Have you ever find yourself in a situation where you are hungry and desirous of what you don't know, you want to eat something, you desire something that you don't know exactly what it is???
The more you eat food, the more dissatisfied you are,
You sleep for a very long time, only to wake up weaker than you slept,
You try to reach out to Family, friends and loved ones, but all that just can't fill this Vacuum and emptiness you feel within,
If you have ever feel this way, or you are currently passing through such experience, then read this message patiently to the end, Maybe the Lord want to talk to you,
This feeling comes in Various forms to different people under different circumstances,
As a jobless or unemployed person having this feeling, you are tempted to think that you are feeling this way because you are not working, only to realize that you were happier and at more liberty when you were jobless than now that you are gainfully employed, with more restlessness and that feeling of unfulfillment is still there even greater,
Some may think that is because they aren't married, believing that everything will be alright when they settle down in marriage but several years after marriage, one still view himself through the mirror as an unfulfilled person,
Some persons give more attention and efforts to their career and profession, believing that when the climb the ladder of their professional hierarchy that they will find peace of mind but in most cases the contrary is the case, with so much regrets, misery, feeling of vanity and wasted years,
This emptiness and craving for what we don't exactly know starts even from childhood,
From nursery and basic schools we think that we don't have happiness today, but anticipate happiness when we graduate to secondary school, only to get there and understand that life is more tedious and demanding at that stage, then look forward with hope for freedom and greater liberty in tertiary institution or when we are done with studies and working, believing that independent life will grant us this all important satisfaction.
Every human wants this great and precious state of inner conviction, contentment and assurance that all is well:
WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS DESIRE OF THE SOUL AND WHERE CAN IT BE FOUND???
Peace generally means absence of disturbances, or a period that there is no crisis or war, but that is the peace that the world gives, (John 14:27) Peace I leave with you, MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU: NOT AS THE WORLD GIVETH, give I UNTO YOU, let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Worldly peace is circumstantial and sensitive to events, is based on material things, wealth, luxury, comforts, achievements and possessions, that is what assures a canal man rest, but doesn't satisfy this desire we are talking about,
Now we have been able to ascertain that there is a peace that marriage, career, political, economical and financial success, fame and popularity cannot give,
Luxurious living, Affluence and wealth cannot bring that inner state
To understand why there is that taste in the soul of man, one might need to revisit the creation of man and his purpose upon the earth
Unlike every other animal created by God, whose purpose is to eat, sleep procreate and die, and there ends it, man has greater assignment which includes to Communion and Fellowship with God
So from the creation of man, a part was made in us that only the Prince of Peace can fill, nothing else can, I believe with the whole of my heart that is only the true and predestined seeds of God that will have this hunger and thirst for God,(John 7:37) In the last day, that great day of feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, if any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
(Mathew 5:6) Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst for righteousness (God of righteousness) for the shall be filled (with the holy ghost)
A Serpent seed cannot taste for righteousness, only those who have been predestined unto salvation will loose peace for disconnection and disfellowship with God
(Luke 3:38) Adam the Son of God was created with that space for communion and fellowship with God, (Gen 3:8) And he heard the voice of the Lord walking in the garden in the cool of the day. When people relate with God, go to mountains, isolated in solitary places that is the part of them that wants to be filled, that is where faith lives, that is where the assurance of Divine presence is first indicated. When our Lord Jesus Christ told that woman by the well in (John 4:24) God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship in spirit and in truth. That part of you that feels that emptiness is the very part that should be filled with the spirit and truth. ( The word of God and Faith) that is why that aspect of you is so important that nothing can either replace or substitute it, is indescribable, is your soul, when you give your life to Christ, that is where the job is done, and he will give you a song
Song: Because he lives, I can face tomorrow, because he lives, all fear is gone, because I know ooo, he holds my future, my life is what a living just because he lives.
When I talk about this inner state of rest, I say it with assurance and personal conviction because of my own personal experience with my Father and my God.
I hardly make my personal experiences as bases for exhortations, I prefer the word of God because I understand that every individual is unique and peculiar before God and God handles every Christian directly and uniquely, that is why you can't put your faith on your pastor, prophet or any "Man of God" and grow spiritually, your spiritual growth is tied to you personal encounter, growth and experience with God.
So in my own personal experience of what I call my PEACIOMETER, I am naturally a very courageous and fearless person, especially when I am convinced and assured that the Lord is with me.
But whenever I work contrary to the precept of God, his presence will withdraw from me then that feeling of dissatisfaction, discontentment, fear of the unknown will set in.
I will lose boldness to say and do the things of the Lord as it should be, the sensation that goes with his presence will no longer be there,
Then I will begin to feel, aimless, helpless, hopeless and useless, with all other signs of unrest and discomfort.
At this point nothing means anything to you, you are sad with everything, every joy around you is temporal, you get offended over little things.
So if you have ever felt these way, no matter what you do, you can't find rest, no peace, let it be known to you that only a genuine repentance and reconciliation with God can solve your problem, nothing else.
Many marriages are suffering today, this woman, this man is not doing anything wrong to you, he is doing all he can to make you comfortable, but you are just not contented, the more she does the sadder you become,
You searched for this job too many years, today the same job seems so meaningless and valueless, nothing is actually worth it to you,
Everything is fast losing value to you,
So many people are suicidal today, because of this terrible feeling of emptiness and helplessness,
The world we live today is increasingly becoming hostile and so risky that we can't afford to live as if all is well without Christ.
A life without Christ is not just in crisis but crisis itself.
(Isaiah 48:22) There is no peace saith the Lord for the wicked, but God gives his beloveth sleep (Psalms 127:2)
Have you ever slept for just two hours waking up so strong as if you have slept for two decades, you experience this most while on serious fasting programs, anyone giving to fasting will understand what am talking about,
Sometimes you are in a trance for just 10minutes waking to ask people how long you have slept
Unfortunately, No Church, No Pastor, not even Tithe, Offerings or Seed Sowing can buy you this Peace,
All you need is reconciliation with God, then you will receive restoration, that peace of God ( Phil 4:7) that passeth all understanding will come and abide with you.
If you have not given you life to Christ, and you know down in your heart that you are not in right fellowship with the Lord.
Or you have given your life to him but lost fellowship because of your disobedience, and is evidenced in this loss of peace and emptiness, you are facing spiritual weakness, you can no longer pray, fast, studying the bible as you use to,
Don't say you are a Bishop, Pastor, Minister Church worker or anything in the Church, that has nothing yo do with Anointing, it has everything to do with Salvation, Anointing is a gift for service, it will always be there, the gift and calling of God is without repentance, The Spirit of God left Saul for Seven years and he was still prophesying, (1Sam 16:14), don't be a worker of iniquity and go to hell after your labor in the vineyard.
By Prophet Chris.
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