The Purpose of God cannot be Changed

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

No one on earth, in the heavens, in the waters, beneath the waters or anywhere can stop the plans and purposes of God for and in the life of a child of God destined to fulfill divine purpose. In a general sense, every child of God is divinely chosen and destined for to fulfill divine purpose. However, some children of God derail the process by their actions. Some biblical examples include the priesthood of Eli, the royalty of Saul’s lineage, Samson’s indiscipline which cut short his life.

On the other hand, people like the biblical Joseph, Daniel, Esther, Mordecai, Nehemiah, Ezra, the prophet Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah and a number of other prophets and prophetesses fulfilled divine  purposes despite the supposedly roadblocks, obstruction and loopholes which the enemy and his cohorts put in their pathways. Joseph’s older brothers for instance first attempted to kill him but when Reuben intervened, they shelved the idea but as soon as Reuben was out of earshot and eyesight, they sold Joseph to a caravan of Midianite traders who passed by their way. Beloved, it is significant to note that the brothers of Joseph did this so that they could stop the actualization of Joseph’s dreams. Please take note of verses 18 to 21 of Genesis Chapter 37. God working through Reuben stopped them  from killing Joseph and God also working through Judah made them sell Joseph to the traders who in turn sold him off to at Egypt; and significantly to Potiphar.

The critical question then is why did the Midianite traders sell him off at Egypt and to Potiphar and not anywhere else or anyone else? The answer is simple – they were helping to serve divine purpose thinking that they were doing regular business.

The Benefits of Divine Guidance

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

God guides you in the paths of righteousness. Though God does this for His name’s sake, the benefits are amazing. A person guided by God in the paths of righteousness will not walk in and experience filth, be it spiritual, physical, mental filth. Why? Righteousness and filth do not go together therefore filth that leads to pollution, condemnation, stagnation and untimely death will not be in the pathway of righteousness that God leads a person in.

Secondly, the paths of righteousness are the paths of God and the paths of God always drop fatness that lead to abundance. Who would not desire such a path? Please see Psalm 65 verses 9 to 13, Isaiah Chapter 48 verses 17 to 19, and Psalm 81 verses 13 to 16. Peter was divinely guided to abundance when he launched out into the deep; and also cast his net on the right side. Isaac became wealthy when he obeyed God and followed the divine guidance to plant in Gerar. Please see Genesis Chapter 26 for details.

God asked Abraham to detach himself from his father’s house. That way he could be blessed. It could be relationships, habits and lifestyles that do not give glory to God that God wants you to detach yourself from. Immediately Abraham stepped out, God visited Abraham and blessed him. Age is no barrier to what God wants to do in your life. God is faithful. He keeps everyone of His promises. He does not need help from anyone to bless you. He is God Almighty and has more than enough resources to accomplish what He promised to do in your life.

God Heals the Broken Hearted 3

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; Isaiah Chapter 61 verse 1.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor .Luke Chapter 4 verses 18 to 19.

But beloved, please wait a minute. Did Hannah’s unhappiness on account of Peninah’s venom make Peninah a happy woman? Not at all! Peninah continued in her misery as she really and truly was the unhappy one who could not find anything to be happy about in life. In reality, Peninah was the one who needed help be it spiritual, medical, psychological, emotional, you name it; urgently. Yet, Peninah hid her unhappiness and great need for help in bullying Hannah mentally. Are you a bully? You need help urgently as a bully is actually manifesting his or her great cry for help in whatever form s/he bullies other people. Unfortunately for Peninah, no one took notice of her great and desperate cry for help as Elkanah focused his energies on consoling Hannah and reassuring her of his undying love for her. So, Peninah suffered and unleashed her pain and anger on Hannah.

While Peninah enjoyed her evil reign of torturing Hannah mentally and spiritually; year in and year out, God was at work in the life of Hannah. Gradually and progressively, Hannah came to realize that God created and owned her life for a purpose. One day, Hannah rose above the mental and emotional torture, made peace with God; restored her relationship with God; akin  to what Elijah did for Israel in 1^st Kings Chapter 18 by restoring the altar of the Lord. Thereafter, Hannah experienced an abundance of the love of God, the peace of God and requested for a child. She also experienced and enjoyed more of the love of her husband and an abundance of the fruit of the womb just as Israel experienced abundant rainfall after the restoration of the altar. Her broken heart had been healed.

Also, God exceeded the expectations of Hannah and made her a mother of four sons and two daughters. Significantly and quite instructive to all bullies and those who allow themselves to be used as tools of satanic oppression in the hands of the enemy; no mention was made of Peninah and her children after Hannah became a mother. Additionally, Peninah and her children are not mentioned in the genealogy of Elkanah. What a way to be delisted from God’s written history of families. Peninah expunged herself and her children from the genealogy of Elkanah by her bitter heart and venomous mouth. Great lessons to learn from Peninah’s heart and tongue!

God Heals the Broken Hearted 2

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds. Psalm 147 verse 3

A broken spirit dries the bones. Please see Proverbs Chapters 17 verse 22, 18 verse 14. A broken spirit aggravates sickness. A broken spirit can be referred to as heartache or sorrow of the heart and such conditions can make a person broken hearted. Please see Proverbs Chapter 15 verse 13. What are the causes of heartache, and broken heartedness? Some of the causes include failed, stormy, unfulfilling and askewed relationships, unmet desires, betrayal, anxiety (Proverbs Chapter 12 verse 25). A perverse tongue such as the tongues of Peninah, Shimei can also make the victims of such tongues to be broken hearted. Please see Proverbs Chapter 15 verse 4.

Peninah’s heart and tongue are appalling. Peninah had everything any woman could probably ask for in life – she had a wealthy loving God fearing man for a husband; had unnamed number of children, lived in a big beautiful home with a number of luxury items and probably had a large housekeeping and wardrobe allowance. Yet Peninah was an unhappy woman full of bitterness and envy. She envied Hannah because Elkanah their husband loved Hannah more. Additionally, Peninah grew her envy to great trees of bitterness which she mentally processed as verbal venom, which she released at Hannah at will with the singular objective of making Hannah miserable.

Beloved, I dare to say that Peninah was a septic tank of verbal venom designed to overwhelm and poison Hannah to a state of great anxiety that would make it impossible for Hannah to eat. Ironically and quite sadly, Peninah enjoyed the satanic mission and assignment of unleashing verbal venom on her fellow human being and her fellow woman with whom she shared her husband, Elkanah. To state it mildly, Peninah was vicious. It is one thing to be nasty because you find it difficult to deal with negative emotions but for a person to actually enjoy being nasty and spill out verbal venom at the drop of a hat speaks of utmost depravity, loss of humanity and any iota of goodness. Peninah had lost her humanity and was a very useful instrument of satanic oppression in the hands of the devil. Her heart crafted evil words and utterances which her despicable tongue; a tongue which was greatly in need of healing released with reckless abandon. Her heart was a bitter factory of evil while her tongue was a leaky faucet of verbal venom. Please read 1^st Samuel Chapter 1 verses 1 to 10. She succeeded for a while in making Hannah miserable because Hannah was ignorant of who she was as a child of God. So Hannah wept sore and refused to eat.