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Nature can be described as the house of man. Whoever destroys his home will live in the cold.
Everything in nature which consists of the elements and the spiritual forces within it were given as signs to direct our sojourns here on earth.
Jesus told Paul while on the way to Damascus… You cannot keep hitting your legs against thorns and have a nice time.
In other words, you cannot continue to act unjustly and expect a safe landing.
The system of our world serves as indicators to point to the facts whether we are doing it right or wrong.
If we fail to learn from nature we will remain as dwarfs in life. But if we heed the signs around us, we will always rise again no matter the depth we have fallen.
It may not be at all times, but at critical moments God will continue to speak to us through nature.
He speaks to us more through nature than through some fuzzy means.
Even Paul in certain places in scriptures told us… Don’t nature teach us.
Nature is our teacher and guide if we will allow it.
Over spirituality is the debacle of many… The entire Bible is laid with nature as its illustrators.
This is why our Lord Jesus will not complete a teaching without a parable (nature) to support his thoughts, proposition or command.
Back to Mr Paul on the way to Damascus
He got blind and fell to the ground. He learnt this to be of the Lord. He met Ananias and his sights were restored.
From that day, he became a new man. Paul never went back to his sinful path…
His life remained on the progressive all his days.
Many of us couldn’t read meaning from the experiences around us. We just take every circumstances as being casual and irrelevant.
Then we placed ourselves in perpetual pains, demotion or stagnation…
Sometimes we know where things go wrong but we choose to be chained.
*The Bible says we should not be like the mule without understanding*
_The more I grow spiritually the more I come to realize that there’s never an accident; there’s always a cause to every effect. And everything runs under the master designer – God._
Contrary to Paul’s experience, there’s a prophet in the Old Testament who orchestrated his destruction because he couldn’t take cue from nature.
*He is Senior Prophet Balaam*
King Balak of Moab wanted Israel to go under a curse.
He sent for Balaam a renown prophet of international repute of those days.
Balaam knowing that his assignment was of National status from a king was eager to go.
His donkey of many years suddenly became wild and brutal.
Balaam couldn’t read the sign. He forced himself on it and the journey began but instead of the donkey going forward, it went sideways in spite of the brutal beatings.
God pitied the animal and it spoke like man and instantly prophet Balaam’s eyes were opened and he saw an angel ready to kill him
Balaam’s permissive will was granted and he continued on the journey.
That was the journey that led him to untimely death and got his prophetic ministry smeared for life.
2 Peter 2:15 KJV
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
Jude 1:11 KJV
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
There are signs around us whether we are starting a new relationship, starting a new job, running a kind of ministry, befriending a person, etc.
Don’t ignore those natural signs, take them to Jesus.
I’m not saying that you run around signs and get everyone labeled as witch or wizard.
Those unique signs or indicators come by themselves and are revealed only that you’ve to be discerning and spiritual to perceive it.
Even big prophet Balaam couldn’t because he lacked discerning capacity.
Nature guides and leads us… Because they are controlled ultimately by God.
God is not against understanding nature what he’s against is having Christian live for the fleshly demands.
Balaam was so “spiritual” in quote but pursuit of physical goods dampened his spirit until he was destroyed.
*Practical*
Many times some problems that we have never known will start immediately we begin to work in certain occupation, earn certain income, live in a certain locality, etc.
Let’s find where things go wrong
Sometimes we may not have been into any kind of sin. Maybe God just want to get our attention like Moses on Mount Sinai at the Burning Bush and Peter with lack of and plenty of fish.
Nature had to act against Joseph in terms of his brethren to get him into Egypt as a slave, thereby paving his way to the palace.
If every child of God will take cognizance of nature we will realize that all things work together for our good.
As Christians let’s harmonize with nature.
Nature is not our enemy, sin is the problem.
Always remember this: Nature is given as our friend to benefit from…
Our beloved God will not give us a house (nature) that will hurt us…
And when nature is contrary as it was in the story of Jonah on the stormy sea, let’s find out.
For God will continue to speak through nature if only we will listen.
On final note, I will point out certain significant areas to watch:
1. Borrowing… The Bible says the borrower is servant to the lender.
In our real world how true is this. Borrowing takes away rest.
2. Sowing and reaping…
Nature shows us that seed time precedes harvest.
Hyper grace teaches that you can reap without work. This is why we have more poor people among the supposed church people.
Spirituality and hard work goes together.
What grace does is that it makes result easy to obtain and multiply return on investment or input
3. You cannot eat junks and expect anointing for good health to abound. I doubt it… Long life goes with good food
4. You cannot think stinking thought and live in perpetual anxiety and expect a strong heart… Nature taught us that a healthy thought leads a healthy body
5. Academics performance is dependent on students settled state to read. What’s not read with depth cannot be remembered in an examination hall.
The brain is given to be loaded with information, it’s not for mere decoration.
6. You cannot pick a tout as a husband and expect that he will not make you his punching bag… As you lay your bed you lie in it.
7. In nature, there’s no free thing ultimately. Salvation cost Jesus something and it cost you trading off an old lifestyle and a turn around by his grace
Everything has a cost, value and price. Be ready to labour to obtain.
8. Nature shows us that everything we see aren’t accidental… The car, houses, mountains and the universe.
Nature let us know there’s a Sovereign Being, he is God Almighty.
We can learn so many things from nature if only we will be in Harmony with it…
Man cannot advance here on earth without understanding nature… His place of abode.
Thank you for following, next week we will start a new series by the grace of God.
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WALE ADEWUMI
