26/09/13 WHAT AM I DOING HERE? BEFORE GOD BLESSES A MAN HE FIRST TAKES HIM TO THE WILDERNESS FOR SOME TIME AS DEEMED NECESSARY BY HIM. THE WILDERNESS IS A PLACE OF HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING. IT IS A PLACE OF LACK AND HUNGER AND THIRST. IT IS A PLACE OF SCARCITY OF MONEY AND MATERIAL THINGS. IT IS A PLACE OF SHAME, DISGRACE, AND TEMPTATIONS. IT IS ALSO A PLACE OF LIFE THREATENING PROBLEMS AND HOPELESSNESS. BECAUSE THE WILDERNESS HAS FIERY SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS. THESE CAN KILL AND INFLICT THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF PAIN ON MEN. AND THE LOVING GOD BEFORE BLESSING A MAN FIRST TAKES HIM TO ALL THOSE NASTY PLACES. THAT IN THE END IT MAY BE WELL WITH HIM. Deut 8:15-16 Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock; 16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know…to do you good in the end. NKJV BUT WHY WILL A LOVING FATHER TAKE HIS CHILDREN THROUGH SUCH HORRIBLE AND HEARTBREAKING EXPERIENCES BEFORE BLESSING THEM? FIRST BECAUSE IT IS GOOD FOR THE HEART OF MAN. FOR IT BRINGS SORROWS. Eccl 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart. NIV GODLY SORROW THAT LEADS TO REPENTANCE. 2 Cor 7:9-11 Yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. 10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. NIV PLEASURE, WEALTH, RICHES, PROPERTIES, POSSESSIONS, GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS, ETC ARE NOT GOOD FOR THE HEART OF MEN. BECAUSE THEY DON’T PROMOTE LEARNING. THEY ARE FULL OF TEMPTATIONS AND SORROWS. 1 Tim 6:9-10 But people who long to be rich soon begin to do all kinds of wrong things to get money, things that hurt them and make them evil-minded and finally send them to hell itself. 10 For the love of money is the first step toward all kinds of sin. Some people have even turned away from God because of their love for it, and as a result have pierced themselves with many sorrows. TLB ALL THE GOOD THINGS OF LIFE THAT ARE VERY GOOD FOR OUR BODIES HAVE A VERY DECEPTIVE WAY OF TURNING OUR HEARTS FROM GOD. Deut 8:11-17 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; 14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; 15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought (FAMINE), where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; 17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. KJV THEY LIFT OUR HEART UP. IT MEANS THEY MAKE US PROUD AND WE FEEL SELF-SUFFICIENT; THINKING WE DID IT ALL BY OURSELVES AND WE DON’T NEED GOD AT ALL. ONCE THIS THOUGHT HAS FILLED OUR HEARTS WE NOW FORGET EVERY RIGHT THING GOD HAS COMMANDED US AND WE FEEL THAT NOW WE HAVE ARRIVED AND MUST HAVE ANYTHING WE WANT AND DO WHATEVER WE LIKE, AS FAR AS IT IS WITHIN OUR POWER AND NO ONE CAN STOP US. THESE TEMPTATIONS COME TO ANY AND EVERY MAN THAT PROSPERS AND BECOMES SUCCESSFUL. BUT HOW WE HANDLE THEM MAKES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GOOD AND THE EVIL PERSON. 1. THOSE WHO HAVE WEAK WILL AND NOT ABLE TO HANDLE IT WELL FALL INTO THE TRAP OF THE DEVIL AND FOLLOW ALL SORTS OF LUSTS AND PLEASURES OF THEIR OWN HEARTS AND IN THE END THEY PIERCE THEMSELVES THROUGH WITH MANY SORROWS. 2. BUT THOSE WITH STRONG WILL AND STILL LOVE GOD WILL RESIST SATAN AND STAND FIRM IN THE WORD OF GOD RICHES OR NO RICHES. THESE WILL BE VERY RICH AND YET VERY GOOD AND GODLY IN ALL THEIR WAYS AND WILL NOT HURT PEOPLE BUT WILL ALWAYS WORK FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND. SERVING THE PURPOSE OF GOD AND GIVING HIM ALL THE GLORY. LIVING AS GOD’S STEWARDS OF THEIR MONEY AND POSSESSIONS AND NOT AS REAL OWNERS. 1 Peter 4:9-11 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. 10 As each one has received a gift (NOT ONLY SPIRITUAL GIFT BUT ALL GOOD THINGS OF LIFE James 1:17; Rom12:3-9), minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. NKJV BECAUSE GOD WANTS TO SAVE US FROM THE FORMER AND KEEP US FROM DESTROYING OURSELVES THROUGH SUDDEN RICHES AND WEALTH WITHOUT EXPERIENCE, THE FEAR OF GOD AND WISDOM OF GOD; AND MAKE US WALK IN THE LATTER; HAVING A STRONG WILL TO RESIST ALL SORTS OF TEMPTATIONS AND TO REMAIN COMMITED TO HIM RICHES OR NO RICHES; THAT IS WHY HE FIRST TAKES US TO THE WILDERNESS. TO PRODUCE GODLY SORROWS IN US; TO TURN OUR HEARTS TO ALL HIS WAYS; TO HAVE TIME TO READ AND STUDY HIS WORD AND LEARN TO LOVE HIM FIRST AND BELIEVE IN HIM ABOVE ALL THINGS AND ALL ELSE; TO HUMBLE US BEFORE HIM AND IN OUR OWN EYES; AND TO TEST US TO SEE WHETHER WE WILL KEEP HIS WORD IN RICHES AND WEALTH OR NOT. Deut 8:1-5 "Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. 3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. 4 Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. 5 You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you. NKJV INDEED IF GOD TAKES A MAN THROUGH CHASTISEMENT IT MEANS HE LOVE HIM AND HAS ACCEPTED HIM A SON AND HE WANTS HIM TO PARTAKE OF HIS HOLINESS FIRST. Heb 12:5-11 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. KJV I AM ASKING THE QUESTION: “WHAT AM I DOING HERE?” BECAUSE ABOUT 22 YEARS AGO IN 1992 I WAS LIVING IN NUNGUA WITH SAMUEL AND HIS FAMILY. THEN IN 1993 GOD COMMANDED ME TO GO TO MY HOMETOWN KORLE GONNO. AND THERE HE WOULD TEST ME AND AFTER THAT HE WOULD SEND ME TO AMERICA. KORLE GONNO WAS MY WILDERNESS AND I LIVED THERE FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS, 1993-2011. THERE I SUFFERED FROM THE HANDS OF FAMILY WITCHES AND WIZARDS. I KNEW POVERTY, LACK, NEEDS, SICKNESSES, DISEASES, SORROWS, HOPELESSNESS, FAILURES, SHAME, HUMILIATION, SHAMEFUL TREATMENTS, INTIMIDATIONS, DOMINATIONS, MANIPULATIONS, CAESAREAN OPERATIONS, DEATH AND LOST OF CHILD. I HAVE BEGGED OTHERS FOR FINANCIAL HELP TO BE ABLE TO RELEASE MY DETAINED WIFE FROM HOSPITAL AFTER HER FIRST OPERATION. I HAVE KNOWN CHILDLESSNESS FOR NINE YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FIRST CHILD. I HAVE BEEN FORCED BY MY FAMILY TO SERVE GHOSTS AND SACRIFICE TO OUR ANCESTORS AND I HAVE FIRMLY REFUSED TO DO SO OPENLY AND STOOD FOR THE NAME OF THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB. I HAVE BEEN TREATED LIKE TRASH BECAUSE I REFUSED TO DO WHAT ALL OTHERS WERE DOING FOR GOD’S SAKE. O I HAVE SUFFERED FOR THE NAME OF JESUS IN MY FAMILY HOUSE. I HAVE COME TO A FINAL BREAKING POINT OF MY SUFFERING; TO THE FULL LIMIT I COULD TAKE AND NOT ANY MORE. AND I HAVE LEARNED IN IT THAT MAN IS NOTHING AT ALL BEFORE SATAN, DEMONS, WITCHES AND WIZARDS; AND A MAN LEFT TO HIMSELF IS POWERLESS AGAINST SATANIC POWERS OR WITCHCRAFT AND WE MUST TRUST IN GOD AT ALL TIMES. FOR HIM TO DELIVER US. WHEN I CAME TO THE END OF THE ROAD AND I COULD NOT TAKE IT ANY MORE, THE ONLY THING THAT WAS VERY APPEALING TO ME THEN WAS SUICIDE. I SAW IT AS THE BEST OPTION AND THE SWEETEST WAY TO ESCAPE ALL THESE EVILS OF LIFE; IF GOD REFUSED TO HELP ME OR HE IS POWERLESS TO HANDLE IT FOR ME. BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY LEFT ME TO THEIR ABSOLUTE POWER AND THEY TREATED ME AS THEY PLEASED WITHOUT ANY HELP. BUT I HEARD GOD’S VOICE AT LAST IN 2009, SAYING TO ME: “REPENT AND BELIEVE THE GOSPEL.” THESE WORDS CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER. FOR IT WAS MY FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND IN HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION THAT FINALLY BEGAN TO SET ME FREE FROM ALL THE CURSES OF WITCHCRAFT IN MY FAMILY AND HOMETOWN AND IT LED ME OUT OF THAT SITUATION AND FINALLY FROM THAT TOWN OR THE WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE IN 2011; WHEN GOD COMMANDED ME TO LEAVE KORLE GONNO AND RELOCATE TO NUNGUA AGAIN. SO, FROM 2011-2013 I HAVE BEEN IN NUNGUA AND BY GOD’S GRACE THINGS HAVE CHANGED FOR ME DRASTICALLY. IT IS NOT EASY TO BELIEVE THAT EVEN FEW YEARS BACK I LACKED MANY THINGS. FOR HE HAS GIVEN ME MUCH IN FEW YEARS. THOUGH I AM NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF ALL WANTS, YET I AM WELL OFF NOW THAN THEN. PRAISE TO THE NAME OF THE LORD. SO AFTER ALL THAT SUFFERING, NUNGUA? AND NOT AMERICA? WHAT AM I DOING HERE? WHAT IS HIS AGENDA HERE FOR ME BEFORE TAKING ME TO AMERICA AS HE PROMISED? THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO FIND OUT FROM HIM NOW. ALL I KNOW IS THAT HE TOLD ME: “I HAVE MANY PEOPLE IN NUNGUA. DON’T BE AFRAID TO GO THERE.” AND WHEN I CAME THERE HE TOLD ME: “MAKE IT YOUR VISION TO FULFILL YOUR VISION.” THIS MEANS FROM NOW ON HE WILL BRING MY DREAM TO BE GREAT AND RICH BY 2030 TO PASS. BUT I MUST FIRST MAKE IT MY VISION TO FULFILL IT OR I MUST FOCUS ON IT AND BE DRIVEN BY MY VISION FROM NOW ON. AND I MUST FIND WAYS AND MEANS TO BRING THIS DREAM TO PASS BY HIS POWER AND MIGHT AND NOT BY MINE. BECAUSE HE HAS EVEN TAUGHT ME IN NUNGUA RECENTLY TO MAKE IT MY PRINCIPLE IN LIFE TO BE GREAT AND RICH BY 2030 BY THE POWER OF GOD THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST MY LORD. NOW TO ME THIS IS THE END OF ALL THE MATTER.
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