Why feel it is over?

   If you have a serious problem(e.g an illness), and someone gave 

you a solution to that problem, won’t you take it as fast as you 

can? Then why is it that when someone tells you the solution to 

every problem is ‘Jesus’, you don’t want to take it? Has Jesus done 

you any harm? Try him out. Most people want a solution to their 

problems but the moment you bring up Jesus, they are offended. 

My dear friends, there is a cure to every sickness, there is a miracle 

to every impossibility, there is a healing to every disability. This 

exceptional solution is called ‘JESUS’. 

*The reason:                    

       The main reason we feel discouraged and hopeless in this life 

is because the devil has literally looked into our future and 

knowing the wonderful plans God has for us, he(the devil) decides 

to put discouraging thoughts in our minds through ‘worry’. The 

only way the devil works is by manipulating your thoughts. satan 

uses the least opportunity to instill fear in you through your 

thoughts. But if you truly understand that you are a child of the 

most precious living father, your hope remains alive. Only Jesus 

keeps that hope alive in you. Don’t worry. Worry is an effect of 

fear and that is what the devil is good at. He instills fear in you 

which leads you into worrying. Always think about the better 

things that have happened to you; not the bad things. Jess always 

wants you to look at the bright side but satan always reminds you 

of the bad side so that you can worry and give up. People, God has 

a plan for you all. The Bible says “I know the plans I have for you, 

plans to prosper you and not to fail you” (Jer 29:11). God says HE 

knows, not you know. HE knows. Doesn't that mean something 

wonderful? Jehovah knows the plans he has for us. So, if the 

creator knows the plans he has for us, why then should we worry 

over little thing when he got everything under control. Let me put 

it this way. All human problems bundled up together is absolutely 

nothing to God. So if we worry, it implies that we are doubting our 

Heavenly father's capability. Take a look at the cheap birds in the 

air.  Are we not of more value than them? So, if God can provide 

daily food to these cheap birds, why on earth won't he provide for 

us who were created in his image. Therefore, we should count 

ourselves blessed and of great importance because we has and will 

continue to provide. The English standard version bible clearly 

says and I quote "look at the birds of the air, they neither sow nor 

reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly father feeds 

them. Are you not of more value than they"? (Matt 6:26). 

As you can see, guys, I am not making these things up. It is clearly 

stated in the bible(God's holy scripture). We have got to claim 

what is rightly ours and shame this creature of the devil who thinks 

he can mislead us. Let me say this like some of my African-

American friends "The Lord got your back. Ain't nothing to be 

trippin' about. He got your back". Amazing, don't you think? We 

are kings and priests on this earth and Jesus restored that power 

and dominion to us which was once lost so that we could have 

dominion over the earth and commune in fellowship with our most 

precious father(God). Therefore, there is absolutely no reason to 

give up on God or on ourselves because he is the same God and he 

is always watching us. That is the gospel truth. 

*The feeling you are a failure:

      Let’s be honest with ourselves. One of the main reasons we 

feel it is over is because we feel like losers in this life. And the 

main reason we feel like losers is because we have not 

accomplished as much as our friends have. For instance your 

friend already has a Masters degree but you don’t. Your friend is 

already married but you are not yet. Your friend has this wonderful 

high paying job but your job barely makes ends meet. Your 

friend has a big house but you have a one bedroom apartment. 

Your friend is a famous rich preacher, your are regular preacher in 

a small town living a comfortable life. Let me make something 

crystal clear. If you are defining your achievements in life based 

on the achievements of your friends or neighbors, then you don't 

even know the real meaning of achievement. Achievement is more 

of an inner(spiritual) goal. It is more of an inward 

accomplishment. Haven't you met people who look well 

accomplished in life(externally) but would tell you they are not 

satisfied(internally)? That is because something is missing on the 

inside. And my friend, that missing thing is Jesus. Peace of mind is 

the most accomplished factor that any human being can have. And 

only Jesus gives that peace of mind. The Bible says "you will go 

out in joy and be led forth in peace(Is 55:12a). People, we are 

winners. We are survivors. Jesus is your survivor. Jesus is your 

winner. I mean, don’t we have rich people out there who are still 

not happy? What are they lacking? Do they have a piece of mind? 

Don’t we have married people with smart kids who are still not 

happy? Don’t we have successful business men out there who are 

still not happy? The question is "do they have what it takes to be 

happy"? Do they have Jesus? Now, am I saying it is bad to be rich 

or successful? Definitely not. Success in life and after life depends 

on your relationship with Jesus. Jesus=Grace=Happiness. 

       A friend of mine(Christelle Jap) taught me this equation of 

recent i.e Grace + 0 = Everything. In other words, Jesus + 0 = 

Everything OR Jesus + nothing = everything. This can further be 

explained by the simple equation Jesus + something = nothing. 

Now, I am not trying to teach Math here(even though it is not a 

bad idea to teach religious math. LOL). The main point I am 

making is is that Jesus is everything. Everything you have in your 

life now is based on Jesus’ decision to give you. Your time is 

coming according to God’s watch. As the famous preacher Joyce 

Meyer said “don’t settle for anything less”. Therefore, henceforth, 

your prayer should be "God, thank you for already saying yes to 

this". It is done. Just thank him, praise him. Thank him, praise him. 

Thank him, praise him. Let me say it one more time "thank him, 

praise him". 

*When we ask God for something:

       When you ask God for something, he will give it to you 

according to his will. When you ask God for something, there are 

most likely 2 answers. The answers are either 'Yes now' or 'yes not 

now(wait)'. If he says 'yes now', it means that he has responded 

immediately and therefore we should thank him for it. If he says 

‘yes not now’, it means he has responded but not immediately. So, 

what we need to do in this case is to thank him in advance and 

declare that it is done. When God says 'yes, not now', it is not 

because he hates you. He knows that particular time of request is 

not the best moment to receive it. He knows the future and knows 

what consequences that thing may have on you at that particular 

point in time. Recall that God always keeps us in suspense. That’s 

just the way he is. Whenever you least expect of something, that is 

usually when God gives you that thing. Sometimes, we ask God for 

something and get it 5 or 10 years later and then we even forget 

that we had asked him for that thing. Thousands of years to God 

is nothing. 5 years to God could be 5 days, 400 years to God could 

be compared to 400 days or 400 minutes.          

       The fact is that God is the beginning (John 1:1). He started 

everything in the beginning (Gen 1:1). Most often, we say things 

and take it just the way it is but if we actually seat and reflect for a 

moment(i.e meditate) what statements really mean, we will be 

amazed. That statement "God is the beginning and the end" alone 

is very meaningful. It means he is the all and all. God is the 

beginning, before the beginning itself was God. God is the end and 

after the end is still God. So you see, he is all-round the clock. God 

is also the 'today'. The bible tells us that God the father referred 

himself to Moses as 'I am who I am'(Ex 3:14). Therefore, God is 

still our today. God is the ‘I AM’. So, in conclusion, God is the 'I 

was'(the beginning), God is the 'I will be'(the end), and God is the 'I 

am'(today). 

      

       Out of God came the beginning. So a century to him may 

seem like a hundred days or a hundred hours. So, when we ask God 

for something in this lifetime, and he makes us to wait, he alone 

knows the reason for making us to wait. And therefore, we must 

exercise ‘patience’. God is the Alpha and Omega, the first and the 

last. In fact, God is the ‘before-first’ and ‘the after-last’. Therefore, 

any good thing that we will receive in this life is from God the 

creator. That is the gospel truth. 

*High expectations:

     One of the reasons we feel like it is over(no hope) is because we 

think that God's expectations are high. Thus, we tend to give up 

completely. We keep thinking that God expects too much from us 

simply because of what the laws and commandments have to offer. 

But, let me make something crystal clear. The only thing we need 

to do is to sincerely submit our hearts to Jesus, and he(Jesus) will 

do the rest. Like I said before, Jesus is the solution to everything. 

In fact, Jesus is everything and until the day we understand this, we 

will never truly understand what God expects from us. Until that 

blessed day that we truly embrace the fact that Jesus is all we need 

for eternal prosperity, we won't be able to tell if we are going to 

heaven or hell.  Once you sincerely accept Christ in your heart, 

you become very confident that you will go to heaven. "Therefore, 

brothers and sisters…we have confidence to enter the most Holy 

place by the blood of Jesus…"(Heb 10:19). I am not making this 

up. This sentence is a direct quote from the bible. It clearly says 

that we have confidence to enter heaven by the blood of Jesus. 

Therefore, if we sincerely accept Jesus, it means we are covered by 

his blood and if we are covered by his blood, it means we shall go 

to heaven. So why does religion keep making us think that we need 

to follow laws to enter into the holy of holies? What kind of 

doctrine is that? Now I know some people are going to argue, 

saying that Jesus supported the laws. I want us to be very careful 

with what Jesus said about the laws and how he said them. 

     When Jesus said "I have come not to destroy the laws but to 

fulfill them"(Matt 5:17), he didn't imply that we should follow 

them. He meant he came for him alone to fulfill them, which he 

did. If Jesus wanted everyone to fulfill the laws, he would have 

said "I have come not to destroy the law but for us to fulfill them". 

He respected all the 613 laws which no human being could ever do 

or will ever do. That is why he had pity on us and gave us 'grace' so 

that we wouldn't be condemned by the law anymore, but freely 

come into Heaven. Yet, christians are denying this free gift from 

God and killing themselves with numerous laws they will never 

attend. 

      Now, have I said that God doesn't expect us to do good(as 

explained in the law)? Nope! What I am saying is that you should 

first accept Jesus and then he will do the good(found in the laws) 

for you. No one can do good by himself. The moment you go 

against one good law, you would feel guilty of sin and that is 

exactly how satan traps you. But with Jesus, forgiveness is easy. 

The main reason God gave the laws was to make the jews feel 

guilty of sin. By the way, the laws were given strictly to the 

jews(see Ex 20 - Ex 25). So why are we(non jews) even following 

laws which were not given to us? Do you know that there are over 

613 laws? Who on earth can obey all these laws? My dear brothers 

and sisters in the Lord, the laws no longer define our 

righteousness, Grace(Jesus) does. That is why (Rom 6:14) clearly 

states that "we are no longer under the law but under Grace". And 

(Rom 10:4) says "Christ is the end of the law so that there may be 

righteousness for everyone who believes". My goodness, what 

more do we want? 

    My dear friends, let no one deceive you that God's expectations 

are too high and above our ability. Everyone has been given a free 

gift to eternal prosperity, here and in Heaven. The question is "do 

you accept it"? This free gift is called Grace(Jesus). All you have 

to do is accept it and Jesus will work through you to the point 

where you will never give up on him or on yourself. Man, God 

loves you more than you can even imagine.