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Temitope Akinrotimi

Temitope is the founder of thesoulmeal.com, an online platform that she shares with her God-given spiritual family and friends. She is a speaker, teacher and youth counselor. She is passionate about inspiring people to find their identity in Christ. Catch her interviewing inspiring leaders on Tongue of the Learned Podcast

Unpleasant Situations Reveal His Glory

It is quite easy to judge people when they go through unpleasant situations. At such times, we are quick to believe it is as a result of their sin or imperfection, not remembering how unworthy we are as well.

JOB 4: 3-8(NKJV)

Surely you have instructed many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.
Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
And you have strengthened the feeble knees;
 But now it comes upon you, and you are weary;
It touches you, and you are troubled.
 Is not your reverence your confidence?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?

 “Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright ever cut off?
 Even as I have seen,
Those who plow iniquity
And sow trouble reap the same.“

It is also common for people to be quick to judge others when it looks like they are giving up on God or complaining about the unpleasant situation(s) they are faced with. Before we judge them, it is important we ask ourselves if we would have handled things better, if we find ourselves in their shoes.

MATTHEW 7:1-5( NKJV)

Judge not, that you be not judged.  For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.  And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?  Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

There is no excuse for having the wrong attitude in the times of pain or despair, yet a lot of times, such people cannot help themselves to reason the right way, which is why seeking God and depending on Him is the surest way out at such times.

Some people have given up on God already, while some are at the point where they want to do so, as a result of the challenge(s) they are faced with. It sometimes gets so bad that they doubt His existence and professed love for His Own.

JEREMIAH 15: 10( NKJV)

 Woe is me, my mother,
That you have borne me,
A man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth!
I have neither lent for interest,
Nor have men lent to me for interest.
Every one of them curses me.”

This is quite understandable, considering that the period of trials is naturally not such an interesting or exciting one. Sadly, the devil knows that getting people to think that God does not truly care for them as much as He says, is an easy way to get them to turn their back against God.Read More »Unpleasant Situations Reveal His Glory

He Paid the Price

Everything good comes with a price. The price to be paid for some good things differ from what is to be paid for others however.

As much as no one prays for battles or bloodshed, this is sometimes the price that is needed to be paid for a Nation to gain its freedom or independence from slavery or the control of another Nation or People.

That Christ died on the Cross is not a news. The worth of the price He paid by going to the Cross is what cannot be quantified or explained by the natural man.Read More »He Paid the Price