Daily Devotions

James 1: 17Every good and perfect gift is from above.

Sometimes there is too much emphasis on just the spiritual things. These are very important and nobody can deny this. Recently we were reminded that God also is interested in our lives, this means our day to day living, our families, or relationship with one another and also the body of Christ.

Among these, we tend to overlook the need to ask God for grace and mercies for the Church. We need to thank Him for bringing us into the family and giving us the opportunity to belong and to be cared for by others in the family. Love and compassion from the brethren is a strong bond that traverses through international boundaries.

For those of us who have experienced this bond with people we have never met before and who are in different cultures and nationalities but when they come into their church or home, we are warmly welcomed and treated as long lost relatives. Our brethren will go out of their way to provide for our needs and they would offer the best that they can afford.

This gift of hospitality which is among the church family is something that the world does not know nor do they understand. We are bound together in the bond of love from God; this love is a gift that God has put in us. It never fades but grow stronger as we mature in our spirituality. This is one of the perfect gifts that God has given to us which are the love of the Father which He has translated to us.

However the main perfect gift that God has given to us is His personal love, He loves each and every one of us unconditionally as well as individually. He hears and answers our cries irrespective of who we are, what we are, where we are.

Today I read of a testimony that came out of Africa. This is a testimony of a pastor and his church that was attacked by some radical terrorists, they escapes and ran to the Church where there locked themselves up. They went into fervent prayer seeking God’s help.

Moments later the terrorists came and knocked down the Church door and they began to drag the Christians out of the Church. The pastor thought that his time to go to heaven has come. However suddenly a ferocious lion came out and leap at the terrorists. It grabbed hold of one of the terrorists neck.

The other terrorists tried to attack the lion and suddenly tow more lions jumped upon them. The terrorists ran and escaped but the lions did not touch the Christians. God has send the lions to protect His children. Soon after the lions disappeared.

This is not a wonder! The wonder is that in that village there have never been any reports of lions nearby. The villagers have been there for many years but they have never been troubled by lions nor were there any know lions prowling round that area. God truly bless his people as long as they are calling on Him in times of blessings as well as in times of needs.

Let us learn from the saints that we must continue to pray fervently and unceasingly.