the watcher

Psalm 43:2 For thou [art] the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? David is a very good example of one who has faced oppression from enemies. We may want to blame David for complaining, having that feeling that God is not there. Have you really faced what He faced? The early believers faced real oppression. We understand that many of them from Stephen to all the other apostles, were martyed for their faith. The struggles of believers today has not been that great compared to those days. Notwithstanding some are yet being killed for their faith while others are persecuted and denied their freedom and rights because of their faith. In the midst of all these many are still living the complacent christian life, this being because of the spread of acceptance and generalization of the faith in many areas. We should remember that people paid the price up to their lives for us to enjoy this. When the church came into politics ...

Psalm 42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Have you been asked that question? Most times a mockery of your faith. When people see you going through challenges. It could come from anyone. Job's wife asked him to curse God and die! I remember my dad narrating to us an attitude of a man he worked with. For anything that looked like a challenge to my dad then at work, the man would say, "see, your God has failed you". David faced this kind of mockery, within his family, from the king, from Goliath and other adversaries, yet he did not let them weigh him down. His heart still longed after his God like the deer for water. The sons of Korah must have experienced such testimony or have learnt from David, for they knew to turn to God. Why would he not be called a man after God's heart? Can we be called a people after God's heart? Or has something else taken God's place in our lives? Psalm 42:8 [Yet] the LORD will comman...

Psalm 41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. Like David, have you experienced betrayal? Surely for Christ experienced the same, the one He called a disciple was to betray Him with a kiss, while the one He was to make the commander denied Him thrice. John 2:24-25 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all [men], And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man. We cannot do without people, we all need friends, people in different aspects of our lives. However, we must know the one true friend: John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. He is the true friend, all He asks is that we dwell in obedience, for that is your part of the friendship. He paid the ultimate price. John 15:13-14 Greater love hath no man than this, that a ma...

Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. This is one of the most difficult parts of the believers walk. To wait on the Lord. I that write still struggle with this. How patient can we be living in this fast paced world? Some have thus called the Lord slow, why has the Lord delayed, why has He not answered my prayers, why has He not given me x or y? Truly it is not easy to wait, yet the waiting is the patience, it is part of our christian walk. For without patience we cannot be perfect and wanting nothing: James 1:4 But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. Without this singular attribute of God's Spirit we cannot finish well: Luke 8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep [it], and bring forth fruit with patience. Luke 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls. All those who walked in patience were able to fulfill God...

Psalm 39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am]. What will make a man so proud, to think so highly of "self", can we estimate what we are, what our flesh/self is worth? Psalm 39 says that at the highest peak of man's achievement, man is still vanity. Psalm 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah. Psalms 39:5(NLT) You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.” How foolish to keep acquiring riches, heaping and heaping them, how foolish are those politicians and people in power who loot and cart away common wealth. How much of it will they spend or enjoy. They die and pass away most times from sicknesses and diseases that money cannot heal them of. They live in pain, falsehood and fear. Worst...

Psalm 38:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. We know that the coming of the Messiah, His death and resurrection brought us out of the bondage of sin and death. This miracle David did not experience so we understand his prayers in Psalm 38. However every wrong doing has its repercussion, for the Lord has put things in place for He is the creator. There is a reward for all our actions be they good or bad. Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Yes, for some, especially those who have given themselves high seats in Heavenly places, think that they are immune to the consequences of their actions. They did beware, for the bible says: Acts 10:34 Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: David saw the repercussions of his actions, he pleaded for mercy. He knew that those who hated him would take advantage to mock him, he humble...