IT'S ALL UNDER CONTROL!

Sometimes things happen to us that are completely out of our control. You are in a hurry cos you have to be in the bank to withdraw money before closing time at 4 pm. But you cant find your passbook. Or you alight from a taxi and later find out that you left your cell phone in the car. You are just about to start typing a job application letter which you must submit tomorrow morning at 8 am. The time is 12 midnight. Then NEPA strikes and there's a total blackout that lasts 2 days. Or you have an important meeting to attend today at 11 am but you wake up with a running stomach that keeps running the whole day through.You feel me?



We've all been through trying times. And am sure you know it can be pretty frustrating. But I’ll tell you something: though our circumstances seem sometimes to be out of control, they can never be beyond God's control.
God sees and knows everything that happens on earth.And He cares about you in particular.So much that He knows every detail of your life. Guess why He's able to do that? Because He’s God. Period!Your creator. Not only is He in control but He's able to change, correct, restore, create. He's able to do anything. Nothing's too hard for Him.

He shut the mouths of the lions when Daniel fell in. I'm sure they were just staring at him like a bunch of dummies, trying to figure out why their roars were sounding like 'meows'. He cooled the flames of the fiery furnace. I bet they were burning bright at 'zero' degrees centigrade! He parted the red sea and air-dried it faster than you can say wow. He made Elijah the fastest sprinter the world has ever known when he ran faster than King Ahab's chariot. (lst kings18:46)

King Jehosaphat was to fight three mighty kings all by himself, a situation totally out of his control because in 2nd Chron 20:12, he actually said ”Lord we don't know what to do". Know what God did? He first of all made two of the three kings gang up against and defeat the other. Then they turned and destroyed each other. All this happened before Jehosaphat even got there. Amazing! But true.

So friend be not discouraged. When the circumstances of life appear to be out of control remember, God's got it all in check. Don't be moved by what you see. Romans 8:28: He will make all things work out for your good. He's a God who brings beauty out of ashes. Just believe. For Jesus said "ALL things are possible to him that believes"(Mark9:23). And He doesn't lie. So dont worry, be strong.

It's all under control.

Cf

The Resurrection of Cognito Files!

I was going through my yahoo mail archives today. Saw a lot of stuff that brought back memories of my past days in school. A lot of 'not-so-good memories', a couple of 'bring-a-smile-to-my-face' memories, and a few 'in-between' memories.

I saw letters I had sent out under the Cognito File Magazine thing I was doing back then. Cognito Files was a small publication I was producing back then with a couple of friends. It consisted mostly of gopsel messages and words of encouragement, you know, Bible-based, church stuff. At one point, I started sending articles online via email to my readers. It was fun then cos I loved writing, loved encouraging folks etcetera

When I saw those letters, I smiled because a lot of things have changed since then. I have changed, friends have changed, and life has changed. But you know what? As I read through the articles, I was so tripped because I found them both encouraging and engaging. I marvelled that I was such a good writer then (hey, pardon my vanity. lol)

I then began to remember the passion and zeal that tormented me then, way back in '03. A passion to write and be read. A zeal to produce the best Christian or Gospel Magazine of our times. A passion that has since dwindled, almost snuffed out(remember what i said about changes?)

But I realized from the responses I got then, and from the way I felt after reading a few of the articles, that I had a good thing going on then, in spite of my naivety and ignorance about lifes issues etc (long story and we haven't got all day). So I decided to dig open the grave and bring out the vision of Cognito Files once again, which is to encourage people to face life WITH GOD! Encouragement that we all need.

I'm not as 'churchy' as I used to be (like a lot of us am sure), but let's face it, no matter how far we have drifted from God, we still need Him in our lives (that is as long as you believe He exists. I do). So this blog is an attempt to bring back to life the vision that was a source of inspiration to a number of friends back then, hoping that from the pages of this blog, both you my readers, and the blogger himself, will find inspiration and motivation to cast aside the flesh with all its carnality and weakness, and FACE LIFE WITH GOD!

Happy following!