Take Your Life in Your Hands
There are some very interesting scriptures I want to explore in this blog today. No Matter what happens in life, resolve what to do and take your life in your hands!
Luke 16:3-4 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
Judges 11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he [was] the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. 2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou [art] the son of a strange woman. 3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him. 4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. 5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: 6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. 7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress? 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. 9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head? 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words. 11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
Judges 12:2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. 3 And when I saw that ye delivered [me] not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? (Emphasis mine)
Jephtha’s life story is recorded above in Judges 11 and 12, and what a very glorious story it is! If you want to possess your inheritance in life you must realize certain facts. First, is that no one on earth owes you ANYTHING! We are all pilgrims on earth. In fact the Scriptures says we must fight for our salvation with fear and trembling.
Philippians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Jephtha’s life story is similar to that of many people all over the world, I am sure some of us reading this book can identify with this story. Son of a harlot, thrown out of his father’s house and living with a band of vain men. Yet this man that life seems to have rejected took his destiny in his hands and in the process of time with the help of the mighty God became the captain or leader of the same nation that rejected him. What a story!
Caleb and Joshua had a minority report against the overwhelming report of the other 10 spies, the nation rejected the minority report for the majority report and thereafter spent forty years in the wilderness! But in the process of time, the minority report became the true history of Israel.
Do you have similar circumstances in your life where people have cast you out as a never do well? Do you have vain men or as another translation puts it worthless men around you? The key is to take your life in your hands and take life heads on, listen to me, in the process of time you will win and become the captain!
Jephtha and the servant in Luke 16:3-4 took their lives in their hands. They resolved that irrespective of their current circumstance in life, they were resolved not to beg, not to steal, not to dig. What have you resolved to do with your current situation? You cannot afford to fold your hands and wait for kingdom come, you must do something with the opportunities you have today. Resolve today and you will not beg tomorrow. In the process of time, God will make all things beautiful for you. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Halleluyah!
