Nothing happens by chance. Everything has a purpose in life and for the
ones who have put their trust in God, even the worst scenario will contribute
to greatness like Paul the apostle said in Romans 8.28; and the ones who do not believe, in their
atrocities, are complying, without knowing it, with a promise made by God
because it is shown in the results, despite all the smart ideas, gadgets,
talks, or anything prepared to do away with “anyone who doesn’t think like Me.”
It all has to do with the intentions, and if they are to destroy, they will not
progress, unless God feels them fit for an even greater purpose in the future
of his children whi should never be afraid for He promised it: The
angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and rescues them. O taste
and see that the LORD is good; how blessed is the man who takes refuge in
Him! (Psalm 34.7,8).
I could talk of many experiences I’ve had along my days where God has
shown me His protection in times I was not even doing, perhaps, the best, but I
am going to talk about this latest ones. I had two big desires; one was to be
able to share the good news of Jesus Christ with people without being afraid. I
had heard that in the “latter times,” many would convert from their infidelity
and I wanted to be a source. Not the end times for there are many things that
should happen before those, although nobody really knows the times of anything.
Jesus said just before ascending to the
Father: ”It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed
by His own authority; but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria and even to the remotest part of the earth.” (Acts 1.7-8) And this, my friends, is a promise that
concerns me on what I desired. And it was fulfilled when I met the owner of a
newspaper who gave me the opportunity to write a column in it because he liked
what I wrote. Later, my pastor helped me in opening this blog to reach many
more. My second big desire has just been satisfied when God gave me the chance
to go to the promised land to his chosen ones: the land flowing with milk and
honey (which, by the way it’s not bee’s honey but date’s, which are
delicious) I say God gave me the chance because we just had the money for one
person and thought it would not be possible when I found an entrance to our
bank account of exactly the amount needed, product of money due me that I
wasn’t expecting. Isn’t that a promise fulfilled? Scripture says God
causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who
are called according to His purpose. (Romans 8.28) And I know
everything I write is according to His purpose because I know the relationship
I have with my Lord and Savior that nobody else knows.
I confess that at the beginning of the trip I was a little apprehensive
for the differences we could have, until we started knowing each other. We were
a wonderful group composed of Christians of different denominations who learned
to love one another. Our guide, Gabriel or Gaby, was a Jew whom I call a
walking encyclopedia, originally from Argentina, who spoke several languages,
was really an angel though he said he wasn’t the one he was named after. The
chauffer of the bus that took us around the entire week was an Arab who like
many others who live and work there are great people. I gave him the title of
the greatest man behind a wheel. No one but us could really appreciate the way
they conduct those enormous buses around in such narrow spaces without being
hit. In one of his speeches Gabriel
recognized how well they get along there in spite of their differences,
something the sensationalist press never gives attention to or announce.
The Trip was fantastic. The Holy Spirit was really being felt. In every
place we visited our guide opened his Bible and read not only from the Old
Testament, but also from the New one which authenticated the facts and made us
feel we were really walking on Jesus path. There were people from all over the
world and different languages were heard around. We could communicate with some
and learned of their fortunes and misfortunes. One of them was a German who
suffered under Communist Germany, like me in my country, and though I spoke to
his wife in English, he smiled as if we understood each other. That experience
has led me to know there’s a before and after the Israel experience. It was as
if we were living in the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, after all we all were
there with the same purpose. Nobody complained nor fought over anything. We saw
with our eyes that Prophesies that were made in the Old Testament are true
today with the passing of the years. The
Lord doesn’t lie and everything in the Bible is true. You just have to read it
daily and pray that the He helps you understand it. Jesus said during the
Sermon of the Mount and applies to all of it:
Whoever
then annuls one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the
same shall be called least in the kingdom of Heaven; but whoever keeps and
teaches them shall be called great in the Kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5.19)
We can be
thankful for start living the Kingdom of
heaven right here and now.
Happy thanksgiving!
Are We Fulfilling a Prophesy?
The Golden
Gate
One of the 8th
entrances to the Old city of Jerusalem that was shut down by a Sultan back in
1541 with a Muslim cemetery in front to avoid “the entrance of the Messiah” is
an example of the fulfillment of the Prophesy made more .than two thousand years
ago in Ezekiel 44.2
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