Divine Encounters

Day 283 Reading: 2 Corinthians 10:1 - 2 Corinthians 13:14 We all go through situations, circumstances, or challenges in life that can alter our lives drastically. I will be very personal in this blog not because I want to solicit empathy but to encourage someone.  Such moments end up being very disheartening to the soul but they can be very rewarding if pivoted in the right direction. For the last three days as I have read this letter to the Corinthians, my mind has kept thinking about the sufficiency of God's grace. Paul declared that is was of the outworking of grace that we are saved. Salvation is not because of our works but because of God's unmerited favour that we have what we didn't deserve. Jesus took our punishment, stood in our place and received what we deserved as sinners and we, in turn, received the forgiveness that we didn't ask for. Paul in Romans declared that all this was done while we were still sinners. God sent His Son to die for you wh...

Day 276 Reading: Romans 6:1 - Romans 10:21 Life is not funfair but warfare. Children spend their time playing games and to become mature in the ways of God one has to learn to overcome issues in life. Jesus promised that challenges will come and when they do one should rejoice  John 16:33 . You may wonder why joy is necessary when facing difficult challenging times. May I point you towards the prophet Isaiah who proclaimed that joy is the bucket we draw from the wells of salvation in life  Isaiah 12:3 . I don't know how your days, weeks and months have treated you so far. One thing I know is that God is still in charge and that alone is a reason to be joyful. Paul while writing to the church in Rome encourages them that they are more than conquerors. He encourages the believer to understand that they are more than conquerors. In a world where we revere conquerors to be called more than a conqueror reveals to us how important our identity is. God sees you as m...

Day 275 Reading: Romans 1:1 - Romans 5: 21 Paul was not just a preacher but also a writer. He wrote two-thirds of the New Testament. His writings form the basis of a lot of present-day teachings. As we go through the letters it amazes me how this gentleman wrote many letters while under guard. He was a prisoner and that did not deter him from fulfilling the mandate of God over his life. Today, the church suffers from a weakness where believers are not able to carry on serving God because they are prisoners of satanic agendas which range from sickness to the issues of this life. Paul wrote caring about the state of the church. If we all today wrote our lives with such an attitude and care for others the world would be a better place. You wonder why I use the word 'wrote', because our lives are writing history that others will read your life story and I pray it makes great reading. The Book of Romans gives the theological understanding of the work of the cross. Paul ...