thing that holds true: the Creator of the universe still reigns in glory and either way God would use anything to bring about his purpose.  So let’s all have faith in whom we have believed rather than become caught up in the moment with any one human being and what he can and cannot do. We are admonished not to trust in the arm of flesh for it fails. The latter does not refer to the fact that any one person would fail. However, I believe what the word is referring to is what to expect of and from our fellow human beings because none can satisfy apart from Jesus.  

I am finding out everyday of my life that except the Lord is pleased with my life, nothing else matters and that is most important to me right now; to be really saved than anything else because I know we are about to meet a soon and coming King.  

It says in 1 Peter 3:11: “Let him turn away from wickedness and shun it, and let him do right. Let him search for peace (harmony; undisturbed from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts) and seek it eagerly. [Do not merely desire peaceful relations with God, with your fellowmen, and with yourself, but pursue, go after them!]”. This speaks to how we ought to behave in these times; pursue and go after peace

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. Agitating passions seem to be the highlight of this scripture for me and the Strong’s Concordance gave the meaning  of “agitating” as “to be drawn in opposite directions; divided into parts; to go to pieces, to be  pulled apart in different directions, like the force exerted by sinful anxiety, extreme emotional disturbance, state of stirring something vigorously.”

“Agitating” is also synonymous to disturbance, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, and commotion. The Greek translates passion as “to suffer.” Further explanation in Wikipedia describes passion as strong and barely controllable emotion or strong intense emotion, a compelling enthusiasm or desire for something or somebody.

The latter is said to have the ability to disallow you from exercising your personal freedom as it becomes deeply seated and makes the soul unable to resist people or things being done to you.

It is about guarding your mind and heart from things that can trip you up.

Jesus said my peace I leave with you, not that which the world giveth yet often do we find ourselves running after stuff that hold our peace prisoner. Turbulence in the soul is created when you are being pulled in different directions. So if you realise you are unsettled in your mind and heart, check what you are feeding your mind and sucking up in your heart.

Of the times that we live in, you must understand that Bible prophecies are unfolding right before our very eyes and every single one of us must hold on tight to whom you have believed otherwise you can easily miss God.

Be careful young person, what you feeding your soul; what you watch, listen to, read and who you are listening to and associate with and are involved in.  Gain this power of understanding to refuse things that agitate you and stop defiling your mind and heart to pursue the peace of God.  If you have given your life to Christ have one goal in mind: to live in harmony with the word of God. If you are yet to make that commitment to choose Jesus, He is waiting on you for your decision to secure your peace, don’t trivialise the opportunity while the door is still open.  For those who haven’t yet thought about what to do, I recommend Jesus to you  as a choice to free yourself of any form of agitation.  Need I remind you there is no middle ground; you either get on team Jesus and serve God wholly or go after the world and serve there. No athlete plays for two teams at any one-time. In the same way God does not do part-time relationships. So, the earlier you decide which side you are on, the better it would be for you. Needing a model to line up with as you navigate this unfamiliar curve? Then I present to you, Jesus.

It is time to come out from among them and to be separated unto the Lord for good.  Because you are here today reading this you will not be lost because nothing is worth trading your soul for. Don’t allow the devil to fool you. You might not get the chance to get out of it before Jesus shows up and you are caught up in a mess and it's too late.



R.