DIVINE CONNECTIONS

Have you ever thought of the people that you’ve met? Does it ever occur to you that you are connected to them in one way or the other? It is either they break you or make you. Some of them come into your life because God will use them to introduce another person into your life. God promised never to leave you or forsake you and He said He knew you from the foundation of the world and he called you and ordained you to be His. At times we don’t see the hand of God during some of these divine connections but when we go through the process we rejoice seeing step by step how God did everything. The most important part of these divine connections is for those you meet to see Christ in you and come into a relationship with Him or for you to impart them with a gift God is directing you to share. Joseph’s life started off well but when he had his dreams, his brothers hated him (Genesis 37:5-11). When Israel sent Joseph to check on his brothers they caught him and threw him in a well but when the saw some merchants going to Egypt they sold him off to them. Had Joseph been in the well may be he would have died or if Reuben had saved him his brothers would have look for another cruel way to hurt him. In Egypt Joseph became Potiphar’s servant and his master loved him because God was with Joseph and so he prospered Genesis 39:2-4 “ And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.3. And the master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hands. 4. And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

Because Joseph worked for Potiphar his household experienced remarkable increase in everything he had both at home and in the field. And Potiphar knew right away that it was because of Joseph but Joseph has to go somewhere else and spread the glory he carried and Potiphar’s wife now comes in to send him to prison just so he can make use of his gift of dream interpretation. Even the prison warden saw the hand of God on Joseph’s life (Genesis 39:21-23). When he interpreted the dreams of the king’s baker and butler and everything came to pass accordingly it was time for him to meet the king and thus he ended up as the prime minister of Egypt (Genesis 40 &41). Everything was neatly put together by God Himself and His hand was always upon Joseph’s life even in times of trial Joseph found favour before everyone that came his way. One thing is certain, these people didn’t look at Joseph’s countenance they saw the Spirit of the living God in him, that is why they could trust him with everything they had and were given charge over. When Melchizedek visited Abraham, Abraham saw the Spirit of God in him and he received a promise of a son which came to pass.

When Moses as a baby was put in a basket and kept at the river banks, it was for a purpose; it was first of all to save his life and then to open his eyes to the plight of the Israelites. When God called him to set the Israelites free from the bondage of slavery only then did Moses understand that God had called him for a time as this (Exodus 2 & 3). Our lives are well knit out by our Abba to suit His purpose for our lives and never curse in times of trials because he promised to bring you to an expected end.

God wanted His name to be glorified through the keeper of the prison where Paul and Silas were locked up and so He put a song of praise and words of prayers in their hearts. They sang and prayed and all the doors were opened but because Paul and Silas didn’t escape alongside the other prisoners, the warden Believed in Jesus as well his entire household (Acts 16: 23-33).

Acts 8: 26-40 tells us Philips experience with the Ethiopian eunuch. God specifically instructed him to go toward the South towards Jerusalem but near Gaza a desert region and when he obeyed; there he found an Ethiopian eunuch of high authority reading the book of Isaiah. The Spirit instructed Philip to go near which he did and realized the man could not understand what he was reading from the book. And so Philip preached Jesus to him which he believed and got baptized in a nearby river and went away rejoicing even though Philip had disappeared right after the baptism.  

Because we are one in the Body of Christ and Jesus is the head, God brings us divine connections to show forth His power, glory and grace in the lives of those we meet. Whoever you meet even if it’s just for a short while, make them see Christ in your smile, love and care and if possible your words should speak tons of who you are in Christ because that person was sent by God to you. You may be sowing a seed in their lives by those little gestures which will reap tons of fruits. Wherever you find yourself dear brethren, sow seeds of love, peace, kindness, patience, joy etc and see how God uses it for His glory. The steps of the righteous are ordered by the Lord and God’s take delight in his ways (paraphrased) Psalm 37:23.

Be Blessed in Jesus name!!!