DESTITUTES IN THE CHRISTIAN RACE

   When the word, 'destitute', is mentioned, what picture comes to mind? Is it the faces whose contours are deeply lined with poverty and hunger ? Is it those haggard-looking people out there on the streets, seated by the road sidewalks with little empty bowls waiting to receive money from passers-by? or do you think of just those people who are plagued by lack- lack of clothing, of food and of shelter. Hmmn! Like Jesus once said in the Bible, 'You do well!'. If you thought of these things, you have conjured an almost perfect picture of what it means to be destitute.
   However, have we ever stopped for a split second and imagined that in the spiritual realm, we might look just like 'those people'? Have we ever considered that we might just be the destitutes in the Christian race.
How? we may ask................................
The dictionary defines the word, 'destitute', as lacking or devoid of something. As destitutes in the Christian race, we might be rich and not lacking in material things at all, we might look all fancy and tushed up on the outside but on the inside, our  little empty bowls are really there, begging for understanding of the word.  In other words, destitutes in the Christian race lack understanding of things pertaining to the spirit.
   In Matt.13:14-15, Jesus speaks of those who see but do not really see, those who hear but do not really hear nor understand! Who are these people sef?! My dear brothers and sisters, look no further - they are the 
destitutes in the Christian race! Most times, when we study a particular passage in the Bible more than once, I believe the Holy Spirit opens our eyes to see the different sides to that one passage at different times. Matthew 13 is no exception; we might have come across the parable of the sower at one time or the other. I, myself, have been privileged to study it more than once and by the Spirit, I have been opened to a totally different dimension to it which I think I should share with y'all. Hmmn.. what's this new meaning sef!
Well, why don't you wait for the next part?
Afterall the Bible says,' Wait' in Psalm 27:14.
Abeg, Na 'Wait on the Lord' o! (LOL)