DECIDE TO CHANGE IF YOU WANT TO MEET JESUS

Christians who are suffering have not yet meet Jesus, otherwise it is not possible to meet Jesus and not be blessed by God. The Apostle Paul is speaking to his son Timothy, to testify before God in front of many witnesses. Many saints say they love God but secretly do the wrong things. You must confess your faith wherever you are and stay away from sin.

Romans 8: 28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

Learn to speak according to the Word and not what people say. You need to look at what Jesus says concerning your life and not what people say about you. What troubles many people is holding on to the past and forget that God is new to them every day. Others are stuck because they don’t want to pay the price, they want to be celebrated first for them to act on something, that is why Paul says he counts all things but dung.

Philippians 3:8 “Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ”

For you to get Christ, count all worldly things as loss.  

Philippians 3: 13 “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,”

Decide to subject the flesh and make efforts to win Christ. Don’t be surprised to see there are no many prosperous business people among the saints because they want to do as the worldly people do. They are not ready to give tithe and offering to God faithfully thinking that they will be bankrupt and this is dangerous because tax collectors and prostitutes can precedes them. As it was at the cross when that thief asked Jesus to remember him in His kingdom and it was, that is how it will be to those who are not expected. If you want to conquer sin, learn from this act and decide to change.   

Swahili Translation:

Watakatifu wanaoteseka hao hawajakutana na Yesu, vinginevyo haiwezekani ukutane naye halafu usibarikiwe na Mungu. Mtume Paulo anazungumza na mwanae Timotheo, kwamba aungame maungamo ya Mungu mbele ya mashahidi wengi. Watakatifu wengi wanasema wanampenda Mungu lakini kwa siri wanafanya mambo yasiyofaa. Ni lazima popote ulipo ukiri imani na ujitenge na dhambi.

Warumi 8:28 “Nasi twajua ya kuwa katika mambo yote Mungu hufanya kazi pamoja na wale wampendao katika kuwapatia mema, yaani, wale walioitwa kwa kusudi lake"

Jifunze kuongea kama Neno linavyosema sio kama watu wanavyosema. Unahitaji kuangalia Yesu anasema nini kuhusu maisha yako, wala usiangalie watu wanachosema juu yako. Kinachotesa watu wengi ni kushikilia mambo ya nyuma na kusahau Mungu kwao ni mpya kila siku. Wengine wamekwama kwa sababu hawataki kulipa gharama, wanataka kushangiliwa kwanza ndipo watende, ndio maana Paulo akasema kwamba anayahesabu mambo yote kuwa mavi.

Wafilipi 3: 8 “ Ambaye kwa ajili yake nimepata hasara ya mambo yote nikiyahesabu kuwa kama mavi ili nipate Kristo”. 

Ili uweze kumpata Kristo hesabu vitu vya dunia kama sii kitu.

Wafilipi 3: 13 “Ndugu, sijidhanii nafsi yangu kwamba nimekwisha kushika; ila natenda neno moja tu; nikiyasahau yaliyo nyuma, nikiyachuchumilia yaliyo mbele;”

Amua kutiisha mwili na kaza mwendo ili umpate Kristo. Usishangae kuona hakuna wafanya biashara wengi waliostawi katika kundi la watakatifu kwa sababu wanataka kufanya kama watu wa dunia. Hawako yayari kumtolea Mungu zaka na sadaka zinazostahili kwa kudhani wakitoa watafilisika hii ni hatari kwani watoza ushuru na makahaba wanaweza kuwatangulia. Kama ilivyokuwa pale msalabani yule mwizi alipomwambia Bwana Yesu amkumbuke kwenye ufalme wake na ikawa; ndivyo itakavyokuwa kwa hao wasiodhaniwa. Ukitaka kuishinda dhambi angalia tukio hili na uamue kubadilika.

By Servant of God Apostle and Prophet Josephat Elias Mwingira, Efatha Church.