The Good Series, 3

His Load

I know a guy, very smart guy, great potentials, if you talk about being street smart he will tell you more than a couple of things about it, talk about head smart he is in a class of his own. If you need to crank out money making idea(s) in any area or put together a top-notch strategy for anything, this guy is your man. He also has contacts and when I say contacts I don’t mean ‘’any how’’ contact, I mean very solid contacts both in government and industry. He is what Fela called original hustler but a smart one.

But there is a problem, all his smartness, his contacts and smart hustling seem not to be bringing in much result, all he can show for everything is just a long list of activities and frustration. In summary he works like an elephant and hipo combined but feeds like a very little rat.

There is this other guy that said he has worked for money virtually everywhere and anyhow. In fact he said he has done it in alphabetical order – he has Asked for money, he has Begged for money, he has Clapped for money, he has Danced for money, he has done everything for money till Z. But still money refused to come near him talk-less of letting him touch it.

I know of another dude, in fact this one is my brother, The Holy Spirit started telling him a long time ago that he has called him to preach the gospel. First he pretended not to hear it and did all he can to run away from it. He succeeded for a while, but suddenly everything around and about him started turning around but in the negative direction – he lost his cars and all his money and suffering started for him and his family and I mean serious suffering.

After much suffering, with the help of the Holy Spirit he came to his senses and gradually started doing what he was told many years before. Today he is a successful shepherd of God’s flock, and life has become easy and beautiful for him and his family again. Now the guy is really ‘’balling’’ in the Lord.

A train is designed to run on a rail track, if any train decides intentionally or un-intentionally to leave its track that train is on its own. It will wreck itself and together with lives of other people.

If your situation is like that of the smart guy above or the one that has worked for money in alphabetical order, have you paused to think or consider that maybe you are not running on the track God has designed for you to run on. It is very possible that you are on the wrong track and if so, you will end up wrecking yourself and the people their destinies are attached to you.

If also you are like my brother that decided to run away from his calling for many years, do you wish to keeping on running till things become ‘’that’’ bad or you want to be forced like Jonah (Jonan 1:1-17) before you start to preach the gospel?

This is what the Lord Jesus said in Matthew 11:28-30
28 “Come to Me, all of you who work and have heavy loads. I will give you rest. 29 Follow My teachings and learn from Me. I am gentle and do not have pride. You will have rest for your souls. 30 For My way of carrying a load is easy and My load is not heavy.” (New Life Version)

If you think you are on the wrong track or have been called to preach the gospel, today I plead with you, please come ‘’home’’, like the Master said ‘’he will give you rest’’. I have a good and a better news for you – the good news is that you don’t have to be a pastor to preach the gospel, no not at all (I know a lot of people that are running from it because they don’t want to be pastors)

The better news is that you can preach the gospel ‘’anyhow’’, what do I mean? I take myself as an example; I found out that I communicate better when I write than when I speak. So I decided to preach the gospel through writing like I do in the Good Series and am doing now, you can print tracks and distribute, you can record yourself and post on social media, there are many creative ways to do it and as you start the Holy Spirit will be teaching and directing you on how to do it better. Fortunately technology has given us a global platform; from the comfort of your room you can reach the entire world via the internet.

If you will sincerely ask the Holy Spirit today, He will surely direct you on how to go about it.

If you are touched by this series, I would love to hear from you. Just drop me a comment.

God Bless You