Perfecting Factor

God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us. Hebrew 11:40

Over times and years, God has continued to deal with men. Many have walked with Him and the records of their walk are examples for people of today to follow. Men like Abel, Enoch, Abraham the friend of God and father of faith, Moses the great leader of the people and prophet of God, Rehab, David the man after God’s heart, Gideon the mighty man of valor, Samson the man of strength, and Samuel the great prophet and leader of all time. The bible has a record of their great exploits wrought by them with the instrument of their faith, they subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouth of loins, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong and put the army of the enemies at flight.
These are a chronicle of exploits and great courage; yet the record has it that these men could not attain perfection, had good report but received not the promise. They broke records ever set yet could not attain perfection no wonder the bible said that the greatest of them is less than John the Baptist who is the least in the kingdom of God.
These men without us could not be made perfect, so we are their perfection. We brought perfection into the exploits their wrought, we are the perfecting factor. The New Testament believers are the perfecting factor, the mark up factor to attaining perfection. What a grace and blessing.

A Hope and A Future

I say this because I know the plans that I have for you.” This message is from the LORD. “I have good plans for you. I don’t plan to hurt you. I plan to give you hope and a good future. Jeremiah 29:11

A good future is what every sane person looks up to as long as he/she has the privilege of life. All men in all nations, people, and race desire a great and good future, though not all work for this future. We all wish ourselves well but not all experience wellness because wishes are not horses otherwise all would ride on horse.
Good future is a promise which God has made to us all and it is available for all to experience and enjoy but all will never do. There are demands for a great future promised us by God. Everyone that must experience a good future must have HOPE.
What is HOPE?
1. Hope is an expectation of a positive outcome.
2. Hope is an optimistic attitude of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes related to events and circumstances in one's life.
3. Hope is the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best.
Life is full of possibilities but can only be seen with an eye of hope. Until you put on the spectacle of hope life continues to be nothing else but a burden to carry and a yoke to bear. Life is only meaningless to a hopeless man but to a man full of hope, life is an adventure and an opportunity for growth and progress.
Hope is a life enhancer. A man of hope has much value for life. Only the hopeless considers taking their life because hopelessness makes one a coward. It’s only men who are scared of living that seek to shorten their life, but the hopeful sees reason to live in each day.
God has given a hope and a good future but until one embraces hope; he can’t see a future ahead of him. What you can see is what fuels your hope and drives you to the prepared good future.

Marriage

A marriage celebrates a new beginning:
A couple starting out as man and wife
The last day of a man's single life
The wide world with a narrows to a garden
In which he will plant his pleasures and reap

The outlines of his character hardens
According to the promises he must keep
His joy becomes a melody
In counterpoint to those for whom he care

Seeking a profounder harmony
Than any he alone could know or bear
So shall he find a greater grace within
One life is over: Let the new begin!

Open Wound

Wound is an injury in which the skin, tissue, or an organ is broken by some external force. One common thing with wounds is that they bleed and cause pains; the earnest heart cry of anyone injured is to see healing take place. Always accompanying healing of wound is succor and relief of pains and agony.
But as long as a wound remains open, the healing is yet perfected, it may have started but it’s yet to fully take place. An open wound becomes a weak part of the body and a possible point of entry for infection and as such healing of wound becomes essential in keeping a healthy body. Open wound hurts.
The body system has a self-healing ability; biological science reveals that the white blood cell does this healing function for the body. Healing of wound is a process that involves many stages but until bleeding stops effective healing is yet to commence.
There is an open wound that is not meant to be healed, having it remain open makes one a better person than having it healed. God wants it open so make all effort to have it open and this open wound is called your CONSCIENCE (the sense of what is right and wrong that governs somebody's thoughts and actions, urging him or her to do right rather than wrong). One becomes almost an animal when he/she allows his/her conscience to heal. The more this open wound – the conscience is allowed to heal the worst ones sense of right and wrong is badly affected. You see people do things that are unbecoming and their conscience do not hurt them because it has healed. A hurting conscience is a healthy conscience; men without a hurting conscience hurt everyone around them.
Please leave it open and never dress it or wish it to heal. You are better off with this open wound.

Safety and Protection

Safety of life and protection of properties is basic need of humanity and a responsibility every government and heads of government is expected to shoulder. In modern democracy, heads of government swore to an oath to protect properties of its citizen and ensure the safety of all citizens. A perception held about safety and protection of life defines how such a country becomes a destination for tourist and investors. Nations with strong perception of safety and protection are considered a safe haven and the implication is that crime rate is minimal in such nations.
What is safety? It is a state of being safe, the condition of being protected from harm and other undesirable outcome or happenings. In a safe environment, security is never a concern and crime incidence very minimal or non-occurring.
The fact remains that no government can guarantee total safety and protection of citizen but many governments have succeeded in stemming down crime rate through deployment of technologies. The value attached to human life defines the commitment to safety of life and protection of properties and those with strong value for life make so much investment to secure life but those with little value do less or nothing to safe guard life and property.
God is much interested in safety and protection of life, all across the pages of the Bible are proves to this and obedience to God law is a guarantee to safety and protection. How do I know?

1 Peter 3:13-And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good?

Do being follower of that which is good seem like obedience? You will believe it is much so, make a choice to follower of that which is good.
Obedience makes one God’s treasure and treasures are guarded with jealousy and kept in most secured place. Nations that treasure its citizen invest much to guarantee safety and protection of life.

Exodus 19:5 - Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.

You are kept beyond the reach of all attackers by your obedience to God’s commandments. So your safety and protection is in your hand; take your stand and be protected from all harms.