Heavens ...it opens!!

Christmas..............thats what December brings along with it every year...Time to be free,relaxed,looking at where we stand..taking new commitments for the new year..The last 31 days are really greatly anticipated..Let me just ask you as one year is going to pass us by..

HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE BLESSED THROUGH YOU??

TO HOW MANY HAVE WE TOLD THE GOOD NEWS??

Have we faithfully done what He expects from us..

Let me not take much of your time..Christ is in us coz Heavens were open to us..allow me to elaborate a bit..

Jacob feared Esau after being blessed by Isaac.Though we are blessed there are many things which we fer of rite??Blessings doesnt take our fear away many a time..but blessings will always lead you to Him..Jacob fearful could not walk a bit more as it became so dark..Fleeing from home in fear..dont know what will happen next..In the place called Luz..he took one stone from there and started sleeping..heavens were opened to Him...Luz turned put to be Bethel!!

Stephen was being "stoned" for speaking the goodnews..Is there anyone out being 'Stoned" by the world for fearlessly being a witness of Christ..Pain was excruciating......but.but..Stephen "Full of the Holy Ghost" looked up and saw the heavens opened!!!The earthly pain didnt prevent the heavens from being opened!!

John,the disciple whom Christ loved the most was exiled to Patmos..All around Him were bones and no one else.. the fellowhip He was missing..he was missing his "children'..a lot.Noone to sing with Him..pray with Him..but..hallejujah..heavens opened..Patmos truned out to be the REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST!!!

To make it short..Fear of man or future...pain from the stoning world..loneliness in an island nothing prevented Heavens being opened..Thats what Happened in that hour also when Christ was born in this world..The sins in the world..the pain He was going to undergoe..The rejection he was gonna get,the betrayal from his close aids..Nothing prevented the Heavens from being opened as someone said"the Love for His children was greater than the pain of the journey!!"

This season its my earnest prayer and I believe this is His will that in midst of all you face..The happiness,sorrows,sickness,loneliness..YOU WILL SEE THE HEAVENS OPENED
Amen...Have a great season of Christmas and a may God give us grace to step into 2007 with so much of grace!!
With love and prayersMaranathaBenjamin,Anita,Anila and Ashley
http://ashleybenjamin.blogspot.com/

Tired??have wings;-)

Tired???
Elijah after the single man victory slew the prophets of baal,who spread evil amongst God's people ,ran to the top of Mount Carmel.Its easy sliding down or walking down..its always hard walking up!!!Elijah climbed on the top and placed His head between His feet and started praying,He only got up after He saw his servant reported a small cloud..a small sign..hallelujah...Let me tell a mystery and proceed..never get up from ur time with God unless you perceive a small sign..a small cloud..Down came Elijah.he asked the king to go fast as the rain approached.The Bible is very clear wen we see ELIJAH reached on foot faster than ahab on the chariots~~

Philip was asked by the Lord to go to the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.Purpose to proclaim the goodnews to Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. The talk ended in the baptism of this official..see what happened next"When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away"..the transport of Philip was a greater one than the rich ethiopian...

Christ the image of God..who came down as a man dispersed the crowds after a busy day and went up a mountain to pray...He was not too tired to wait in His Father's feet..See Him walking on the waters coming at the fourth watch of the night to the weary ,torn down disciples..

All these people lived in flesh...but they waited..they were not too tired that they never waited..
The secret was seen by Isaiah when He said30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

The secret is when the world walks on their foot...move in their chariots,the child of God who waits for God..O I cant type this...Who hopes in the Lord..that little boy with polio,that diseased ladywith paralysis,the discouraged soul when they wait on God..they neednt walk..but they will have wings...wings that take you ahead of ahab,wings that take you to the divine service,wings that enable you to walk on water..

THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS LIKE EAGLES they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Do u walk and get tired...Its time to wait and mount up with WINGS!!!God bless you through His word

Its all HiM!!!

Noah was asked to build an ark,the design was God's ,He was the chief architect.The wood prescibed was Gopher ,who all should be inside,the measurements of everything to be used,everything was given by God.The mind was God's,His hand had the resources,Noah had to build.

Moses was asked to build a tabernacle,so that God could dwell amongst His people.The specification was His,God was the chief architect.Moses was not person to build it.Bezelel was given that intelligent Spirit.In Short it was in God's mind,the resources were in God's hand,Moses had to execute.

God wont ask neither will He lead you to go through a path which His mind has not seen nor His hands short of resources.If he asks you to do something...always understand this truth..IT is in His mind and resources are in His Hands!!!

Come to the womb of your mom....He had a design,His hands carefully knit you,those nerve fibres to grow,those tendons to shape you...absolutely everything.No interference from outside...He saw a temple for Him to dwell....You were in God's mind,the resources were His..HE HIMSELF had to work....

Come to the cross..it was in the mind of God....crucifixtion was the cup Jesus saw in the garden of gethsamane...it was in God's mind,He himself did it..


Psalmist saw this understood these and sang
"The earth and its fulness belongs to God"..........
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
How precious to [b] me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

Endnote:Many a time we give a lot of credit to man made structures....we give lot of credit to instruments who carry out God's plan..Have we apreciated the work which He Himself carried out on the Cross??Have we apprecaited and lived according to what He did in your mother's womb??
ITS ALL IN HIS MIND..ITS ALL IN HIS HANDS.........

Stay and Go!!

Christ after He rose again from the dead appered to the disciples for 40 days..He was proving to them that He was alive when He appeared to them when the doors were shut..Let me not proceed from here without telling you that..werent there times when we felt ourselves afraid,shut in...we didnt ask him to come.we acted as if He was dead..BUT HE CAME>>>Whispering PEace...........showing those scars of love,talking to us and we felt our hearts burning...restoring us when we ate of His provision,blessed us and we were filled with joy...ITS JESUS.....WHO IS ALIVE...for you and me..

He specified two things that caught my attention..he asked His disciples not to hurry but tarry.....Stay in Jerusalem,till you are clothed with power from above..feeling void??comfortless?powerless??dont be in hurry....lets stop....stop from our routine...We need to get clothed.If you dont have power..its equivalent to nakedness..We all love being clothed except for some perverts who take shame in their nakedness....We take time to clothe..we wash oursleves..we take time selcting the best cloth...Child of God,its time to get clothed from above...How??WAIT....Be still..dont b in a hurry...wash yourself..wait..He is faithful to clothe us

Then He said"GO...."....after getting clothed we dont stay idle..we go...go into the world...When people see us..they see us with our Clothes put on...The heavenly power displayed in our lives..The grace that is shining on your face..the calmness we have in solving problems..The sanctity by which we conduct ourselves..
Yes...take time..dont be ina hurry.....First experience the risen Christ..Stay where you are till you are clothed..Go into the world.........He is coming soon to take us....

Jesus, keep me near the cross,
There a precious fountainFree to all,
a healing streamFlows from Calvary’s mountain.
Refrain
In the cross, in the cross,Be my gloryever;
Till my raptured soul shall findRest beyond the river.

Near the cross, a trembling soul,
Love and mercy found me;
There the bright and morning star
Sheds its beams around me.Refrain

Near the cross! O Lamb of God,
Bring its scenes before me;
Help me walk from day to day,
With its shadows o’er me.
Refrain

Near the cross I’ll watch and wait
Hoping, trusting ever,
Till I reach the golden strand,
Just beyond the river.Refrain