Flashes of Thought.

Matthew 4:2 is a verse that sets the premise for one of the most momentous points in the life of our Lord Jesus Christ. Having fasted forty days and forty nights, going without food, the Bible says that He was hungry. It was from this point of hunger that the enemy launched his first customized attack. The nature of hunger is that it creates vulnerability in us. Knowingly or unknowingly man will almost do anything to satisfy his hunger. This does not apply only to physical hunger, but also to emotional, psychological, and spiritual hungers. It is from these hunger points that the devil attempts to manipulate our lives and outcomes. Remember Esau? Hungry to the point of death, he forfeited his birthright. Remember the Egyptian servant in 1 Samuel 30, who, after receiving water and bread, revealed the secrets of his former master. What of the prodigal son who was reduced to eating pig pods because of severity of his hunger? Points of hunger make us vulnerable and susceptible ...

    Oh, Unleavened Bread of God, that I may eat of You. The children of Israel ate manna, the bread of angels. But only You, The Bread of God, will satisfy the hunger of my soul, and heal the diseases of my heart. The Showbread of God, that my eyes may feast on Thee, and be cured of all blindness. Unleavened bread of God. Sinless. Spotless. Incorruptible. In Thee may I find my fill. And my life be made whole.  Mark 14:1 [1]IT WAS now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread , and the chief priests and the scribes were all the while seeking to arrest Jesus by secrecy and deceit and put Him to death. Shilako. 

 1 Samuel 2:18  But Samuel ministered before the Lord, a   child girded with a linen ephod. A poignant verse that pierces my mother heart. We live in the days of the idolatry of children. Days where men and women are so consumed with their children, at the expense of God. Dark days when ignorantly and stubbornly, parents continue to give their children to Molech, that ancient god to whom the Israelites sacrificed their children. Through ungodly training and upbringing, many children are the trophies that are rejoiced over in the temples of Dagon, even as the Philistines rejoiced over the heads of Saul and his sons. Many parents have children that belong to them but don't belong to the Lord. A tragedy! But scripture tells us of a woman who, at the height of her desperation and consequent illumination made a vow to the Lord. She made a vow to give her child to the Lord, if only He would open up her womb. And so before conception, the child was already conse...

One of my favorite songs carries a line so gripping that it has lingered with me: “ You’ve got this way of taking away those shadows that hung around.” As I sat with those words, it dawned on me that to be human is, in many ways, to live under shadows. From the moment we are conceived in the mind of God, carried in our parents as egg and sperm, formed in the womb, born into family, and shaped within community, we are shaped by countless shadows. Some nurture us. Others wound us. And even those shadows we don't recognize or fully understand, we feel their weight all the same. Shadow, as a symbol, is deeply significant. First , shadow speaks of protection and refuge . Think of walking under the scorching sun, your body yearns for shade, the shadow of a tree or a building to offer relief. Or remember being a child, frightened by a barking dog, instinctively hiding in the shadow of your mother. Shadow was safety. Second , shadow signifies presence and closeness . You ca...

It is in God’s divine design that life is lived inside out—that the true essence of our being flows from within rather than without. Yet this truth is often lost amid the endless stimuli pulling at our senses. And so, many live outside in, allowing external measures and fleeting impressions to dictate their inner state. This inversion has given rise to countless restless wanderings among humanity. Day after day, we chase after this and that—always pursuing but never apprehending, always seeking but rarely finding. Many achieve, yet few are fulfilled. Our accomplishments multiply, but the void within only deepens. The world becomes a labyrinth of wandering souls: laughing, smiling, appearing content, yet overshadowed by an unshakable emptiness. Seldom do we pause to look inward, to heed the silent whispers of eternity echoing in our hearts. We lack the courage to dig into the dark, silent depths of our souls until light breaks forth. Intimidated by the shadows within, we shu...

We live in a world obsessed with perfect beauty—flawless skin, toned muscles, impeccable shapes. Entire industries thrive on this hunger for perfection. Scars and marks are frowned upon, often perceived as ugliness to be hidden. And so, we run to surgeries, conceal with heavy makeup, or hide behind masks, desperate to erase these evidences of imperfection. But what if we chose to see our scars differently? Not as stains to be covered, but as symbols to be embraced. Why? Because they are markers of wisdom gained. Evidences of the unique stories marked into our beings that make us who we are. I don’t know about you, but I’ve come to a sobering realization: because of the fickleness of human nature, most wisdom must be branded into us if it is to stay with us. Unfortunately, without pain and without scars, much of life’s wisdom slips away. But when etched into our bodies or our souls, it endures. It remains with us into old age, shaping who we are. Think about it. Almost every...

For someone who cannot see, it might be assumed that the ultimate blessing would be having their eyes opened. Yet, scripture narrates a poignant tale of two 'blind' individuals—Adam and Eve—whose eyes were indeed opened, but only to the heartbreaking realization of their nakedness after consuming the forbidden fruit. The story of the fall offers many profound insights, but today I want to focus particularly on how knowledge influences our consciousness. We live in an age overflowing with information, where all type of knowledge multiplies by the day. Thanks to technological advancements, accessing this wealth of information has never been easier. Through mainstream media, social networks, and alternative platforms, we are bombarded with a relentless stream of data. On the other hand slogans like "knowledge is power" drive us to pursue information, often in a quest to validate our superiority. Ultimately we find ourselves in a loop of either being chased or chasing inf...