The Power of His Name 3, Emmanuel God With Us

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

You can practically do anything spiritual, physical, intellectual, godly and legal when God is with you. God promised to be with Isaac in Gerar and in spite of the famine in the land, Isaac planted precious seed in a land afflicted by drought. He reaped bountiful harvests. Please read Genesis Chapter 26. Additionally, Isaac survived the envy of the Philistines against him. Despite claiming wells Isaac and his herdsmen had dug up as theirs, the Presence of God in the life of Isaac directed him and his herdsmen to where they could dig wells with water.

God promised to be with Moses when He commissioned Moses to go ask Pharaoh to release the children of Israel from Egypt. Please read Exodus Chapter 3 verses 1 to 12. When Moses complained about his inability to speak eloquently, God promised to also be with the mouth of Moses; to instruct him on what to say. And when Moses complained further, God promised to be with both the mouths of Moses and Aaron, the older brother of Moses. Please read Exodus Chapter 4 verses 10 to 16.

God was with Moses at all times in all of his negotiations with Pharaoh. Please read Exodus Chapters 3 verse 12. That explains why Moses scored many victories against Pharaoh. The awesome Presence of God that was always with Moses and his brother Aaron paved the way for each of the negotiations with Pharaoh.

Moses understood the power and essence of the presence of God in both his life and the people of Israel. That explains why Moses insisted on having the Presence of God go with them as they journeyed to the Promised Land. Please read Exodus Chapters 13 verses 21 to 22 and 33 verses 12 to 17.

Do not Humiliate Other People

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Humiliation especially in public can create deep seated anger and resentment in people. Consequently, they look for opportunities and platforms to get back at the people or person who humiliated them publicly. Absalom, the brother of Tamar took his time to get back at Amnon for humiliating his sister publicly by raping her. In due course, Absalom killed Amnon, his half brother. This led to a series of events which brought untold reproach and unhappiness in the family of the Biblical King David and by extension, the kingdom of Israel. Beloved, humiliation does not bring about healing in families, communities, Churches and nations. It takes great grace to ignore humiliation especially if the person humiliated has insight of the character traits and nature of people who take pleasure in humiliating other people.

A person who humiliates other people especially in public is most often; usually an insecure person with zero to little self confidence and self worth which explains why s/he takes delight in humiliating other people in public. Take for instance a CEO who becomes a CEO through unorthodox means and unfortunately does not know the rudiments of steering the organization, lacks direction and focus. S/he will daily pick holes in what other people are doing even if they are putting their best foot forward. This is because boss CEO is bereft of the information it takes to steer an organization, has no vision, no goal, no smart objectives and significantly has no timelines, no order, just anything goes. Such people take delight in picking holes in the works of other people just to humiliate them and not necessarily proffer solutions to whatever challenges they claim to be experiencing. When tasked to come up with solutions, they become confrontational, angry and blame other people for their inability to proffer solutions to anything. Rather than deal with their personal mental incapacitation and challenges, they seek refuge in humiliating other people, clamoring for respect. Sometimes they resort to threats and cheap blackmail as well as invectives and pathetically sometimes curses to intimidate people they think they rule over.