1. When God Hides His Face
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES : Psalms 78:41, Mathew 13: 57-58, Mark 6:5-6.
Over the years, people have been limiting God in their lives and when they do, God hides His face. |
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Psalm 78:41: “Yea they turned and tempted God and limited the Holy one of Israel”.
Mathew 13: 57-58: And they were offended in him, but Jesus said unto them, a prophet is not without honour, save in his own house. And he did not do many mighty works there because of unbelief”.
Mark 6: 5-6: And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk and healed them. And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages teaching”.
The above scriptures show how people applied brakes on God. There are many areas a man can shut out God from His life.
A man can prevent God from working in his favour. He can prevent Him from working in his business, spiritual life and hard work.
God has a good intention for our lives. He did not create a failure; He created people to fulfill His divine will. But a man can decide to do a spiritual abortion on God’s intention or decide to destroy what God wants to do for him. Are you terminating the plan of God for your life, this led to the lamentation of Prophet Jeremiah in Jeremiah 14: 8-12.
n all his missionary journeys, anytime Paul was asked about his call, he would sit down and explain what he experienced. The school of experience is a very expensive one. Anytime he talked about his ministry, he would say. “I had a call and since then, I have not been disobedient to that Heavenly call”. He would have said, “I am not going” but he said, “I have not been disobedient to that heavenly call”. A person can decide to terminate the presence of God in his life. When you have terminated His presence, God in his own divine wisdom, will hide His face. That is all.
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Examples of people who terminated the plan of God
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Adam : God had a good plan for Adam which was for him to live forever. Adam was more intelligent than all the professors of this world put together.
He was stronger than all the strong men in this world put together. He was to live forever. His dresses were the Glory of God. He didn’t need to wear the kind of dresses we are wearing today. But Adam aborted the plan. The divine intention for Adam’s life was frustrated.
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Samson: Similarly, he was called to destroy the Philistines that was the divine plan for his life, but one day, he woke up and asked his parents to marry Delilah for him. “Marry her for me for she pleases me”. Samson said. A bad marriage is second to hell fire. Samson went ahead and married the unbeliever and that was his undoing.
“Tell me the secret of your power so that I can destroy you” Delilah appeared to have said. “Marry her for me”. And they did. But what happened?, The divine intention was frustrated.
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Eli: Eli’s case was another example of when God hid His face. Eli was called to be a priest but two of his children were misbehaving. They were committing immorality inside the temple. It got so bad that God had to send a message through a small boy to the old prophet. So the divine intention for the life of Eli was frustrated.
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Saul: Saul was also called to be the first King of Israel. He started the ministry with prophecy. He translated from being a prophet to a person looking for a witch. Again the divine intention for his life was frustrated.
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Solomon: Solomon was called to serve God as did his father, but he decided that it was too boring to have one wife. So he married 300 of them and kept about 700 girl friends making 1,000. By the time the women has finished with him, the divine intention for his life was frustrated.
If you terminate God’s programme for your life, you end up with trouble. It is a horrible experience for God to hide His face from us.
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