The name of the Lord
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the [consistently] righteous man [upright and in right standing with God] runs into it and is safe, high [above evil] and strong.” (Proverbs chapter 18 verses 10 AMP)
We all have a place in God and His agenda concerning each individual.
It was the wisest man ever lived that admonished everyone especially those who have a genuine walk with God. There is nothing as beautiful as when one was able to find his or her path to God and his or her place in God. We all have a place in God and His agenda concerning each individual. You can’t conclude that you were just created to fulfill all righteousness. That you were used to fill a space that was never made for any necessity.
Apparently, everyone was created for a divine purpose and responsibility. It does not matter one’s gender, it does matters one height, it does not matters one’s complexion, it does not matter one’s tribe and language, it does not matters one’s culture and tradition. Everything about an individual falls into God’s divine plans and purpose concerning one’s personality, assignment, responsibility, family, ministry and the society at large.
Little do they know that the challenges they accepted as a way of life was the same challenges they were created to confront, conquer and be set free completely.
You don’t have to feel discouraged for any reason. Though there are times when it seems as though there is no reason to live. There are records of those that since they came to have an understanding about life and living, they have been encountering one problem and the other. They cannot recall at any moment of their life when they have ever encountered a free living without challenges. To them, at the verge of experiencing a good life and living, it is as though that was when a new door of challenges will be opened in their direction that will seem more terrible than the previous one.
Some persons have grown up seeing life that it is not worth living. Some have arrived at the conclusion that what will be will be even when it does not have any biblical backup. They have succumbed to life challenges thrown towards them as though that was how nature has planned their journey here on earth. Little do they know that the challenges they accepted as a way of life was the same challenges they were created to confront, conquer and be set free completely.
To some persons, their greatest challenge in life is that they have not come to realise their true Source.
Some persons never knew and believed that they were answered prayer to the cry of their families members to God. Little did they know that whenever God wants to answer a family or group of people, He sent a man. That man was meant to bring solution and deliver the people from the captivity of the enemy. If only they knew they have the answers to what it takes to pull their respective family from the valley of poverty and struggle to the realm of wealth and abundant living.
To some persons, their greatest challenge in life is that they have not come to realise their true Source. They believe that they can make things happen on their own. They believe they have gathered the necessary information they ever need to navigate through their predicaments. They believe they have the capacity of what it takes for them to proceed and come out victoriously. Little do they know that their strength cannot carry them through. They actually tried but they hit the road block when they realised that the challenges before them is tougher than they can ever imagine.
You can’t continue to think you can pave way for yourself when you know you can’t even trust your strength.
Here is the point of our discussion, the wisest man ever lived king Solomon said ‘the Name of the Lord’. There is something about the Name of the Lord everyone needs to come to the knowledge of it. The Name of the Lord is the Name everyone was made to identify with. Anyone who ever desires a smooth successful life on earth needs to identify with. Dr David Ogbueli once said, “If God is your source, you better make Him your sustainer”. There is no two ways about that.
You must come to recognise Lord God Almighty as your true source. It is in the Lord God Almighty that we draw the true strength to face and conquer any challenge of life. You can’t continue to think you can pave way for yourself when you know you can’t even trust your strength. You have to stop playing sentiment with your destiny when you know you don’t have what it takes.
Many names are being paraded as though they are strong, have messed up many lives.
“And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.” (Mark chapter 10 verses 27)
The writer said, ‘The name of the Lord is a strong tower…’ It means there might be many towers but it is only the tower built on the Name of the Lord that is a strong one. Every other tower are weak towers. Those tower do not have what it takes to provide protection and security when the challenges of life will show up so strong. That is why many people’s ground have actually sunk because of the name they believed in. Many names are being paraded as though they are strong, have messed up many lives.
If you are not recognised, the tower will vomit you out.
“The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.” (Proverbs chapter 18 verses 10)
The Name of the LORD being a strong tower means that everyone should make such a place his or her hiding place when the challenges of life will show up. There is the only safest place for anyone on earth. No matter how the storms of life strike, they cannot pull down the tower established by the Name of the LORD. No amount of challenges of life have the capacity to get through the tower established by the Name of the LORD.
The Name of the LORD being a strong tower is not available for everyone especially those who have not identified with it. The strong tower established by the Name of the LORD is available for some set of people. No one can just run into the strong tower of the LORD God Almighty. You must be recognised for you to gain access into it. If you are not recognised, the tower will vomit you out.
Conclusion:
Apparently it is only the righteous that runs into such tower and get safety. The righteous are those who have a right standing with God. Do you have a right standing with God? Dr David Ogbueli will always say, “You better have God on your side the day devil will cook pepper soup for you.” That is the storm of life he is talking about. Prepare your safety in the Lord God Almighty. That is the only place where one can find genuine and true safety.
