SMOKING ZONE

Every morning on my way to work i pass through one of the parks in the heart of the city.Many of us love the "shortcut " for blatant reasons.But one palpable reason is the less time we use getting to the other side.Normally, if i were to go round the park, it probably would take me about 10-13 minutes but via the park 5 minutes am out.I have trained my mind that i have to use the short cut to save time even when am not in any kind of rush.But in the park is this corner well maintained and you will always find people (mainly men),even in the wee hours of the morning,its called the 'Smoking Zone'.For the past twenty four years of my life,i have never ever smoked cigarettes nor any other drug,thank God for that,but just yesterday i remembered something my Science teacher taught ,'Passive Smoking' where you don't have to be the one holding the cigar yet you are susceptible to the same effects with the guy holding it.Look,all of us love that shorter and simpler way when we need not strain we can do anything,pay anyone to get our deals done quicker and faster . Is it it wrong? Is it right? Well, the choice answer lies in the transparency and limpidity of the deal that you are cutting.All the same do we not know when we are doing wrong or right?

Until this morning i discovered i have been a 'passive smoker' just because i loved the shorter route, with no qualms about it and ignorant of the dangers i exposed myself  to as the active smokers.Ten to one,you have read or at least heard the parable of the 'Wise and the Foolish Builders' in Mathew 7:24. Two words come out very strong ,Hear and put to. I had heard the wise words of my teacher but had not put to practice the instruction she gave just like the foolish builder trivialized the power of building under a strong and firm foundation.As i walk past the zone i see people who look all together yet science proves on the inside they have rotting lungs and messed up diaphragm.Many time that short route will cause us to seem like we got there faster,and made it,yet the truth is diametrically different.
The bible tells us when we walk through the valley of the shadow of death we shall fear nor evil,note,its a shadow of not the actual monster called death,and the fact that we are assured we shall,its an indicator that God will sail us through safe.So,take the longer route and get there safe,the enemy has laid a trap called the'Smoking Zone' in that short faster route which looks a like a savior.



Hear and Put His(Gods') word to practice

With love

HE PROMISED ME

Growing up in a christian set up my mum would make sure each of us would say a memory verse rather a scripture from the Bible before we head on to bed .She would then expound the verses  as God would inspire and reveal to her. She kept daring us that she can teach and or preach from any verse of the Bible,so this particular day my siblings and I decided to play the hare game on her.That day we  picked our memory verses from some chapters of the bible that I have always wondered why God had them included  in the Holy Bible. #GeneologyStories,this begot this,the son to so and  so brought forth ..and so on.

Unfortunately or fortunately she came home too tired ,her clinch,let us  just pray  no memory verse till tomorrow,mmh shock on us. We were caught in our craftiness .
After prayers we told her of our plans and she explained to us that we say bible verses not as a ritual before bedtime prayers but because they are promises of God that we need to claim because they edify us,they grow our knowledge of the word of truth , promises reveal to us the plan and will of God .They are a basis of hope and faith.

Many times we tend to bend and buy into the boilerplates and patterns of doing things  without asking or knowing why we do them . I have grown to know no matter how much people love me,when it comes to the promises of God I have to claim them all by myself because Proverbs 4:20 instructs me to keep His word in the midst of my heart.

As you claim the promises , be acquainted to the truth of a God of integrity He is going to do it if He promised it.
His promise is what he is willing and able  to do so claim it.