Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

To effect transformation we need to learn the art of waiting. It is during this time that revelation will come. Revelation is given to change the way we operate and modify the way we think. It was our strange thought process that got us into a mess in the first place. Jonah thought that he could hide from God and as a consequence went in the opposite direction from where God sent him. Many times we also think that we can hide from God and do things in secret that we would not even countenance were we in the presence of others. In the normal scheme of things the Psalmist David would never countenance adultery. He knew the commandments and the mercy of God.  But when left to his own devices with the children at school, the wife out at work and his personal advisor on other duties, something on the big screen caught his eye. And rather than turning around or switching off he kept on looking. In the normal scheme of things he would have walked away, but curiosity got the better of him and he followed his feelings rather than what he knew to be right. There are many people today who follow their feelings. And like Jonah they end up in a mess with little or no means of escape. How then do we avoid these situations? Well, let us take a leaf out of Jesus’ book. He too was tempted to turn, but he recognised that it was a trap and rebuked satan. And instead of staring at the temptation he told satan to get behind him with it so that it is not in his line of sight. Today, whatever is presented to you, be it a false relationship, a dodgy present or something you saw whilst flicking through the channels, tell it and whoever is bringing it to you to get behind you. As a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ you must guard your entry points and trust the Lord to lead you into all righteousness, that is, the right ways of thinking and operating. Read Matthew 16:13-23.