Destined for Greatness: Your Tuesday Morning Inspiration with Gerald Chinogara
It doesn’t matter how dark and deadly your circumstances may be. There is enough life in God’s Word to totally overwhelm all the death that the world or circumstances can bring you. Very often when one desperately want or need something new in their life, what one is really craving for is God’s presence and Word. In His presence fear flees. We clearly see this when Pharaoh’s army closed in on the Israelites at the edge of the Red Sea. Pandemonium ensued as panic gripped the masses surrounding Moses when they saw their former captors drawing near. As he stood firm amid this chaos, a supernatural calm covered Moses. He was not swept up in the frenzy of fear like others around him, instead he fixed his eyes upon the great I AM. Enveloped in the majesty and power of the Almighty, Moses chose to stand.
Although the vast majority of us will never find ourselves with an army breathing down our backs and certain death before us, we will surely face scenarios where our faith is put to the test. Each of us at sometime will experience Red Sea moments, those times when everything in the natural realm makes you doubt God, when you are tempted to take matters into you own hands or caved into ungodly emotion. Whether it is a season of unemployment, or a family relationship in shambles, the couple struggling with infertility or even the Christian businessperson belittled for holding to biblical values; these are the moments that require us to stand. In our Red Sea moments, we must take what we know about God and stand upon His truths.
God is always and forever crafting new things out of the old and dried up areas in our life. He calls things that are not as if they were, and calls light out of darkness. God does more than just change your circumstances and battles but writes new glorious stories and adventures. As a teenager relegated to the back with the sheep, David’s father did not see much value in him to the extent that he excluded David in the sibling lineup for Samuel to anoint next King. In the end, his earthly father’s rejection did not matter because his heavenly Father had already marked him for future greatness. David lived as a prisoner of God’s creative exuberance as demonstrate in Psalm 23:5 when he wrote “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies”.
To stand is to put feet to our faith. This is far more than an intellectual set of beliefs; this is a confidence in the Lord that overrides all voices of fear. It means trusting in God even when our circumstances scream for us to do otherwise. At the Red Sea, faith is no longer a theory but a living, breathing reality. There is nothing like pressing into His presence in pursuit of our portion through Him. God’s presence make broken things whole, not because of anything that we have done, but because He is whole. Through Jesus Christ, we are also whole and made new in His presence. Starting today make it a lifestyle to pursue your Provider with praise, thankfulness with worship and the truth of His Word because there is nothing in life that has dependable results like pursuing the Provider.
Gerald is an astute business leader, strategic marketer by profession and a motivator by calling. Currently he is Head of Marketing & Alternative Distribution Channels for Old Mutual Zimbabwe. He has over 15 years diverse business experience at senior and executive management in leading corporate companies in Zimbabwe.
