What am I doing here with this sheet of supposed sins in my hand I wondered?
I don’t drink, I don't smoke, I don’t fornicate, I don’t steal, I am righteous. Others should be here not me.
It was finally my turn to face the Man.
I placed my sheet before Him, He glanced at it and sighed softly. He looked at me and calmly said, ‘Guilty of idol worship.'
Imagine my anger, my fury, my indignation. I jumped out of the chair and said ‘Of course not! Check the sheet again, check the name, It can't be mine.’
He sighed again and mentioned one of my names that no one knows.
I would not be stopped. It's impossible’ I yelled. I worship only God, the Most High, Maker of heaven and earth, the King of kings and Lord of lords. I bow down to none, I have no talisman, no amulet, no pot underneath my bed.
‘You are guilty of idol worship’ He repeated calmly.
He looked at me, I looked at Him. It seemed like forever. The room was silent. I could hear the clock ticking.
Then slowly I understood.
- I am never late for bus/train station or air flight but I am always late to church - I blinked.
- My payments to services I enjoy eg: Dstv, phone bills etc, are never late but I haven’t given offerings/tithes in three months - I looked down.
- When meeting one of our local chiefs last week I would not even pick a call in the presence of earthly royalty, but I WhatsApp in church
- I wouldn’t interrupt my performance appraisal with my boss for anything but I missed church last week because of a series on TV
- I wouldn’t let a day end without talking to my spouse but today I just said Hi God, Bye God. And I didn’t even pray last night - The room began to feel hot.
- I would never miss going to the bank because of the weather but I missed fellowship on Tuesday and Thursday because it was drizzling .
- I would wear my party colors to party meetings and not care what anyone thought of me but I hate to talk to my workmates about God because of what they will think of me.
- I always have the latest tech gadget you can think of but my bible is so worn out. I can’t even find the book of Jude in my bible anymore.
- The last thing to touch before going to bed is my phone and the first thing in the morning....chating on whatapp or replying offline messages. And never bordering to talk with God or reading His word.
- I felt so hot in the room, a nervous sweat on my forehead, I felt so ill and weak, all of my anger and self-righteousness was gone, leaving immense guilt in its wake.
I slowly got off the chair and knelt by His feet and said ‘I am sorry, I am guilty as charged, Guilty of idol worship, guilty of placing others; humans, technology before You. I am guilty of idol worship.’
He smiled gently, looked at me with those passionate eyes of His full of love and He gave me a fresh sheet!and said, Deliver souls!!
If time would permit u, u can also share or inform others to alert them as I know they are not aware of what they are doing.
God bless you as you share to deliver souls with me. Amen. Pls go through the Eleven rules to check your self righteousness.
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ELEVEN RULES FOR ALL CHRISTIANS..... this will help you to Check Your Self righteousness; if you really want to make it into the Kingdom of God
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1. Don't ignore daily reading of God's Word and meditation, it has great potency to renew your mind against evil thoughts and fear.
2. Don't excuse daily secret prayers, it is the life breath of the Christian life. If you don't pray you become prey to sin and Satan.
3. Don't habit talkertiveness, fight against it and remain discipline in words. Talkertiveness breeds spiritual weakness and emptiness.
4. Surround yourself with praying brethren, people that desire more of God. It gives you appetite for more of God.
5. Don't speak evil of others, neither envy the grace of God on others. Praise them and bless them, for whatsoever you sow shall you reap.
6. Love all, do the works of love by paying evil with good. By this shall all men know that you are a true Christian.
7. Shun hypocrisy, never present yourself to others in falsehood. Hypocrites never grow in grace, but they grow in guilt.
8. My beloved brethren, never you exalt activities for God above your personal fellowship with God. Many are working for God but are not walking with God. It ends in great disappointment.
9. Cry to God whenever you stop hearing from God. For Christ's sheep hear his voice.
10. Rescue the perishing, for soul winners are people putting smile on Christ's face. Win a soul to Jesus!
11. Never praise yourself, there is an invisible eyes that watch your motives of doing things. Becareful what you say about yourself, let others talk about you.
Make sure you have these rules, and I pray you should meditate on them one by one everyday if kingdom of God is your number one priority.
