NOW IS THE TIME......

OLUWAMUYIWA OKUSEINDE

"In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes" (Judges 21:25).

After the death of Joshua and Caleb, and the other elders who were contemporary with them, the children of came under the rule of a set of leaders who were known as the judges. The Bible records however that during the time of the judges, there was absolute lawlessness in Israel. Everyone was a lord and a law unto himself. Every man was his own governor and did whatever he felt was right in his own eyes. It was so bad that when anyone did wrong, he could proceed to defend his wrongdoing by his cunning and strength, without any authority being able to call the erring person to order.

Needless to say that when a man's own will, passions, and caprice, are to be made the rule of law, society is in a most perilous and ruinous state. In such a situation, manners, morality and moderation are thrown to the gutters, and the human conscience becomes altogether crucified. So it was in Israel at this time that people no longer frowned at evil but would rather bless it and impunity became the order of the day.

But of greater importance to us is that during this period, the people of Israel relapsed into apostasy, denying the one and only true God.

That in itself was the real cause of every other problem that they had. They completely withdrew their allegiance from God and proceeded to serve other gods. God, the living God had no place in their thinking and in their living. You can imagine a man like Micah who was described as having a house full of gods (Judges 17:5). You could as well say that "In those days there was no [God] in Israel: every man [became a god unto himself and] did that which was right in his own eyes". Remember that God almighty was their king whom they rejected that He should not reign over them (1 Samuel 8:7).

Friends, your biggest and most profitable investment this year will be to enthrone God as king over your life. You do this by yielding yourself unto Him and let Him rule your life. Do it now. Give Him exclusive right over your life and let Him be your only Sovereign. Let Him rule in your affairs and let Him have unfettered control over your family, career, relationships and business engagements. Let the whole world know that there is a king over your life and that the Most High rules and reigns supreme over you. If you do this, you are bound to live a victorious and happy life all through the year and beyond. We have known and we can testify that the power of Satan is simply not in existence wherever Jehovah rules and reigns supreme.

Shalom!