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Wellness Series: You are Needed by God
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When I began writing this wellness series, I was coming out from the trauma of psychologically (in my mind) and emotionally (in my heart) dealing with the death of my dearly beloved father. It was our Heavenly Father who spoke these words for wellness into my soul as I typed them onto the blogs you have read thus far. I am so grateful to Almighty God that His Spirit has kept me through numerous storms in life. I just can’t do without Him. He’s my everything. I hope that you make Lord Jesus your everything, too. Life’s not easy—many bumps and potholes along the narrow way; but God’s mercy and grace gives you wings to fly over them, feet to dance through them, and a heart of love to persevere and press onward to finish the race.
My life is a living testimony to the awesome wonder of God’s power and love; and I just revel in it! For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son. . . Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified (Romans 8:29-30).
Health is enjoying yourself as a wonderful person.1
“What? Am I a wonderful person?” It can be hard to believe when, throughout all your life, folks around you could not understand how you live, and move and have your being. Your life has been anointed for the service of God from the beginning. You, who refuse to sit among gossipmongers, scoffers and skeptics, and have sat apart from worldly happenings, it is because God’s hand has been on you to keep you for His service.
“How can I be chosen when I’ve made so many bad choices in life, dear Lord?” you ask. Once you finally gave all of your life to Him, He removed all those layers of sin and washed you completely clean in His blood. You are justified—now declared righteous, right with God. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit (Romans 8:1).
Condemnation is to be burdened heavily under the torment of sin. Sin gives off spiritual energy that is not born from a Holy God. Sin has a “stench” of rottenness that suffocates the goodness that God put in you at birth. And this stench constantly shouts: “You are guilty; you’re not right with God.” That is called a burden, a very heavy load.
That’s why Jesus stretched out His arms to you on the cross, and with His resurrected hand is knocking on the door of your heart saying, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-30).
When you are yoked (connected) to Jesus, He takes your heavy sinful burden off your life and gives you His burden—a life of grace, surrendered discipleship, and walking in harmony with God’s will with faith in Jesus. And His burden is light because He supplies the strength you need to obey His Word which is not designed to be too heavy for you to do (1 John 5:3).
Once the stench of sin is washed away, you become to God the fragrance of Christ (2 Corinthians 2:14-15). And He gives you a gift called grace—favor that you didn’t deserve (unmerited), that you didn’t work for, or manipulate (use deception) to receive. When you verbally confessed that “Jesus is Lord” (Romans 10:9-10) over your life, grace was freely given to you. Grace is salvation, forgiveness, divine strength for daily living, an active force that transforms the way you think, speak, and act, and, boosted by the purity of God’s Holy Spirit, leads you to live according to God’s will. Above all, grace is love and joy unspeakable, only felt when you surrender to it and are willingly yoked to it. Think of grace as a piece of utterly beautiful clothing God gives you and desires that you wear everyday of your life because it never fades or soils, but is renewed every morning.
YOU WERE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE RIGHT FROM YOUR MOTHER’S WOMB. Read Psalm 139. What happened to make you doubt this undeniable Truth? Life may have slapped you here and there, but it’s time to GET UP! SHAKE IT OFF AND KEEP ON STEPPING INTO WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR YOU.
It doesn’t matter how many times you fall down. What matters is how many times you get up. “Look up to Me,” Jesus said to Peter as he walked on the water. “I will keep you steadfast by My hand. I got you. Trust Me!” And Peter got his miracle. But when the waves roared and came crashing too close for his comfort, Peter looked away from Jesus and sank into the turbulent sea.
Life will criticize you unfairly, cheat you, lie on you, mock and tease you, and purely hate you with all imaginable hatred. LOOK UP TO JESUS. HE WILL KEEP YOU STEADY ON YOUR LIFE’S COURSE, YOUR PURPOSE, AND YOU WON’T FALL. YOU WON’T FAIL. YOU WON’T SUFFER SHAME OR DISGRACE. YOU ARE HIS PRECIOUS ONE, ANOINTED FOR A LIFE IN HIS SERVICE.
Remember that every time you meet “the storms” and “the stormers,” you are needed by God for His special purpose.
“I make all things beautiful in My time,” says the Lord. “Now is your time to express how wonderful you are.”
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1. Travis, J. (1977). The Wellness Workbook. Mill Valley, CA, USA: Wellness Resource Center.
Pastor Patience is, by profession, an Instructional Design & Training Consultant and, as a trained classroom teacher, has taught young people and older people over the course of 30 years the subjects of English, Mathematics, Science and Computing, and Etiquette as the first Headmistress of Global Village Christian Academy Int'l School in Ashanti Region; and, prior to that, served as the first Headmistress of Victory Academy International School in Eastern Region, both founded by her late father, Rev. Peter Osei-Anyamesem.
As such, throughout her career and in her current role as a Children’s Ministry Regional Director in Assemblies of God, Ghana, she has trained approximately 1,000 Mentor-Teachers in the CPD Standards Office (United Kingdom) Accredited Course Models of Learning. She is author of Multiplying Our Children's Church with “Real Talk” Models of Learning: Application of Wholistic Christ-Centered Education for the Home, School and Church; of the internet blog you are now reading, Take My Hand Inspirations: Conversations with the Soul; and the biannual editions of “Real Talk” Teaching Tract Curriculum Series for the training, development, and welfare of children and teens.
Patience Osei-Anyamesem has also authored “My Cup Overflows” storybook collection and a repertoire of children's plays including The Power of Purity, Christ-the Light of the World, and award-winners: So Eat Mama's Banku and Okra Stew! and Send Your Girl-child to School.
As part of her children and teen literacy up-skill campaign, she designed, published, and trains the Teach Me English! Language Pedagogy and Curriculum for home, private, and public schools.
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