THE REAL THING ABOUT YOU

 What is the real thing about you?


But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7)

One day, the body will return to dust but your spirit will continue living hereafter in the Kingdom of God with our Lord, Jesus Christ. So, the real thing about you is not your body or flesh but your spirit. If the real thing about you is your spirit, then you are supposed to give more attention to your spirit. Faith is not of man’s body or flesh but of man’s heart or spirit. In the Bible, the spirit and heart are the same. Pay attention to God’s Word by meditating on it because God’s Word is Spirit and life. The Word of God has the ability to develop a spiritual force in the heart or spirit of man called faith. Faith is what makes you one with God and only faith pleases God.

PRAYER POINT: O Holy Spirit,create in me a pure heart and a right spirit within me that I may focus on You at all times.

We tend to spend more time and attention in taking care of our bodily needs and forget that the body is just a vessel for the real us. The real you is your spirit, when we leave this world, the real us will go away but the body will be left here on earth; to go become the dust it originally was. If we take this into thought, then we will realise that we need to spend more time taking care of the spiritual  more and more.

Let us nurture our soul, make it more comfortable for the Holy Spirit to dwell within us and have fellowship with us.  

I will liken the soul to the engine of a car, the, no matter how good looking the body of  a car is, a professional driver is always concerned about the engine, the engine runs the car. Admit that in the  series The Fast and The Furious, most of the cars used are not the most fancy looking ones, you could see that  the guys were more concerned about the engine. Be more concerned about your engine which is your soul.

Your clock is just a box without the engine, so is your toaster, water heater, stove, bicycle, the casing of your pen without the ink, these and many others make us better appreciate the importance of our soul. The well-being of our soul should never ever be compared with that of our body, a fulfilled soul is better than a perfectly kept body.

Stay blessed.

Let The Spirit Lead

Read this tragic story that shows us the importance of having self control and letting God's spirit control our lives.

Please note that the author's and other character's names in the story have been changed.

Hello readers, My name is John. I had a best friend by name Michael.

Our friendship was stronger than that of brothers, we schooled, ate, played and did everything together and our parents were so proud of us we always stood and fought for each other whenever trouble arose and 'happiness' was our best friend because we were always happy.

One day, I met a beautiful girl in my hometown, we fell in love with each other and she agreed to marry me. We celebrated with  Michael that night. He was so happy for me, you could see it in his eyes....they were glowing. It was like his friend has just being elected as the President of the Republic.

He was going to be my best-man for the wedding, there was no disputing that. We also knew that we were coming to the end of an era even though we were scared of talking about it.
We planned marriage without my knowing that the beginning of my end has come.

As time went on, we got busy planning for our wedding and my best friend was so happy for me, just like I was also hoping he finds his own partner for marriage so that he wouldn't feel so lonely with me now going into marriage.

Few weeks to our wedding, Michael visited my apartment, I was out to get fuel for my car, my fiancee was at home,Michael was not so relaxed with my being absent in the house, he called and asked to leave and come back later, but I asked him to wait at my house until I returned.

To my surprise, I got home and he wasn't there, only for my wife to tell me that my best friend was trying to rape her. I believed her because I loved her so much and this got me so mad. I was pumped up for action....foolishly ignoring the still voice that was asking me to calm down.

Quickly, I drove down to Michael's house and before he could say a word, I hit him with a bottle of flower pot which he sustained a serious brain injury and he got admitted at the hospital.
On going back to my house, I heard my wife speaking on the phone, "Don't worry Joyce, he believed everything I told him and I'm sure they're already fighting now".

Joyce was a girl that was dying to have Michael back in our school days but he didn't want to date her so that our friendship wont be jeopardised.
She was surprised when she ended the call only to see me behind her.

I rushed out without saying a word, running and hoping my best friend forgives me but it all went tragic when the doctors told me he died after a brain surgery. I weep everyday I wake up and I feel like killing myself.

HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO STUPID????
This is what happens, the devil brings spirits of confusion whenever he sees us happy and we fail to realise this.

Pray against the spirit of confusion in your life today, let the spirit of God guide you in all you do.