Footsteps to Zion

What a comfort to know that in our weakness, God's strength ever more shines. It's in those moments that we can really trust in God and believe that it's not about our efforts to gain His love and acceptance rather His nature as the God of Love, upon which we can rest. In the book of Corinthians, Paul writes a letter to a church that is situated in a place that had a reputation for being carnal, lustful and licentious. Amidst all this, the apostle Paul encouraged them by saying that not many wise, mighty and noble are chosen, instead it is the base things of this world that the Lord chooses. We can see that the criteria used in 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 is also applied in many parts of the Bible especially in the Christmas story. We can find four particular persons in the book of Luke that would seem very unlikely to be eligible and yet were chosen to be the vessels in whom John the Baptist and our Lord Jesus Christ would come into this world. 1. Zacharias and Elisabe...

We are all called by God to obtain our inheritance – both in the natural and in the spiritual. It is very important for us to obtain the inheritance of God so we need to really prepare for it. God’s promises are secure. The first principle in obtaining our inheritance is that we need to believe that God’s promises are secure . The Word of God is faithful and true. Psalm 119:89-91 says that His Word stands firm in heaven. His faithfulness extends to every generation and His regulations remain true to this day. The Lord’s desire is to fulfill every detail of His plans and promises in our lives and the lives of the generations to come. Sometimes we forget what God has promised to us so we need to be very careful in guarding His promises in our hearts. Yet even when we forget, the One who made the promise does not forget. One thing that we need to remember is that the fulfillment of the promises of God requires waiting. During the time of Moses, the Israelites waited for 400 yea...