SILENT NITE...

SILENT NITE… The extraordinary was destined to happen- a virgin birth! Mary was engaged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant by The Holy Spirit! "You are favored by the Lord! The Lord is with you." Luke 1:28 (GOD'S WORD). That was angel Gabriel’s greeting to Mary when she was told about God’s intention for her exaltation. What conflict would have gone on her mind- she was troubled because God’s choices create human conflict. She would have looked forward to becoming Joseph’s bride someday soon, a bride in spotless white bridal attire, adorned as a beautiful gift for her husband; a bride untainted, untouched, a complete gift! Now, there seems to be a division- God’s call. “For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God — through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. Romans 7:22-25 (NIV). Mary must have felt ‘messed up’. She was planning her wedding; God’s assignment must have looked like a completely different plan for her life- Now that is conflict! Can you imagine being Joseph? Accepting to still go ahead with marrying a woman who claims that The Holy Ghost got her pregnant! Would you even have been patient enough to seek God? Would you have trusted Mary enough to consider her? Beloved, God’s agenda usually ‘messes up’ man’s plans. Mary was not planning to have a baby at that time; she looked forward to a honorable and glorious wedding! Is it not funny how you can be asking God for one thing and He gives you something completely different? It is for you to understand that His promises are birth in your life through His Word. You cannot have God’s fruit in your life, if you don’t have His Word in your heart. Regardless of how contrary to your expectations that God’s Word sounds, it is the seed that germinates life! It is that semen necessary to impregnate your human spirit with the promises of God! “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV). If you are a chosen of God, you are to bring forth life; this life must be a fruit that abides! This life is Jesus! Nightfall suggests permission for nature to recline. Everything in creation, jointly agree that there is a connection between the night time and rest. Silence takes over the boisterous activities of the long day. This is divine arrangement and in fact, started with creation. “As long as the earth remains, there will be springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night." Genesis 8:22 (TLB). But while shepherds watched their flocks by night, in that ancient town of Bethlehem of Judea, an angel appeared to them in the fields. The angel announced: “Today your Savior, Christ the Lord, was born in David's city. This is how you will recognize him: You will find an infant wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger." Suddenly, a large army of angels appeared with the angel. They were praising God by saying, "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those who have his good will!" The angels left them and went back to heaven. The shepherds said to each other, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see what the Lord has told us about." Luke 2:11-15 (GOD'S WORD) Great things are wroth by God at nights. “Rise in the night and cry to your God. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord; lift up your hands to him; plead for your children as they faint with hunger in the streets.” Lamentation 2:19 (TLB) The situation of our beloved country requires the passion of your supplications to God. Another year is dawning, dear Father, let it be a year devoid of all politics to further enslave us. We are the people called by your name, for Mercy sake; rescue us from the claws of ‘Pharaoh’. “Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt...” Exodus 12:42a (NIV). God will by Himself, guide His people on a route that He has chosen, to ensure that the journey will be safe. He does not lead His people by the most direct road; He knows the route through the wilderness of life. That night, God led the Israelites through the deserts, away from places that they could encounter battles and get discouraged. Another reason why God leads is to keep that relationship with you, en-route! God manifests in His permanent presence with His people in a pillar of cloud that guides them by day and a pillar of fire that guides them by night- this is a symbol of God’s presence hovering over the Tent of Meeting (The Tent of God in your heart) and signaling the pace of His people on their journey to Canaan- the land of fulfillment of God’s promises. This silent night, lift up your hearts to the God of Heaven and earth and bless the Lord, O ye saints! Exonerate Him from the pains of your journey; stand this night as watch in the house of the LORD! His anger will arouse against the nations that added to your agonies, while He (God) was just a little angry with you. “Therefore, thus says the Lord, "I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; My house will be built in it," declares the Lord of hosts,” …My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem. "Zechariah 1:16&17 (NASB) O that Jesus be birth this holy night in your heart. He is Christ, the LORD! “The Lord will be a mighty warrior, full of fury toward his foes. He will give a great shout and prevail. Long has he been silent; he has restrained himself. But now he will give full vent to his wrath; he will groan and cry like a woman delivering her child. He will level the mountains and hills…He will bring blind Israel along a path they have not seen before. He will make the darkness bright before them and smooth and straighten out the road ahead. He will not forsake them. But those who trust in idols and call them gods will be greatly disappointed; they will be turned away… The Lord has magnified his law and made it truly glorious. Through it he had planned to show the world that he is righteous. Isaiah 42:13-21(TLB). God’s Light is about to dispel the darkness in your life. This Silent night, the LORD will show Mercy to His beloved! I know my thoughts towards you! I know you exist in a world that opposes truth and righteous living. I see that your being (spirit, soul and body) is being heated, I know that you have been wearied! But with me, BELOVED you will prevail! This Silent night, angels shall minister unto you, just like I sent to Mary and even to Jesus while He was tempted in that wilderness. Lord Jesus, this lonely night, you are my guiding star. For me, the angels clad in white shall sing their “Glory to God in the highest [heaven], and on earth peace among men with whom He is well pleased [men of goodwill, of His favor].” Luke 2:14 (AMP). I have seen His star. I have seen His Glory. O wondrous thought for me He careth! 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