Who can walk?

Our text of consideration:

Genesis 5:8

  "And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him."

Enoch walked with God and he could not be found, he could not be found not because he had stopped walking-but he could not be found because he was now walking in a different world, a dimension inaccessible to human perception and reasoning.

Many of us can sing and shout, praise and preach but the question is, who can walk?

Who can walk when times are hard, nights are long and hours even longer?

Who can walk when in moments of distress and heartache, we succumb to the numbing and life exhausting peril of unbelief?

The pertinent question is whether you can walk where others have failed to even stand?

Can you walk where many have failed to even sit?

I want to take some time to look at the nature and scope of walking:

1: Walking is not a position, but rather a transition! 

               The difference between a "position" and a "transition".....

A position is informed by a tendency of being stationary! While on the other hand a transition is characterised by movement and momentum!

A man who walks can never be where he was yesterday, simply because walking displaces someone with respect to distance and geography!

With each day that you continue to walk, you get closer to your divine destiny - walking can never be backwards!

Walking has no pace - in other words, no man can dictate the rate at which you ought to walk, simply because walking is not a competition. 

We all walk differently yet what is of importance is that we all reach our respective destinations, irrespective of who began and who was the last to begin!

Lastly, it is the nature and not the length of the walk that matters!

When you walk with God, the manner in which you walk is determined by your attitude towards the journey - Begin to take your journey with God seriously and you will reach greater heights never before explored by any man!

 by 

Ev N Buthelezi

Living above the flood waters

Scripture Reference:

 

Genesis 6:1 - 9:17

No wound is beyond healing,no pain is everlasting and nobody remains a perpetual slave to failure,sickness and depression!

It is in the darkest moments of your life,that God unveils the greatest plans He has in store for you.Those plans may find you broken,they may find you frail and beyond the point of no faith - nevertheless,there is nothing that can destroy you without it getting prior approval from you!

There is something great that God wants to do in your life  - it does not depend on the presence of other individuals,nor does it have to be confirmed by them!

Trials may have battered you and left you without hope in tomorrow,you may have passed through a painful experience in your past - perhaps you are finding it difficult to reconcile your love for God,in relation to where you have been?

When the dreams once cherished and held dear, lay lifeless,as remnants of a shattered soul - bound by guilt and despair,self pity and imposed fear - God remains present when the presence of other things is stuck in our past.

Today,take a conscious decision to live above the flood waters. 

Where your vessel can sail above the storms of life,when all else is ravaged by failure -
above the temporal failures of life and the life threatening conditions of sin,it is not too late to construct your ark.

Build in due time - on your knees with a prayerful life you can stand taller than the shadows that intimidate progress and personal development!

Let God direct your ship,let Him ensure that it stays afloat,when life is moved from surface to deep waters - your safety and that of your family can be guaranteed only in Jesus Christ.

God bless you

Ev N Buthelezi

Divine Purpose...in spite of what has been!

Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord,"plans to prosper you and not to harm you,plans to give you hope and a future."

God says,"For I".He does not say "For they"!

Your life is governed by divine destiny not destructive destiny-God's purpose for your life weighs far more than the hideous intentions of your foes!

Plans you cannot now comprehend,have been strategicaly put in place-They are not subject to man's approval!

God's purpose for your life is deeper than any pain you may have experienced in the pit of self pity and shame!

These plans are one dimensional,i.e:

*They are designed to form your content and later inform your context!
*They are designed to ensure that no harm,human/demonic befalls you!
*They are designed to create,facilitate and sustain your progress!
*They are designed to reveal and prepare you for your divine assignment!

Live within God's purpose for your life,stop being bound by the bonds of visionlessness and apathy!

Your reason for living is deeper than the trials the enemy has thrown your way!

God's plans for you are not resolutions but objectives!
Covenant bound and promise secured,your life is not a series of accidental occurences-every blessing is deliberate!

Today,reconsider your reason for living,in relation to the divine plans that God has for your life!

Blessings

Ev N Buthelezi
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Beyond the portals of logic

Dear Friends

In a world ever changing,defined by inconsistency and spiritual lethargy-Briefly consider this passage:

Hebrews 11:6

"But without faith it is impossible to please Him..."

Faith infiltrates the dimension of impossibility,it ventures into thresholds previously unoccupied by logic.

Yet without faith,our lives rotate around the axis of routine and fear.Dreams perish and life becomes governed by a habitual state of visionlessness.

Without faith,what is tangible and material speaks louder than what is divine and eternal-Locked up in despair,we define ourselves by what is on us,rather than in us.

Faith turns impracticalities into achievables,doubt and despair are rendered impotent at the hands of faith.

Yet without faith,we may never please God!

I challenge you today to stop living a life of perpetual and consistent defeat!

Get your house in order!

Exercise faith as a daily tool not just a pseudo spiritual tendency!

This year,reconstruct the broken walls of your:

*Family
*Finances
*Relationships
*Health
*Work
*Education

Use faith to live an extraordinarily Spirit led life-Let this day usher you into a new season,a season of living "beyond the portals of logic"!

You may not academicaly explain your desires,they may seem illogical,but faith operates where logic dares not tread!

Often we let fear rule over faith,our lives become marred by social insecurity because they are defined by spiritual inconsistency!

Start living by faith and let your spouse see an improved you this year,let your children find comfort in knowing that they have a parent who finds comfort in God!

May God bless you!

Ev N Buthelezi
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Of Empty buckets and Resourceful wells!

Consider Solomon's words:

Proverbs 20:5

"The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters,but a man of understanding draws them out."

Anyone can look into a well full of water,but only those equipped with buckets can draw the water out.Anyone can look at life from the convenience of a bird's eye view,but only the empowered can fly down and become an active part of their daily living.

You can only draw out water from a well if you have capacity-That capacity is provided by your bucket,however even the bucket itself cannot draw out all the water at the same time.

Life requires you to find a bucket,big enough only to fill your purposes in relation to the capacity your bucket can carry!

Find the well that keeps your dreams,goals and desires-Move from being an observer and assume the position of a doer-With your bucket in your hands and a tight rope-You can draw out of life,the necessities,imperatives and critical resources needed to fill your life with meaning and substance!

1:Every well keeps water-But the water is far more essential than the container that keeps it-Stop admiring the container,begin to see value in the content.

2:You will need capacity to draw out your goals-A bucket,not a teaspoon,will help capacitate your vision!

3:Your heart is not bottomless-Nor will you find an unlimited well:Consequently, learn to master the restrictions of your desires-dream within the confines of possibility.It is no use to dream of possessing the whole ocean when all you have is a bucket that can barely fill a basin!

4:Understanding is the bucket that draws out your goals and aspirations-Without understanding,you become foolish and convenient in areas where you should employ strategy and reason!

God bless you.

Ev N Buthelezi
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Purpose,Power,Provision and Vision

Philippians 4:13

"I can do all things through Him who strengthens me"

No birth is accidental or merely for the sake of filling one more digit on a government census!

For every birth there is a divine purpose greater than the method through which the birth became possible.With purpose is needed the power to realise and fulfill it,in conjunction with the divine provision needed to materialize vision.

Without God directing your footsteps,you become a victim of circumstances and always at the receiving end of negative consequences!

For everyone who feels that they are not able,find your purpose and through it you will be enabled only if you are willing to disable all the necessary cables that connnect you to a weak source of power.

Education,money and fame are all good and well,but without your divine purpose you succeed at being what you have not been called to be-Consequently the blessings you have turn into curses because emotionally they leave you incomplete and yearning for meaning and direction!

Find your purpose and accesse the divine power platform to be enabled to bring the due provision to materialize your vision.

Blessings

Nhlanhla Buthelezi

The battlefield is waiting Part 2

1 Samuel 17:33

"Saul replied,"You are not able to go against this Philistine and fight him,for you are still a youth,and he a man of war from his youth"

Saul uttered these words to a sheepish looking David.

Saul was indeed correct-David was not able......but God was.

When we are not able,God makes us capable only if we are willing to be available.David became capable only because he was available.

Avail yourself this day and let God enable you to stand before giants that view you as incapable of victory.

There are many Sauls today,who tell you what you are capable and not capable of doing-who judge you based on how you look and how heavy you weigh,today God wants to refocus your coordinates.

Shift you from being undermined and tolerated,to being respected and celebrated!

Do not worry about your capabilities,just ensure your absolute availability-God will take it from there.

Go,you little David,for the battlefield awaits your arrival.


Evangelist N Buthelezi