Monday, April 30, 2012

The Science of God!

Good day to you! Let me go straight to the point by defining science as knowledge, as of facts or principles; knowledge gained by systematic study. This is a tricky one, cos I just flip the God of science to get the science of God. The objective is simple, to help you understand the systematic culture of a constantly dynamic yet consistent God. Now that just made it more complex hahahaha. Anyway let me explain. God is the only unchangeable changer, so we see that he changes everything but he's a constant, if he's a constant, then systematically he can be predicted as unpredictable. The term systematic is a core part of the definition of science, this is because science deals with a body of fact that when subjected to test by anyone, the result would be the same. Hence if we test the hypothesis that 1+1 is 2, its expected that the result would be 2 all over the world. Science insist there must be certainty in out come of event, simply put, science is predictable. Now I know we were told that God is not predictable,however for the purpose of understanding what God is about to do in this generation, we'll be subjection everything we heard about God in the past to test. If you say God is not predictable then God is limited. What do I mean? If God is everything, alpha and omega, first and last, omnipresent and omnipotent, then God is everything hence God is a predictable God. Predictability implies being able to say what the outcome would be. If we constantly cannot hold God down by limiting him by our concepts and definition, then he is predictable by never allowing you predict him. The issue here is God cannot be held down or limited by certain facts, that in itself is certain. If we agree its true then God is predictable by being unpredictable. Where am I going with this you may ask? There is a need to understand how God works, its a common thing to say God cannot be boxed in yet we say his ways are not our ways. If we agree he has ways then we can equally study his ways. God dealt with Abraham,Isaac , jacob, david, Daniel, mishack, Abednigo, Esther etc using faith. Faith is a constant factor in dealing with God. When you study the account of Joseph,you'll see that he had a dream and saw the sun,moon and stars bowing down to him, his family felt insulted based on their limited understanding of the implication of the dream. However neither Joseph's family nor Joseph could predict the process that would lead to the revealing or performance of the dream. In fact Joseph could not have imagined being a prime minister in Egypt cos that would be incomprehensible seeing that he was in cannan and obviously not of Egyptian origin. There are so many things that God says and our minds cannot conceive its possibility, in fact many of us would not write down the details of Johns revelation on the island of pathmos, that's because it doesn't make sense. How often God shows us what he's about to do but we ignore it cos it doesn't make sense. We are a generation of sense racking experts, we know logic and we celebrate degrees. From Bsc to MBA and PhD, either from Harvard or Yale, its all out there. So paying tithe won't make sense neither would the idea that one can die for all make sense. The question is who told you God is a "sensible" God, since when did God start swimming in your ocean of logic? Its so easy for us to use scriptures to justify everything hence we also seek to use Gods word to demand he play by our rules. Common guys, wake up HE is God. From his antecedents we read in the bible, we can systematically prove that he is above board. God has ways and once thing I find interesting is that his ways are not our ways. The bible says the human mind cannot understand the things of the spirit, that means quit analysis of God using your natural or canal mind. Everything God says is true. We might not be able to break it down but trust God cos his word is yea and amen. Remember the bible records that if the devil knew the outcome of the death of Jesus, he won't have followed through with the crucifixion. God is a master planner, in faith we follow him believing that he knows what he's doing. Its important for us as believer to understand the nature of God as a science of walking in ways completely different from ours. When we say God can never fail, we simply declare that cos its proven that God always come through for those that believe in him. I feel ashamed whenever I see the way I easily take the words of my bank manager to heart when he says we'll give you the loan when you apply,same goes for my motto Mechanic,then my laundry man, even the okada man seem to attract more faith than God cos we gladly sit on a bike to be ridden by a boy we don't know, we've never had fore knowledge of his bike training but we just jump on the bike and off he goes, we trust him that he won't fail, we believe the Okada man but we doubt God. What an insult. This is the magnitude of mess we are in. Faith is the cardinal point of walking with God. Faith means believing in what God says. How come you find it so hard to rest in what he says? When would you stop trying and start trusting? Is it possible that all you need is unlocked by faith in God? Can you trust and let God so God can systematically unveil his plan for you? The science of God is the systematic walk of faith. Its historically proven that none can deal with God except you believe. The life of faith is not limited to confessions, its a practical walk. Faith shows in your lifestyle just like fear shows when you panic. Guys, our God is in the business of showing up in every situation but on his own terms. Like the case of Lazarus,Jesus knew he was sick but God had a plan. The seeming inability of Jesus to show up while Lazarus was ill did not negate the certainty of what God was going to do. Not even death could stall the certain resurrection of Lazarus via the hand of Jesus. By implication God is never limited by death or time. Our God is Omnipotent, no situation is beyond him. The science of man entails the ideologies of man, it is process based, similarly the science of God has its own processes, faith is a constant in understanding the science of God. Logic is the constant in human science, the problem begins when we try to use the logic of human science to demand interpretation of the science of God. It won't work. The bible says be transformed by the renewing of your mind. We need to be washed by the word of God,for faith comes by hearing of Gods word. I pray that grace would abound, I call it the grace to know. May God reveal himself in ways you can understand. Above all, may you receive understanding that God is not a man that he would lie. If you can trust your okada man, imagine what would happen of you put that same faith in Jesus. God bless you. Igonoh Godwin 24/04/12

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