ACKNOWLEDGE GOD IN ALL SITUATIONS



INTRODUCTION: The key word in our theme is acknowledging. Simply put, to acknowledge means “declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of something. A God fearing person would necessarily admit God to be the source of his blessings and on the other hand the only source that can alter his or her adverse situations. Job in responding to his wife’s counsel attested that man shall experience good and evil times at the hand of God, (Job 2:10b). Jesus Christ acknowledged the supremacy of God, as he declared, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt, (Mark 14:36). As Christians, we are here instructed to surrender wholly unto God’s will. Very few people confess God as the source of their outstanding performance or wealth.
The Proverbs again instruct Christians to “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding, in all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths,” (Prov. 3:5-6).  Knowing that man shall be in trouble, God assured, I will be with him in trouble, (Psalm 91:15b).

EXPERIENCES OF THOSE WHO ACKNOWLEDGED GOD IN THEIR SITUATIONS
When Jephthah’s help was sought when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh (Judges 11:11). To provoke God into action, Jephthah made a vow unto the Lord (Judges 11:30-31).


When the Amalekites did not only attack Ziklag but took the two wives of David and others captives, David inquired of the Lord, saying, “shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them? “And He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all. “The Christian is prayerfully admonished to acknowledge the wisdom and might of God.
When the children of Moab and Ammon came against King Jehoshaphat of Israel, he (King Jehoshaphat) cried out to the Lord for deliverance, (2 Chron. 20:5-12; 20-24).

To remove her affliction, Hannah was specific in her petition to God, she further made a vow (I Sam. 1:10-11, 17-21).

Jabez was given a name by her mother which most people would not take kindly (I Chron. 4:9), but he refused to accept the opinion of his mother and other people. He rather called on God to bless him, enlarge his coast, keep him away from evil so that he may not be grieved. And assuredly, God granted his request  (v. 10)

The Christian is assured of success and prosperity, when he keeps away from the counsel of the ungodly, and other sinful ways, and should take delight in the law of the Lord (Joshua 1:8; Psalm 1:1-3).

Forsaking sensual pleasure, Joseph acknowledged God’s holiness by refusing to lie with Potiphar’s wife (Gen. 39:7-11).

CONCLUSION
Dear child of God, the instances we examined above were intended to remind us that, whatever situation we find ourselves in life, we should acknowledge God as the source of every good thing and the only one who can change every adverse condition. Do not accept the opinion or thought of men over your life. As God took away reproach from the faces of those who called upon Him in the days past, He shall take away reproach from our faces as we acknowledge Him in every situation. A true child of God should wait on God for direction in every endeavour.




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