Get Up. We Have Work To Do

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"Wake up. Wake up", he said.

I rubbed the crust off my eyes and sat up. He stood, smiling at me, beckoning on me to grab onto him with his outstretched hand.

"Who are you?", I asked, though I knew the answer already.

"Get up. We have work to do".

I tried to stand up, but then something struck my mind. Why did he come now that my room was dirty? I looked around at the mess that was all over the floor. Books in disarray, empty bottles from parties three weeks ago, sour food and bread crumbs, sweaty shirts and smelly socks. He was supposed to have waited, waited till I had cleaned this room up; till I was ready to welcome him. But there he was, standing beside my bed.

" Sir, you came in too early. I need some time to get myself together", I argued

"Get up, boy. Time is ticking", he said calmly.

" But sir, I'm not ready for you. You would have to come back", I said persisting.

"I'm already here. I have seen the filth and I'm still here", he replied looking straight into my eyes.

" Sir, the neighbors would say I'm not befitting of you. They would call me a hypocrite. I'm not as clean as the rest of your children".

"I love you and I came to visit you. Is that not enough?", he asked, each word piercing my heart.

" It is but... "

"Should I leave?", he asked softly.

His question stopped me dead in my excuses. For once I stared at him intensely and then I saw his hands. On them were two scars, one on each palm. But it was what he held in those hands that struck me.

In his right hand was a broom. He had come not just to visit, but to help me clean. To help me clean up the very things that keep me away from me. I thought he would shout at me for being so filthy, but that was not the case. He was here to help me clean.

On his left hand was a mop. Every stain on the floor of my room, he came to wipe away himself. Every time I spilled my food, or my drink. All the days I was too busy to clean up, he came to do it for me.

So, maybe you think you have to clean yourself up and become holy, before Jesus would accept you. That is a lie. The only way you can let go of a sinful life is by His help.

Come to Him today. He's standing by your bedside, with a broom, saying to you,

" Get up. We have work to do".

Confused?

Word!!!!


Hello.

We all get confused when it's time to make hard decisions. I hope this post gives you the wisdom you need to take the right steps towards your glorious future.


Do you remember Daniel in the Bible? He was offered the finest food in Babylon, to wine and dine from the same plate as the Great King of the East.I guess there was nothing wrong if Daniel ate the king's food. It was just food. God won't have been so angry would He?


The lecturer is asking for some money to ensure I don't fail. It's not necessarily a bribe because after all, you didn't want to pay. He demanded it. God would judge Him. But me? I have no choice. God wouldn't mind, would he?


Tayo says I should sleep with him or he would leave me. My Tayo. After he finally proposed to me. Imagine what my friends would say. I can't lose my man. No way. After all the prayers and fasting. God would understand. 


Think of Joseph. He was serving his master well and God was uplifting him. Then his madam was ordering him to sleep with her. His madam. He should be an obedient servant because, after all, why should he climb so far up the ladder, just to fall back down. Nobody had to know. It's called keeping your job, isn't it?


I'm sure that even if I cut corners, take a bribe, have sex before marriage, say one or two lies, as far as it is for the betterment of my life and for my progress, it's okay. After all God says we should be wise. And He wants my life to prosper. No matter what.


Well, before you make that decision remember Daniel in the Bible. 

8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank;


And remember what Joseph said to Potiphar's wife. 

How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”


 
I pray you get wisdom and direction to make the right decision, in Jesus name. Shalom.

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