Has the Church ( The Body of Christ ) Become Numb? I woke up this morning the 4th day of September with my right hand being very numb. ( Dont worry its not the symptom of anything as I am not one of those unhealthy eaters at least not in this season of my life. There was a season I could have been accused of that). I checked and could verify that I had slept too long on that hand. I had a very long night staying awake to work and I was very tired. As I woke up and was examining my hands, I heard God speak so clearly that I almost turned to check if it was Pastor Clem speaking to me. It wasnt him. It was The Lord. This was the word of The Lord. My Church has become numb to the issue of divorce Since yesterday when I opened my Facebook page, face book has been rife with the story of the divorce proceedings of a celebrated Pastor and his wife. Practically everyone was talking about it. I do not personally know these pastors. I do not know their story and perhaps I am not interested. But I was sad about the news. The whole feeling I had in 2007 gushed back to me. For most of the day I was teary. Why? Why? Not again. Not again. The words of a song I knew as an unbeliever rang in my head ( Please pardon me. These things do happen sometime. You think you have completely forgotten these songs of Babylon and just out of the blues, the song pops in your head and then you suddenly realise , oh dear I shouldnt be humming that song) . What was the song Another one bites the dust Maybe not very appropriate but that is what comes to my head and I am thinking Another Pastor and Another Pastors wife. Please forgive me if I am still going on and not hitting the point yet. This tells you the frame of my mind as I write. Divorce is not a good thing. It is sad to see two people who have put in years to themselves, their family and their ministry just become enemies. Now to the message I received this morning. I pondered on it and I am still pondering how the church of The Lord has become numb to the issue of divorce. Why dont we feel the pain of other Christians anymore? Why have I looked on the internet and its as if those posting these stories actually are glad that these things happen. If it is one body, then even the posts will be with some remorse and trepidation. I have once again read and mediated on the scriptures below. Church let us be careful about the glee in an occasion for mourning, fear and repentance. Let the eye not be numb to the pain of the ear , let not the nose be numb to the pain of the leg. The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part. If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body? How strange a body would be if it had only one part! Yes, there are many parts, but only one body. (1 Corinthians 12:12, 14-16, 19, 20 NLT) How many of us since you saw that post took one minute to tell God, heal the marriage of these pastors or Lord see them through this difficult time. Church let us be careful. Have we seen so much of this beast divorce that it no longer means anything to us? When I woke up this morning and felt numb in my right hand, I rubbed it for some seconds so that the blood flow will pump properly into those areas. We need to shake ourselves from the numbness and awake to Gods words concerning the pain of the Church and the pain of other believers. When certain strong things happened in the bible, great fear came upon the people. It was not lack of faith. They feared for themselves. They saw the consequences of what happened before their eyes to those other believers and they feared. Where is our own fear? Let those that think they stand take heed lest you fall too. Sorry I keep going on and on but I do remember an occasion when a church operating on the same street as one of our church branches closed down and some of our church members jeered at that church every-time we drove past the church. I was on an Apostolic visit to our Church branch. My spirit was always grieved about what they were doing but I was quiet in the car each time. But a day came when they jeered again at the church and I stopped the car right in front of where the closed church used to be and told those members of my church in the car to stop it. I reminded them that the demons who closed that church down were still living on that street. if they had power enough to close that Church if we didnt pray ours could close down as well I wanted them to understand the pain of that other Church. Let us not be numb. And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things. (Acts 5:5 KJV) And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. (Acts 5:11 KJV) I do not have to know this couple, I do not have to like their church, I do not have to know their story. All I know is that two people are going through pain in this season. They are hurting, their children are hurting, their close friends and family are hurting, you can imagine the pain and the turmoil of the church members. Let us not be numb. When last year, we came to church one Sunday and found almost seven or so churches that operated near our church in Tottenham closed down because they were using an illegal building for services someone said Oh our competitors have left My husband shut them up. For days we were cold , I mean I used to physically feel terrible cold, wondering if those churches have managed to Settle down somewhere with their congregation. The day you stop feeling the pain of other Christians, you need to actually shake yourself thoroughly and make sure you are not numb to the pain of those who share like faith with you. Selah! Thank you for reading my epistle but I needed to pour out my hear on this . God bless you and I pray many are healed of this numbness and insensitivity. Pastor Marjorie Esomowei President Wisdom for Women International
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:40:36 +0000
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