Christianity is not about the number of cliche’s you can recite. “Too blessed to be stressed”; “Jesus is the reason.” ” God is good all the time and all the time ….” Nor is it about the number of bible verses you can memorize and auto-repeat. “Blessed are the pure in heart…”, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only…”, “Blessed are the meek for they shall…”

I’m not saying you shouldn’t know or learn biblical scriptures. Because 2 Timothy tells us “to study to show ourselves approve…” And there are going to be times in your life and when you’re involved in the lives of others, “ye though I walk through the valley of the shadow of…” when you’re going to be in need of some encouraging words and all you’ll need to do is, first call on the Lord “please guide my footsteps…” and recall a few of those scriptures from your memory bank to help guide you through the situation. “I will direct your path”. But if you’re going to repeat the scriptures then you need to do so in the context of how, why and the way they were written and meant. And the only way to do that is for you to have experienced some trials, tribulations and gone through some struggles. You have to have gone through some things that left you beat up, battered and left with no way out. You have to have, had a front-row seat to trouble, dismay, destruction and or witnessed sorrow. You have to have, run out of options and then been the recipient of or been a witness to God’s power and presence when he changed it and turned it around. Then when he allowed you to look back on the situation and he shows you where you’ve been and what you’ve come through you begin to understand Gods purpose. God sends “he who is called by his name..” his people, those of us who know him and have personal relationships with him! through things so that we can be “living testimonies” to his faithfulness and promise “never to leave us nor forsake us”.

Our faith, our jobs, our responsibility is to follow in his footsteps, be like him, walk like him, speak like him, and love like him. But most importantly, pray like him. He has always answered the prayers of his people, and when he answers our prayers as he promised he would, all he wants us to do in return is for us to go out and tell the world about his goodness, mercy and what he has done for us in our lives.

It is very clear and whether you believe in God or you don’t.  every one of us from China to Australia, from Africa to America, whether you’re Black, Brown or White, you have a story to tell about a situation, a circumstance or an event in your life or in the life of someone near and dear to your heart or a friend of a friend you know who has gone from an impossible situation to something amazing and completely un-explainable.

There was no way based on physics, law, gravity or otherwise the situation should have turned out positive. It is in those moments when you are witnessing God step in and intercede on ours or their behalf. It is in those moments when God is revealing himself, in order to remind us of his promise to never leave us or forsake us and it is in those moments when God is telling us to stand up and speak up about his goodness, mercy, and Grace. It is also in those moments when we are expected to walk like God. He gives us an opportunity to speak on his behalf and be his voice so that we can lead others to Him.

“To God, I give all the Glory”