The Supremacy Of God (Gyename)

AT THE AGE OF SIX I WAS IN THE THIRD GRADE ATTENDING SAINT JOHN'S PRIMARY SCHOOL. MY THIRD GRADE TEACHER’S NAME WAS MISS WRAY. SHE WAS VERY IMPACTFUL IN MY LIFE. MY FAVORITE SUBJECT WAS RELIGIOUS STUDIES. I CAN RECALL THE DAY WHEN WE LEARNED ABOUT WISE KING SOLOMON,THAT LESSON LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK IN MY LIFE. I WENT HOME AND PRAYED TO GOD FOR WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND ALL MYSTERIES LIKE KING SOLOMON. AT AGE SIX I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT GOD'S ANSWER WOULD MANIFEST IN ME BECOMING THE SMARTEST PERSON IN CLASS WITH EXCELLENT GRADES.I WAS DISAPPOINTED.

TWENTY YEARS LATER, I RECOGNIZED THAT GOD DID ANSWER MY PRAYER. I WAS ALWAYS READING BOOKS AND SIMPLIFYING THE CONTENTS TO OTHERS. THAT SKILL HAS REALLY BEEN HELPFUL IN THE AREA OF TEACHING SUNDAY SCHOOLS, NEW MEMBERS CLASS OR BAPTISM CLASSE'S. I HAVE ALSO LEARNT THAT EVEN THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE CAN DISAPPOINT YOU IF YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE NOT IN LINE WITH HIS WILL. GROWING UP I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE MY JOURNEY OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE DISAPPOINTMENTS AND SETBACKS IN GOD. IT WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE I DID NOT UNDERSTAND HIS OPERATING PRINCIPLES. IT WAS GREAT TEACHERS AND MENTORS LIKE THE LATE DR.EDWIN COLE, DR.A.R BERNARD AND RAVIS ZACHARIS THAT REVOLUTIONIZED MY THINKING AND MY WORLDVIEW. I BEGAN TO SEE WHAT IS VERY CLEAR NOW THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN, MY WILL AND MY FATHER'S WILL.
IT IS AMAZING, TO SEE HOW BOTH CAN BE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER. GOD IN HIS BENEVOLENCE, HIS GRACE AND HIS CONFIDENCE IN THE POWER OF HIS REDEMPTIVE LOVE KNEW THAT NO MATTER HOW FAR I STRAYED FROM HIM  HE CAN AND WILL PULL ME BACK IN THE FOLD. I HAD COMMITTED MYSELF TO HIM THROUGH FAITH BUT LACKING UNDERSTANDING. OFTEN I HAVE REFLECTED ON HOW HE HAD SET PARAMETERS FOR MY LIFE TO KEEP ME FROM TOTALLY DESTROYING THE LIFE AND INDIVIDUAL HE CHERISHED. HIS ROD AND STAFF DID COMFORT AND DISCIPLINED ME. MY LIFE HAS BECOME MY SPIRITUAL BAROMETER THAT WOULD EXPRESS TO ME HIS SUFFERING IN THE PURSUIT OF OUR REDEMPTION.

GOD'S REDEMPTIVE LOVE HAS BECOME THE LENS THROUGH WHICH I CAN TRY TO COMPREHEND HIS PASSION. I CAN HEAR HIM AS HE SPOKE IN MALACHI "I HAVE LOVED YOU AND YET YOU SAY IN WHAT WAY?" THE METAPHORICAL MOTIF OF OUR LIVES IS SUMMED UP IN ONE WORD: 'ADULTERY' AND IT IS EXPRESSED VIVIDLY IN THE BOOK OF HOSEA. (THE ADULTEROUS WIFE (US) AND THE HOLY MAN BEING GOD AND OUR THREE CHILDREN : THE PRIDE OF LIFE, THE LUST OF THE EYES, AND THE LUST OF THE FLESH).
OUR CULTURE IS DEALING WITH THE ISSUE OF OUR GOVERNOR AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ESCORT. THE SIN OF ADULTERY COMES IN ALL LEVELS. MOST PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR VIEWS ON HIM AND THE YOUNG LADY. THE QUESTION IS BEING ASKED IN ALL FORUMS "HOW COULD A MAN OF HIS POSITION HAVE ANY DEALINGS WITH A WOMAN LIKE THAT?" I ASK THE QUESTION HOW COULD A HOLY GOD LIVE IN US AND ASSOCIATE HIMSELF WITH SUCH AN ADULTEROUS PEOPLE LIKE US? THE ESCORT CAN SAY SHE GOT PAID FOR HER SERVICES RENDERING THE QUESTION TO US OF HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE SINS IN OUR LIVES AS WE PAY OUR LOVERS TO LAY WITH US. WE PAY FOR OUR SINS TO ENTRAP AND CONTROL US. (FOR SOME OUR LOVER CAN BE GOSSIP,DRUGS,ILLICIT SEX,ALCOHOL ETC.). REGARDLESS OF OUR ADULTEROUS NATURE GOD PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE TO REDEEM US FROM OUR MASTER AND OWNER LUCIFER. GOD HAS ADOPTED US INTO HIS FAMILY AGAIN AND HIS HOLY SPIRIT HAS OUR PERMISSION TO INITIATE THE RESTORATION PROCESS OF RENEWING OUR MINDS.

GOD HAS RESCUED US LIKE BABIES LEFT ON THE SIDEWALK WITH THE AFTER BIRTHS FRESHLY CUT. HE HAS TURNED US OVER TO HIS SON TO GROOM AND CARE FOR US SO WE CAN BECOME THE CHURCH AND EVENTUALLY HE IS COMING BACK TO MARRY US. HE HAS EXPRESSED HIS LOVE AND DESIRE FOR US, HE HAS BEEN THE LOVER OF OUR SOULS. GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH THE BOOK OF MALACHI "I HAVE LOVED YOU" AND WE ASK IN WHAT WAY? WE HAVE PAID OUR LOVERS AND INVITED THEM TO OUR BEDROOM AND NOW WE ARE GIVING BIRTH TO THE PRIDE OF LIFE, THE LUST OF THE EYES, AND THE LUST OF THE FLESH. HOW CAN A HOLY GOD LOVE SUCH AN ADULTEROUS PEOPLE.? GOD'S LOVE AND GRACE IS UNMERITED. SO WE MUST WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.

*OUR WORSHIP SHOULD THEREFORE BE THE SUBMISSION OF ALL OF OUR NATURE, EMOTIONS, AND WILL TO OUR FATHER. IT IS THE QUICKENING OF OUR CONSCIENCE BY HIS HOLINESS, THE FOOD THAT PROVIDES NOURISHMENT'S FOR OUR MIND BY THE POWER OF HIS TRUTH. HE PURIFIES OUR IMAGINATIONS WITH HIS BEAUTY AND OPENS OUR HEART TO HIS LOVE AND SUBMISSION OF OUR WILL TO HIS ETERNAL PURPOSE.
ALL OF THESE COMBINED IN ADORATION WILL LEAD US TO THE SOLE PURPOSE OF OUR EXISTENCE WHICH IS TO WORSHIP HIM.


*WORSHIP AS DEFINED BY ARCH BISHOP WILLIAM TEMPLE (1881-1944)

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