Rev.
Richie,
@ Household of David Online Church.
Preachin’…
THE PERFECTION OF BEAUTY.
Glory!
Praying in
the Spirit a couple of days ago… an idea dropped into my heart as I asked
myself, “could the (organism known in
biology as) Amoeba have changed itself from its shapeless mass and assume a
more symmetric or definite shape (like
the Paramecium) if it had wanted?”
To which I answered in the affirmative. YES! It could have, if it had desired
such a change in form or image (or
likeness) or better still if it had been aware of the existence of such a
likeness and even more if the change is possible or attainable!
2
Corinthians 3:18 reads;
But we all, with an open face
beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed (transformed) into the same image from
glory to glory, even as by the spirit of the Lord. (Emphasis mine).
I have had
occasions to describe people as pretty, beautiful, handsome or, just fine or
ugly in the past years but have rediscovered the hidden truth expressed in the
words “beauty is in the eyes of the beholder” because our perception of reality
sometimes? If not all of the time, depends on what we place value on… our value
system. Better expressed as “your outlook
depends on what you are looking out from”. See Proverbs 23:7a;
For as he thinketh in his heart so he
is: in other words
as he thinks in his heart so he speaks. Compare Matthew 12:34 and Luke 6:45.
Watch your
thoughts, so goes the saying, they become your actions. Hallaluyah!
YOUR
IMAGE CAST.
When you
cast a glance at yourself in the mirror; can you describe what you see? D’you
fall in love with your reflection or resentment wells up in you? How d’you
describe what you see… as beautiful or ugly or midway in-between? ... lol!
The point
is, the more at home you feel with your image cast, the more of a positive self
image you have of yourself. Quote me!
The moment
you begin to perceive yourself as beautiful as a woman or handsome as a guy,
your self confidence, poise and all other things about you begin to assume a
more assertive dimension… hey … one of the best ways to get you out of an
inferiority rut is to conceive in your mind a positive image of yourself. This
in turn affects such other areas of your life as value orientation, attitude,
emotions and even your relationship with other humans. I’ve come to discover
that those who look down on you may be doing so out of their own negative self
image and emotional insecurity. In fact, they may be scared of you in their
minds!
I grew up an
emotionally insecure child, (because as I
later understood, dad was going through the challenges of a mid life crises
that are causing the whole pack a hell of an emotional dilemma… then). I
was so shy I couldn’t even stand up for myself among my mates - y’know what
that means? Bullies beat me up and deprive me the use of my things… lol. See,
‘twas a bad day for me the day I was beaten up by a primary three boy, even
though I was in five… the most senior class in my school then!, being the first
set. I couldn’t even muster up enough courage to speak up for myself. But that
was how I started out in life!
My
confidence base was totally eroded the day playmates told me my head looks
“small”… lol… and then, another said I had “thin” limbs- “the lege-lege kinda
thing”… I went to my mum for revalidation as a kid then but the little courage
it gave evaporated the next morning! I was having my bath with my two other
male siblings ( I was the first male in a family of five and the second child)
when I discovered my guys had bigger reproductive organs than I do… lol. I
thought I wasn’t normal as every other person looks stronger, brighter and
better endowed! I felt so small in my own eyes… literally.
LOOK
INTO… (BEHOLD) THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY.
These
thoughts continued to torment me for so many years until that fateful day when
I stopped to take a look at myself in the mirror… quite incidentally though,
and I saw one of the most beautiful boys my age then! …So this is me!
I invited a
guy over to my place some few months ago, and positioning himself in front of
my full length mirror exclaimed, “ase bi mo se ri ree!” (in Yoruba language),
meaning “so this is what I look like!”. He had been going about all these years
probably never having seen a reflection of himself! I noticed he’s been acting
more confident lately… lol.
Many years
of interaction with my mirror has transformed me in “the same image from glory
to glory” HALLALUYAH! into the virile, handsome man I am today even as by the
spirit of the Lord!
PRAISE GOD!
FASHION
TIPS FOR MY HOMIES ON THE LORD’S SIDE.
1. You need not need to wear what’s “en’
vogue” or the latest trends. Put on what’s decent, fits and accentuate your
beauty.
2. Develop a good sense of combining
matching colors when it comes to clothings, jewelleries and make-ups. Use
colors that match or blend with the color of your skin. You may need to consult
with a professional.
3. Wisdom is getting a few chosen colors
each of clothes of different styles, makes and materials and being creative with
how you combine these colors to wear. It saves you money and rids your wardrobe
of needless fabrics.
4. After dressing up and all made up for
that event… (such as going to a friend’s
place or the churchplace to make an appearance for Bible study or a prayer
meeting), stand In front of your mirror and ask yourself this simple
question, “would Jesus be pleased to be my chaperon seeing me dressed this
way?”
Compare Matthew 28:19-20… Go ye
therefore… and lo "I am with you" always, even unto the end of the world. AMEN. (Paraphrased)…if you can answer in the affirmative… please be my girl!… lolz.
The same with the word. Studying (and doing) the word transforms us from
a shapeless, spineless Amoeba into the structure God had always wanted us to
be… the image of Papa God. In other words, regular study of the word (with the
word as the mould) transforms us into God’s image as cast in the mould by the
word! Amen.
REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE.
James 1:23-25 says:
For if any man be a hearer of the
word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a
glass:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth
his way and straightaway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
But whoso looketh into the perfect
law of liberty, and continueth therein, he not being a forgetful hearer, but a
doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
1Peter 2:9
But you (you and me- the Ecclesia) are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye (we) should shew (show) forth the praises of him who hath
called you (us) out of darkness into
his marvelous light.
Psalms 50:2
Out of Zion (the
Church- the Ecclesia- you and me), the
perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
And the people of God say, Amen.
SHALOM. God’s Peace!
Prophecy:
Thus saith the Lord; we are in the sixth
manifest of the endtime church and the season
of the voice of the seventh angel. AMEN.
The sixth manifestation of the
endtime church.
Read Rev. 3:6-13.
Each of the seven churches of Asia
spoken of in the Book of Revelation represents epochs in the life and times of
the present day church ecclesia on earth. SELAH!
The season of the voice of the
seventh angel.
Rev. 10:7.
But in the days of the voice of the
seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished
as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
Compare John 19:30, Luke23:44-47,
Mark 15: 37-39 & Matthew 27:50-51…
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the church (es).
AMEN. Rev. 3:13
All scripture quotations
from the King James Version of the Bible. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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