S.H.A.P.E. (2)

Sat, 5 Nov 2022

‘As slaves of Christ, do the will of God with all your heart.’ Ephesians 6:6

The letter H represents your heart. What do you have a heart for or feel passionate about? As a Jew, Paul was passionate about reaching the Jewish people: ‘The longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved. I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal. For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with Himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law. For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given. As a result, all who believe in Him are made right with God.’ (Romans 10:1–4 NLT)

You say, ‘Does that mean I must be in the ministry to know and do God’s will?’ No. Nelson Mandela was so passionate about freeing his people from the evils of apartheid that he was willing to spend twenty-seven years in prison to bring it about. When your heart begins to ask, ‘What can I do to change this situation?’ you may be discovering God’s will for you.

The people who have made this world a better place all asked that question. Thomas Edison answered it by giving the world incandescent light. Henry Ford answered it by giving the world the car. First, Nehemiah wept over the ruins of Jerusalem; then he rebuilt its walls. What moves you? What’s in your heart? In answering that question, you may discover God’s will for your life.

Btruth:
‘As slaves of Christ, do the will of God with all your heart.’ Ephesians 6:6

1. You say, ‘Does that mean I must be in the ministry to know and do God’s will?’ No. Nelson Mandela was so passionate about freeing his people from the evils of apartheid that he was willing to spend twenty-seven years in prison to bring it about. When your heart begins to ask, ‘What can I do to change this situation?’ you may be discovering God’s will for you.

2. The people who have made this world a better place all asked that question. Thomas Edison answered it by giving the world incandescent light. Henry Ford answered it by giving the world the car.

3. First, Nehemiah wept over the ruins of Jerusalem; then he rebuilt its walls. What moves you? What’s in your heart? In answering that question, you may discover God’s will for your life.

This is very misleading nonsense... Hitler was also passionate about raising the German people as a race above all others and he was willing to sacrifice his own conscience for it. Does that also mean Hitler's passion had to do with God? So why would you pretend that the Mandela analogy works as far as doing the work that God has called His followers to do?

2. What have these ideas of yours about those who you claim have made this world better to do with that which Jesus Christ calls people to do in the Kingdom of God, a kingdom that is not of this world?

3. What has Nehemiah's rebuilding of the ruins of Jerusalem to do with your ideas regarding people in other parts of the world who are not part of God's own Nation abeg?