If we study and observe the Bible carefully, we will see some
people who looks like mad, let us see few of them.
Noah: GOD told him that He is going to bring great flood on earth and so directed him to build an Ark to save HIS people and few animals. GOD said that he wanted to wash away all the evil people on earth along with animals, birds and all creatures. We never heard about a rain in the Bible before, but Noah was told about flood. When all the people on earth were enjoying in their own ways. Noah, to follow LORD’S word, started building an Ark to save many. His family joined him and helped him, it took 120 years for them to build the Ark, while spending most of their time for construction. When people saw this, many might thought Noah a Mad, repeating the same words of GOD for 120 years, not seeing a drop of rain and not even its sign on earth. To that generation Noah is a Mad, but if we go a little further, we will see only Noah and his family being survived from GOD's wrath and from the great floods that came on earth.
Abraham: When Abraham was happily living with his family, some unknown voice (voice of almighty GOD) told him to go away from his father's rich house, to the land that He is going to show him. The same GOD, also promised Abraham a great nation, and his off springs as many stars in the sky in number, when he was in those days of sadness for not having any child. Abraham believed this GOD and left his father's house, his brothers and his relatives. He also left his comforts, safety and security.
He became alone and started his pilgrimage to the promised land. People around Abraham might thought he was Mad, and might mocked him saying, "Hey Abraham, where is your GOD who promised you to give you Son? It has been 25 years by now and you still been telling us the same story. Now you are already100 years old." Yes it has been 25 years he started from his Father's house, having no children yet. He went through so many struggles, famine and humiliation. But if we read his story to the end, GOD has blessed Abraham at the age of 100 a Son, the seed of great nation, from whom GOD made the country of Israel. GOD fulfilled HIS promise to Abraham. GOD made Abraham rich and blessed him with Sheep and cattle. For all this to happen, Abraham had to wait for 25 long years to inherit his promises, which people thought as a madness.
Moses: He was born in a slave family, but surprisingly brought up to the Royal palace as a son of the Kings daughter. Even though he is from a slave family, He was brought up as a royal prince. He might become the King of entire Egypt in time. He was leading his comfortable royal life in King’s palace. He was their future King, but He left his prince hood and counted himself as a slave and fought against the King. Do you know what happened? He had to flee from his own kingdom to save himself from the King. The young man who once lived the royal life, chooses to go after the sheep and had spent his forty years as an ordinary shepherd.
What do you think of Moses? Doesn’t he seems like a Mad person? If he would have obeyed the King's commands and follows his orders, He might become the king of that country and would have enjoyed all the comforts in that royal palace. But now he is living in wilderness day and night and has become a shepherd. What a major difference, what a down fall..!, We know the life of a shepherd, they will have to spend most time in the fields away from their families and be willing to stay in the fields whether it is rainy, sunny or even windy. What a miserable life he is living! Really he looks like a mad person to all who reads his story. But if we continue to read his end of the story, GOD appeared to Moses and made Moses the leader of his blessed people. Moses became a very good friend of GOD The Almighty. He gained a very good intimacy with GOD spending day and night for 40 days with GOD on Mount Sinai. What a privilege he got! GOD himself had referred Moses, just like a man to another man. GOD in whom we are living and in whom our life and soul are hidden, in whom our destiny is. GOD the creator, GOD the almighty, GOD whom no man can see, the same GOD descended on to the earth to talk with Moses. And GOD gave great privilege to Moses that GOD himself showed to Moses. GOD appeared to Moses with His glory. If we observe carefully we will know that GOD himself buried Moses. What a great privilege..!
If Moses, wouldn't had considered the earthly royalty as nothing, He would have died as any other king failing to save his own soul from eternal fire. But he wisely chosen to bear the reproach along with godly people indeed saving innumerable souls. Dear friends, if at all you are leading a worldly comfortable life, and if GOD asks you to leave those comforts and do HIS ministry, what is your response??? We all should say ‘Yes’, the path that leads to eternal life may seem to be narrow at the beginning, but once you enter into the path, GOD himself will walk with us providing our needs and straightening our paths.
Ruth: She is a pagan woman who married a godly person who came to their village from a far country for their daily bread, unfortunately she lost her husband and all the men in his family. She and her mother-in-law were only left in that family. When her mother-in-law Naomi told Ruth to go and marry some other young man, she refused to go. And if we observe Ruth's response, we might think Ruth as mad. She wanted to stay with her mother-in-law, who is helpless and poor and wanted to go with her where ever she goes. Now Ruth is staying near her father's house which is a safe and securing. There is no hope of happiness and comfort with Naomi. But Ruth madly says to Naomi, your people are my people, your country is my country and your GOD is my GOD and she continues "Other than death no one can separate us". What a bold and mad decision? Naomi is a poor widow planning to go back to her own country and told Ruth to stay back at her father's country safe. But Ruth madly says, I will follow where ever you go. They will reach Bethlehem which is Naomi's place after a long journey. Now Ruth is a stranger in that land, but she boldly lives for Naomi and works hard to meet their livelihood.
GOD, seeing her faithfulness and love towards her mother-in-law Naomi and towards her GOD, THE ALMIGHTY GOD blesses her and if we read to her end of the story, a godly man Boaz marries Ruth, which Naomi arranges. If we go a little further for our surprise from Ruth, who came from the people whom GOD abandoned from godly Jews people, David the great king born and Jesus the GOD and mighty Savior came into this world. Jesus was called the Son of David.
So Dear reader, if we observe, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Ruth, they all left their comforts and Loved the GOD with all might and heart and followed him with whole heart. For the people who see them they might look Mad, but GOD made those mad people as wise people on earth. Do you want to become Mad for Jesus? Do you want to achieve great things for Jesus? Then where is your hard work? Where are your sacrifices? Where is your Madness? I have seen so many people who left their Jobs, families and own comforts for the sake of Jesus and his ministry. All of them are blessed by GOD. In the very beginning, they might went through afflictions and sufferings, but GOD helped them in all their afflictions and made their name great..! GOD had givcn them double folded blessings for whatever they left for the sake of Jesus. GOD honored them before all men where ever they were put to shame.
It is written in the Holy Bible that my people will never be ashamed and where ever they were put to shame HE will make their name great, and HE also promised them the blessings with double portion for whatever they did for the sake of his kingdom.
May GOD give us the madness to live for his glory. Amen.
Noah: GOD told him that He is going to bring great flood on earth and so directed him to build an Ark to save HIS people and few animals. GOD said that he wanted to wash away all the evil people on earth along with animals, birds and all creatures. We never heard about a rain in the Bible before, but Noah was told about flood. When all the people on earth were enjoying in their own ways. Noah, to follow LORD’S word, started building an Ark to save many. His family joined him and helped him, it took 120 years for them to build the Ark, while spending most of their time for construction. When people saw this, many might thought Noah a Mad, repeating the same words of GOD for 120 years, not seeing a drop of rain and not even its sign on earth. To that generation Noah is a Mad, but if we go a little further, we will see only Noah and his family being survived from GOD's wrath and from the great floods that came on earth.
Abraham: When Abraham was happily living with his family, some unknown voice (voice of almighty GOD) told him to go away from his father's rich house, to the land that He is going to show him. The same GOD, also promised Abraham a great nation, and his off springs as many stars in the sky in number, when he was in those days of sadness for not having any child. Abraham believed this GOD and left his father's house, his brothers and his relatives. He also left his comforts, safety and security.
He became alone and started his pilgrimage to the promised land. People around Abraham might thought he was Mad, and might mocked him saying, "Hey Abraham, where is your GOD who promised you to give you Son? It has been 25 years by now and you still been telling us the same story. Now you are already100 years old." Yes it has been 25 years he started from his Father's house, having no children yet. He went through so many struggles, famine and humiliation. But if we read his story to the end, GOD has blessed Abraham at the age of 100 a Son, the seed of great nation, from whom GOD made the country of Israel. GOD fulfilled HIS promise to Abraham. GOD made Abraham rich and blessed him with Sheep and cattle. For all this to happen, Abraham had to wait for 25 long years to inherit his promises, which people thought as a madness.
Moses: He was born in a slave family, but surprisingly brought up to the Royal palace as a son of the Kings daughter. Even though he is from a slave family, He was brought up as a royal prince. He might become the King of entire Egypt in time. He was leading his comfortable royal life in King’s palace. He was their future King, but He left his prince hood and counted himself as a slave and fought against the King. Do you know what happened? He had to flee from his own kingdom to save himself from the King. The young man who once lived the royal life, chooses to go after the sheep and had spent his forty years as an ordinary shepherd.
What do you think of Moses? Doesn’t he seems like a Mad person? If he would have obeyed the King's commands and follows his orders, He might become the king of that country and would have enjoyed all the comforts in that royal palace. But now he is living in wilderness day and night and has become a shepherd. What a major difference, what a down fall..!, We know the life of a shepherd, they will have to spend most time in the fields away from their families and be willing to stay in the fields whether it is rainy, sunny or even windy. What a miserable life he is living! Really he looks like a mad person to all who reads his story. But if we continue to read his end of the story, GOD appeared to Moses and made Moses the leader of his blessed people. Moses became a very good friend of GOD The Almighty. He gained a very good intimacy with GOD spending day and night for 40 days with GOD on Mount Sinai. What a privilege he got! GOD himself had referred Moses, just like a man to another man. GOD in whom we are living and in whom our life and soul are hidden, in whom our destiny is. GOD the creator, GOD the almighty, GOD whom no man can see, the same GOD descended on to the earth to talk with Moses. And GOD gave great privilege to Moses that GOD himself showed to Moses. GOD appeared to Moses with His glory. If we observe carefully we will know that GOD himself buried Moses. What a great privilege..!
If Moses, wouldn't had considered the earthly royalty as nothing, He would have died as any other king failing to save his own soul from eternal fire. But he wisely chosen to bear the reproach along with godly people indeed saving innumerable souls. Dear friends, if at all you are leading a worldly comfortable life, and if GOD asks you to leave those comforts and do HIS ministry, what is your response??? We all should say ‘Yes’, the path that leads to eternal life may seem to be narrow at the beginning, but once you enter into the path, GOD himself will walk with us providing our needs and straightening our paths.
Ruth: She is a pagan woman who married a godly person who came to their village from a far country for their daily bread, unfortunately she lost her husband and all the men in his family. She and her mother-in-law were only left in that family. When her mother-in-law Naomi told Ruth to go and marry some other young man, she refused to go. And if we observe Ruth's response, we might think Ruth as mad. She wanted to stay with her mother-in-law, who is helpless and poor and wanted to go with her where ever she goes. Now Ruth is staying near her father's house which is a safe and securing. There is no hope of happiness and comfort with Naomi. But Ruth madly says to Naomi, your people are my people, your country is my country and your GOD is my GOD and she continues "Other than death no one can separate us". What a bold and mad decision? Naomi is a poor widow planning to go back to her own country and told Ruth to stay back at her father's country safe. But Ruth madly says, I will follow where ever you go. They will reach Bethlehem which is Naomi's place after a long journey. Now Ruth is a stranger in that land, but she boldly lives for Naomi and works hard to meet their livelihood.
GOD, seeing her faithfulness and love towards her mother-in-law Naomi and towards her GOD, THE ALMIGHTY GOD blesses her and if we read to her end of the story, a godly man Boaz marries Ruth, which Naomi arranges. If we go a little further for our surprise from Ruth, who came from the people whom GOD abandoned from godly Jews people, David the great king born and Jesus the GOD and mighty Savior came into this world. Jesus was called the Son of David.
So Dear reader, if we observe, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Ruth, they all left their comforts and Loved the GOD with all might and heart and followed him with whole heart. For the people who see them they might look Mad, but GOD made those mad people as wise people on earth. Do you want to become Mad for Jesus? Do you want to achieve great things for Jesus? Then where is your hard work? Where are your sacrifices? Where is your Madness? I have seen so many people who left their Jobs, families and own comforts for the sake of Jesus and his ministry. All of them are blessed by GOD. In the very beginning, they might went through afflictions and sufferings, but GOD helped them in all their afflictions and made their name great..! GOD had givcn them double folded blessings for whatever they left for the sake of Jesus. GOD honored them before all men where ever they were put to shame.
It is written in the Holy Bible that my people will never be ashamed and where ever they were put to shame HE will make their name great, and HE also promised them the blessings with double portion for whatever they did for the sake of his kingdom.
May GOD give us the madness to live for his glory. Amen.
