GOD IS EVERYWHERE
The Ten Commandments have been compressed into two: You must love the Lord with all your heart, soul and mind and strength. Love others as much as you love yourself (Mark 12:30-31). God is to be loved in all we are, we live and do. We worship God with our treasure, time and talent; I mean everything. Many Christians worship God with their mouth but not with their heart; worship with their minds and not their souls. Others worship God only in their inner minds but not with their bodies and of course, exclude their pockets (the last thing for Christians to surrender). Is there any part of us that does not deserve to be fully surrendered to God? Some people worship God on Sundays in the Church and the rest days of the week is for them to do whatever that pleases them, even when such behaviors displeases God. Yet character is what we do when nobody is looking at us. Others raise holy hands inside decorated Church buildings and outside that sacred walls; they behave worst than demons. Does that sound like hypocrisy?
Yet our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. God should not be confined to Sundays, quiet times or at crusades and conferences. We should not restrict God to be worshipped in the Church building alone. God is a God of the altars, residences, rooms, houses, roads and fields. When Cain killed and buried Abel his brother in the field, God saw it and even Abel blood cried unto the Lord. When Satan deceived Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit God saw and knew it happened. God was present when King Saul and Israel hid some of Gods belongings to themselves against Gods instructions (1 Sam. 15:9). He was present when King David lust after Bathsheba, Uriahs wife and invited her into her closet; closed the door and made love to her (2 Sam. 11:2-5). God was aware when Uriah was killed at the war zone. In another instance, God said to Israel, there is an accursed thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you (Joshua 7:13b). Indeed, the secret things belong to the Lord, our God (Duet. 29:29).
Our great God is all knowing and sees everything above and under the sun and around it. God sees the rapist when they abuse young teen girls and kill them afterwards. He sees the Boko Haram (Islamic Rebellious group) set fire on Churches and on people as well as property. Even though some institutions and authorities claim ignorance of the havoc caused by this group, God sees and knows. God knows and sees every kidnapper hold someone or people to ransom, demanding fortune, large sum of money that their victims may not even have. Even when such fund is raised at a very short interval, they may still get their victim killed for no reason. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, .(Heb 4:13).
The Psalmist realizing that God is Omnipresent cried out, Where can I go to escape from your Spirit or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend into heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold you are there Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from you; but the night shines as the day; the darkness and light are both alike to you (Psalm 139:7-12). He added, Nothing about me is hidden from you . With your eyes you saw my body being formed .. (vs. 15-16). In life, there is no private closet that is hidden from God. He has access into every place, hidden or exposed. You cannot have God in the Church and keep Him off your home and business. It could be self gratifying to think God does not know what happen within your business or inside your home just because you shut the doors. Dont forget that Jesus entered the room where the disciples assembled even as the doors were shut (John 20:19).
In Daily with the King, June 29, W. Glyn Evans wrote, I cannot say, Lord, save my soul, but leave my mind and heart alone. I cannot offer Him my Spirit but retain the full right to use my body as I wish. I cannot seat Jesus in the parlor of my life but shut Him out of my study, my family room or my bedroom. Many believers become situation or environment Christians when they are in certain places, probably where they are known, they become godlier than in places they are not known. Glyn Evans wrote, F. B. Meyer kept the key of one closet in his life that was off limit to God. Not until he surrendered the key did he have peace and not until the closet was cleansed did he have power. What closets must you surrender to God for His Spirit to move in your life? What hidings keep you a distance from Gods break through? Could it be secret sins, secret idols or double standard lifestyles? Every day, Gods grace avail us the opportunity to come plain and lay our weakness, burdens and cares as well as hidden idols at Jesus feet and He bears them all and frees us from the accursed load.
God is not a part time God; one you relate with at one time and reject or boycott at another. He is God while you enjoy peace of mind and when you are passing through difficulties. He is the God of good times and bad times. Even at that odd and tough time does His kindness and mercy pursue us the more. He is unchangeable God. Little wonder Apostle Paul prayed, Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole Spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thess. 5:23). God is not a situational or circumstantial god. Hes the Lord of all; Maker of heaven and earth. Little wonder Jesus summed the Ten Commandment into two. He specifically mentioned that we love with the heart, the soul, the mind and the strength; I mean with the whole of our being, everything in us.
It is foolishness trying to hide our shortcomings and iniquities from all knowing God. He already knows; just come out of your hiding to the WAY (Gods Son) plain and repenting. He knows what we are struggling with and is ready to wipe your shame and restores you to new life. Jesus is the way up, when you are down. He is God prescribes to us for human moral problem. Do you know Him as the Savior and Lord of all? Make a decision today.
Reach: Evangelist Ogbonnaya, Godswill at weefreeministries@yahoo.com or P.O. Box 720035, Houston, Texas, 77272. Web: www.weefreeministries.org; Phone: 832-881-3929 (c).