FORGETTING LEADS TO REBELLION.

FORGETTING LEADS TO REBELLION.
Scripture: 1 Samuel 15:17. 
Topic: Forgetting Leads to Rebellion. 

"And Samuel said, When thou wast LITTLE IN THINE OWN SIGHT, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?"
1 Samuel 15:17

Saul did not remember to obey the Lord when he was lifted up. Samuel reminded him that he was nobody when God called and anointed him. Apparently, he had forgotten  how little he was at the beginning. People rebel against those who set them up because they do not remember how they came to be where they are. I remember a brother who rebelled against his General Superintendent. He was sent to a foreign country to plant a church. After the church grew and became successful, this brother decided to dissociate
himself from the church which sent him. I visited the General Superintendent and he spoke bitterly about this missionary. 

I was amazed to hear that this brother had written him a nasty letter telling him to back off his ministry. He told his pastor that he owed him nothing and that he had done nothing for him. The General Superintendent was very angry as he narrated the story of this ungrateful and forgetful son. As we talked, he said, “This fellow was one of my house boys (domestic servants) who I raised up.” Then he pointed to the ground and showed me the spot where this fellow would pray along with some others. “This fellow belonged to a group of nobodies I helped. I welcomed them into my house and gave them a place to pray in my living room. I trained them in the ministry,” he said. He described how he had used his influence to get visas for this young man (in Africa, it is a miracle to obtain a visa for a European country when you do not have a substantial or wealthy background). Then he lifted his fingers and cursed the man, "The wind is
against him." Because this boy had forgotten where he came from and who had helped him, he received a curse that night. One day, a year later, I happened to see this forgetful minister in a shopping mall. He had gone shopping with his wife and had filled his trolley with saucepans, frying pans and other household items. He was living happily ever after with his wife, far away from his angry General Superintendent.

As soon as I saw him, I remembered the fingers that were lifted up and the curse that the wind was against him. And it came to pass that the wind was indeed against him! As time went by, the wind dismantled his church and his congregation scattered! I would meet his prized members and financiers and they would tell me they were no more with him. This same wind blew him into adultery and obviously destroyed his marriage. The wind continued to blow…. This is the wind that blows on the forgetful and rebellious ones! 


Credits : Excerpt From,
Remembrance.
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills.

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