27/04/2025
My Daily AROMA of Life
I WAS CALLED ALONE, I AM BLESSED AND MULTIPLIED BY THE LORD
Isaiah 51:1-2
[1]“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness
and who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were cut
and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
[2]look to Abraham, your father,
and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
and I blessed him and made him many.
The Lord who called me had and always have a purpose for my Life and for His calling. What is then the secret to living, enjjoying and fullfilling the Lord''s purpose through my calling?
I have discovered the following 5 thuths:
1. PURSUE RIGHTEOUSNESS: to" pursue " here means a Daily and continuous commitment and discipline to live after, to long after, to look for, to search for, to manifest , to spread, to diffuse. RIGHTEOUSNESS must be the AROMA that I daily spread everywhere. In Isaiah, the Lord IS personally interested and individually communicating with " those who pursue RIGHTEOUSNESS", regardless of their titles or any other consideration. The Master Jesus Christ. clarifiés and contextualized the point. It's in the middist of a variety of needs, of pressures, of callings, of conflicting interests and sollicitations; in an ocean of many good priorities toasting me in various directions that the Master Jesus Christ mentors me., His disciple by saying: Listen to me, " Seek, (pursue) FIRST the kingdom of God and the righteousness of God...." ( Matthew 6:33) all other things bargaining for my attention, my focus are but addition, surplus; they are but the flagrance of the aroma,bthey are riches that run from God's blessing for those who pursue righteousness.
2. SEEK FIRST GOD: While in Isaiah the Lord is speaking to those " who seek God", Jesus said it better by adding " first" . " Seek FIRST..." The writers of the Bible, under the Holy Spirit's inspiration. " For we are to God,, the AROMA of Christ..." for all ( 2 Cor 2:14).
4. LIKE ABRAHAM, I WAS CALLED ALONE, . What a wonderful revelation? " Look at Abraham your father...when I called him, hé was only one man". I was cut from the Rock alone, I was called alone, I seek God alone, I depend on God alone, I please God alone. If God knew that I will later on depend on men, He could not have called me alone.,vas one man. Abraham was instructed to leave everything: " reliable" people, families he had already had before. Once I discover this truth about God's calling alone, I stop complaining that my family, friends, Church' brothers or sisters, "people" are not helping me, are not supporting me, are not going along with me. Even Jésus was sent alone and had to work Woods until age 30, but After 3 years of Ministry and kingdom hard work.,he made apostles, disciple markers and reproductive disciples who are aromatizing the World , Alone thèse God's people were called: Moses , Elijah, Joseph, Gideon, Paul, Samuel, Mary , Jesus' mother, David, and many other post biblical people who influences their generations.. ALONE. The Angel told Gideon " Go with the strength that you have", ALONE. Note that " alone" here means "as One with God alone". To ery person God called ALONE, He promised:" I shall be with you", " I will never abandon you". Jesus oncluded His mission by this promise: " I will not leave you alone....". " and look, I am with you up to the end of time" note the prrsent tense" am") ( Matthew 28: 20)
5. GOD BLESSES AND MAKES ME PROSPER, MULTIPLY ABUNDANTLY. Proverbs10:22 affirms: " "It's the blessing of the Lord that MAKES WEALTHY without ( adding) painful toil for it". I believe that the first WEALTH the Lord blesses me with are valuable, instrumental people whom he has also called alone. Thus, WE need to Synergize in our journey of serving the same and unique God to aromatize lives in families and institutions,in All Nations. Called alone to work together with others who were called alone.
Like Abraham and Sarah, I need to boldly WORK OUT MY CALLING, knowing that I HAVE A BIG RESPONSIBILITY. There are whole nations waiting to be blessed through my active and absolute obedience to the caller and the calling. Hé tells me: LOOK AT Abraham,v a model of creativity and entreprenuership, of hardworking, of transformational leadership; a model of unshaking Faith and trust. To be used by a Big God to spread the AROMA of the knowledge, of His RIGHTEOUSNESS everywhere IS not given to lazy, childish, dependant and non-visionary men ( Abraham) and WOMEN ( Sarah). À conquering and triumphant attitude must be the weapon. Success or failure in my calling ( as a spouse, parent, leader, entrepreneur, pastor, ...) IS MY FULL RESPONSIBILITY. I will never blame or praise nobody rose.
I shall continually LOOK TO THE ROCK FROM WHICH I WAS CUT,; Seeking FIRST, DAILY, the King and His RIGHTEOUSNESS. It's All about God and His Kingdom!
Mwalimu (Dr.) Cephas Kwambiliwa
AROMA of Life Family Academy.
27th April
