HE STILL SENDS BIRDS : Friday August 28th 2015
Topic:HE STILL SENDS
BIRDS
Memorise: And it shall be, that thou shalt
drink of the brook: and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. 1st
Kings 17:4
Bible Text: 1st Kings 17:2-6
Bible in one year: Genesis 45-46, Romans 1:1-17
Our God is awesome, and His ways
are beyond finding out. Nobody can box God into
a pattern or regimen. He can use
anything He chooses to achieve His purpose on earth. God uses those who are
lowly placed, and He also uses the rich. Luke 8:1-3 tells of
some wealthy women who ministered to Jesus from their resources. Mary Magdalene
and other women blessed by the Lord resolved to serve Him with the resources they had. Are you rich or wealthy? Do you serve the Lord with your substance? Experience has shown that those who have little are the ones who dare to give their all to God. This
was the case with the widow who dropped her mites (Mark 12:41-44). Usually, the rich only give a fraction of what they have because they believe they are giving something
big. However, God does not judge the size, He judges by proportion. Hence, the poor
can give more than the rich in the sight of God, even if what they give is not as much as what the rich have given in quantity. Justifying why the widow’s gift was more than
what the rich gave, Jesus in Mark 12:44 said:
some wealthy women who ministered to Jesus from their resources. Mary Magdalene
and other women blessed by the Lord resolved to serve Him with the resources they had. Are you rich or wealthy? Do you serve the Lord with your substance? Experience has shown that those who have little are the ones who dare to give their all to God. This
was the case with the widow who dropped her mites (Mark 12:41-44). Usually, the rich only give a fraction of what they have because they believe they are giving something
big. However, God does not judge the size, He judges by proportion. Hence, the poor
can give more than the rich in the sight of God, even if what they give is not as much as what the rich have given in quantity. Justifying why the widow’s gift was more than
what the rich gave, Jesus in Mark 12:44 said:
“For all they did cast
in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that
she had, even all her living.”
she had, even all her living.”
Moreover, not only can God use humans to accomplish
His purpose, He can also use animals. In 1st
Kings 17:2-6, God sent ravens to deliver food to His servants, and
they obeyed. We have equally seen Him use birds too. When we began to build
the
Redemption Camp in those early years, there were some trees that provided shade
which I instructed the workers to preserve. Some little birds came in their hundreds of thousands to perch on these trees. Whenever they descended on them, there would be
no leaves left on the trees the following day. They were also very noisy. I wondered if
they were demonic birds. Some of my children who had guns would enter their midst and fire some shots; yet, they refused to go away. Some birds were hit by the fired bullets and dropped dead, but the rest stayed on. At some point, it appeared the more they were
killed, the more they multiplied! The situation became unbearable. I therefore called on God to help us one morning. That evening, several eagles came and began to eat them
up. Within hours, there was not a single one of them left. God has not stopped using
birds! If He needs to send birds to meet your needs, He will do so; but you need to show Him that you can serve Him with all He has given you. How faithfully have you served God? To what extent can you risk your life and all He has given to you for His service?
Redemption Camp in those early years, there were some trees that provided shade
which I instructed the workers to preserve. Some little birds came in their hundreds of thousands to perch on these trees. Whenever they descended on them, there would be
no leaves left on the trees the following day. They were also very noisy. I wondered if
they were demonic birds. Some of my children who had guns would enter their midst and fire some shots; yet, they refused to go away. Some birds were hit by the fired bullets and dropped dead, but the rest stayed on. At some point, it appeared the more they were
killed, the more they multiplied! The situation became unbearable. I therefore called on God to help us one morning. That evening, several eagles came and began to eat them
up. Within hours, there was not a single one of them left. God has not stopped using
birds! If He needs to send birds to meet your needs, He will do so; but you need to show Him that you can serve Him with all He has given you. How faithfully have you served God? To what extent can you risk your life and all He has given to you for His service?
Key Point:God can mobilise all of His resources to satisfy the needs of those who can give Him their all.
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