WHAT MAKES GOD INVINCIBLE IN BATTLE

WHAT MAKES GOD INVINCIBLE IN BATTLE

Yes, God is the creator of all visible and invisible things

Certainly, He is omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent

Indeed, He is the only wise God

He is excellent in power, in judgment, and in justice

He is the Lord of hosts, the King of glory

He is the Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle!

Who dares to contend with the Almighty God?

Who dares to darken His counsel by words without knowledge?

Where were those people when He laid the foundations of the earth?

Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being His counsellor has taught Him?

Behold, the nations are a drop of a bucket in His sight

And are counted as the dust of the balance

All nations before Him are nothing and less than miniscule

They are counted to Him as less than nothing and vanity upon vanity

Have you not known? Have you not heard?

Has it not been told you from the beginning?

Have you not understood from the foundations from the earth?

That He faints not, neither does He get weary nor slumbers nor sleeps

Truly, there is no searching of His understanding, power, love, majesty and wisdom

He gives power to the faint; and increases the strength of the weakling who waits upon Him

Yet God is never complacent nor careless for a second, at any time and in any situation

He always has His full armour on which enables Him to stand against all wiles of the devil

His full armour comprises truth, righteousness, faith, salvation, His spoken word and prayers

He commands His children to put on His full armour to enable them withstand all evil attacks.

Richard Obeng Mensah, author of Daily Wisdom

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THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD

THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD

And God created the heaven and the earth

He created them by and for Himself, without the help of humankind

Then He decided to create humankind to share His creation with humankind

So He created the first man and the first woman, and made them stewards over the earth

Adam and Eve disrespected and disappointed God

They rather chose to obey Satan instead of obeying Him

By their disobedience they surrendered the earth to the control of Satan

By their rebellion they permitted sin to dominate humankind and all creation on earth

God punished them and Satan

He also drove them from His presence because of their sinful nature

Yet God continued to love them and even covered their shame

Nevertheless, their descendants continued to rebel towards Him

He used all means to redeem and reconcile with them but to no avail

So God decided to sacrifice His life for these wicked, impudent and hard-hearted rebels

He came down from heaven to this earth to demonstrate His love to these stubborn rebels

They despised, mocked, maltreated, persecuted, rejected and crucified Him like a dog

He died but resurrected because death could not hold Him captive

He has still not given up on humankind, especially those who continue to reject Him

Even those who have reconciled with Him only a few of them truly and faithfully love Him

Is God not acting more than a foolish person?

Can’t He realize that His unconditional love has needlessly blinded Him?

What is humankind that He is so fruitlessly mindful of and not destroying swiftly?

He says even His foolishness is far better and higher than the best wisdom of humankind

He says even sinful humankind have compassion for their rebellious pets and children.

Richard Obeng Mensah, author of Daily Wisdom

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MEEKNESS AND DIVINE DIRECTION

MEEKNESS AND DIVINE DIRECTION

“God blesses those who are gentle and lowly, for the whole earth will belong to them” – Matthew 5:5 (NLT).

The greatest encounter or privilege a person can have on this earth is for that person to be led by God. This is because any person God leads is guaranteed of divine provisions, daily guidance, unfathomable peace, righteous lifestyle, comfort in the midst of difficulties, divine vindication and exaltation, long life, and divine exploits! However, God does not just lead anybody; He only leads the meek. “The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his ways” – Psalm 25:9 (KJV). Moses and Jesus did great exploits while on this earth because of their meekness towards God by which He led them in all their ways.

This earth and the one to come belongs to God and He gives either of them to any person He wills – the meek. Matthew 5:5 expressly states that the meek shall inherit the earth. Meekness denotes gentleness, which “means to approach others (including one’s enemies) in a humble and caring spirit, not using force to get one’s way”.[1] It involves tolerance, forbearance, adaptability and more importantly, humility. Meekness thus generally denotes gentleness and humility. For Rev Dr Selwyn Hughes, “Humility is seeing ourselves from God’s point of view and having a right opinion of ourselves.” This means that humility is deep-rooted in both a correct view about God and that of ourselves in the light of His word.

Numbers 12:3 testifies about the meekness of Moses. This character trait of Moses paved way for God to communicate with him directly and plainly, beyond dreams and visions. Today, God mainly guides us through His word and the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:14; Galatians 5:18, 22-33). Meekness is among the fruit of the Spirit. This means that we cannot exhibit meekness unless we allow the Holy Spirit to reside within us by surrendering our hearts to Jesus and God’s word (Matthew 11:28-29; John 6:63). We naturally exhibit meekness when the Holy Spirit takes deep roots in our hearts. Does He really live in your heart?

Richard Obeng Mensah, author of Daily Wisdom

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Email: richardobengmensah@gmail.com

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[1] William D. Mounce, Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old & New Testament Words (Zondervan 2006) 281.

WHAT PEOPLE DO FOR VOTES

WHAT PEOPLE DO FOR VOTES

Ama: Hello Kofi, how’re you and Zimbabwe?

Kofi: Hey! Ama, good to hear from you. You always make me feel for Ghana.

All’s not well here. Zimbabwe is still wrestling with hyperinflation, mass unemployment, and collapsing economy. I hear Grandpa Mugabe wants to introduce bond notes which some experts are predicting will worsen the current wounded economy. How’s Ghana?

Ama: Ghana is getting sweeter and sweeter.

Kofi: That’s good news, I better start packing then and head to Ghana.

Ama: Hmm! Kofi, it’s a good idea but no rush. Come home and contribute your quota to the ailing economy. All Ghanaians need to take special interest in how our nation is being run.

Kofi: I understand dumsor (power crisis) is gone and massive development is taking place.

Ama: Kofi don’t forget we are in an election year and all things are possible; people can even grow yams on trees and harvest them overnight. We’re good at fixing our developmental challenges when elections are approaching. But experts say dumsor is just hiding.

Kofi: How sweet is Ghana getting then? Is the situation better than the cries in Zimbabwe?

Ama: Many interesting fila Kofi. The election referee is being suffocated with legal suits due to how it is blowing its whistle; the major political clubs are promising to bring down the new earth and new heaven if they win the elections; the current head coach is promising to score better goals if he’s re-elected; and some chiefs have become political pulpits for unhealthy propaganda because of their stomach. Many of the electorates are being swindled with gifts like coffin, gas cylinders, coins, microwave roads, electoral prophecies and political humility.

You know something, Kofi, these political clubs are currently behaving as if they care so much about Ghana and the electorates. On the contrary, they just want their votes. Their real interest is in their political clubs and the true members of those clubs.

Kofi: Ama you know in the US, issues about sexual misconduct, sexting and email scandals are being exploited to court the electorates by the leaders of the two big clubs. These issues point to character and integrity of the big shots; their colourful manifestoes are not enough.  

Ama: We also need to pay attention to the issues of corruption, incompetence, mismanagement, desperate desire for power or retention of it, and abuse of power and incumbency. The ongoing Gospel messages from the political pulpits are not enough! Oh! sorry Kofi, you know, I am almost out on phone credit. I should end here.

Kofi: Sorry Ama, I understand. I have not been able to send you some money all this while, due to situations here, but I hope to remit money when possible.

 Richard Obeng Mensah, author of Wisdom Thoughts

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