I want to start today's post with giving thanks to God for his wondrous works in my life, in the last few weeks my Daughter Divine Pinnick turned 5 (five) and my Son Isaac Pinnick also turned 1 (one) on the same week, to God be all the glory who makes everything perfect in its time.
Todays post is about how perfect God is in how he does his things, many expect that when God is involved everything should be hitch free, but he has put us here on earth to face all that may come our way guaranteeing victory because he is on our side.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. - Psalm 34:19
Though that's not what i am focusing on, what I am sharing today is a story that shows Gods perfect nature in an imperfect system;
There was this King who had a servant that always told him about how perfect God is in all he does, the King had a lot of questions for his servant, asking if God is perfect why are people suffering, a lot of wars killings and death but the servant will answer with wisdom that though he has no explanation he knows that God has a perfect reason.
One day he and his servant went hunting and in the bush he saw this wild leopard he shot at it but the Leopard refused to die, it advanced towards him in furious dying speed and just before it died even while he was running to escape the leopard bit off his one of his fingers, the small one at the end on his right arm. He was in excruciating pain and his servant who had no riffle when he saw that the leopard was dead did all he could do to help telling his King to thank God that the leopard didn't take more than his tiny finger, the King passed out woke up later in his bed where other servants were already taking care of his hand and sedated he went back into Oblivion.
In a few days the King was feeling much better and was recovering fast that he could even go around the Kingdom, he invited his favorite servant for a chat and thanked him for helping to save his life, the servant accepted his appreciation continued to tell the King to thank God for everything because it could have been worse, the King laughed and asked if he thought God was perfect in allowing the leopard chop off his finger before dying even when he hit the target to make sure he killed the animal? the servant replied: Sir, God is perfect in all he does and though he might not know the reason he knows God has one for the Kings good. The King got angry at his answer and sent for the guards to have this servant locked up for making useless comments, thinking through all the pain and how he could have lost his life to the leopard, he felt God was wicked knowing he prayed daily to him for protection and lived a just and holy life.
after a few days, the King feeling much better decided to go hunting alone, he wanted his servant to learn his lesson and not just make useless comments on issues he knew nothing about, so he left to spend a few more days in the dungeon though he was getting properly fed and taken care of, this time he decided to go somewhere new, not too far into the bush and he went early with the intention not to stay out for too long, while he was still searching for animals to kill for his hunt, he was kidnapped by a band of cannibals who didn't know who he was, they took him deep into the bush where they settled and while they were celebrating and getting ready to feast on his Majesty, the chief priest checked him out as everyone they eat is first sacrificed to their god, and has to be without blemish, while checking him out they discovered the bandage on his right arm, on looking further he discovered he didn't have one finger which meant he couldn't be sacrificed and unfit for eating so they let him go, he was so shocked and grateful to God, luckily for him he found his way through the forest, and soon caught up with the search party that was already looking for him. on getting back to the Palace he asked that his favorite servant be brought, when he was brought to the Kings Presence, the King narrated his ordeal to him in detail and apologised to him for locking him up as he has seen a reason to appreciate God for having his finger chopped off by the Leopard, but what worried him was if God is so' perfect why did he allow him to lock his servant up at all ; the servant looked at him and answered: "Your majesty if you didn't lock me up you wouldn't have gone hunting alone as i would have accompanied you and as we both are aware i did not loose any finger to anything, which means the cannibals would have kept me in your stead. So I thank God you had me locked up in the first place".
The story above a lot of us can relate with because we have asked same questions the King was asking, we wonder how in our service to God when he says he is with us, we are faced with diverse tribulations, like Joseph who God showed a vision of greatness only to be sold into slavery for sharing the dream with his own blood brothers, they tried to kill him, sold him into Slavery, they thought the dream had ended without knowing that they were working out Gods plan, many if they were in Joseph shoes would have been crying witches and wizard, calling on his village people but He chose to stay with God as we see in the Bible that he stood out everywhere he went and at The end the same brothers who told their father he was dead said a different thing when they had to bring him to see that he was alive and they yet ended up bowing to him fulfilling the dream.
My brother or Sister who might be reading this post now, no matter what you might be going through as Long you believe that Jesus is the son of God (Messiah) who died for your sins and rose after three days, if you have given your life to him just know he will neither forsake you nor leave you and he is there to make sure you come out PERFECT! From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.-Job 5:19
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. -Deuteronomy 31:6
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee -Hebrews 13:5
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee whither-soever thou goest - Joshua 1:9
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose. - Romans 8:28
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