Date: Friday, 6th September, 2024
Text: John 9:1-9
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
Most times when people find you in an unpalatable condition they tend to quickly conclude that you must be suffering for the sins you have committed or probably you are reaping the fruits of what you sowed. This was the conclusion of the natives of the Island of Malta concerning Paul the Apostle.
The apostle had just survived a shipwreck and he and the other passengers on board found themselves on the Island of Malta. It was a rainy day and in order to keep warm, Paul gathered up a bundle of sticks and was putting them on the fire when a snake came out on account of the heat and fastened itself to his hand.
The natives saw the snake hanging on Paul’s hand and said to one another, “This man must be a murderer, but fate will not let him live, even though he escaped from the sea.” But Paul shook the snake off into the fire without being harmed at all. They were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after waiting for a long time and not seeing anything unusual happening to him, they changed their minds and said, “He is a god!” Acts 28:3-6
On a particular occasion, during his earthly ministry Jesus was passing by and he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, “Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, ‘neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.’ John 9:1-3
If you are living in obedience and yet you are experiencing attacks, afflictions or difficulties you cannot explain, don’t be discouraged. You are not the only one in that situation and God has not forgotten you. Your case will end in praises.
Continue steadfastly and that situation will strengthen your faith and toughen your spiritual muscles. It is for the glory of God.
Prayer Nugget: Over my situation, father gain all the glory in Jesus name.