Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord

This Friday we were privileged at FGB Jaya Chapter One to have Reverend Pierre Wuytack share with us. Reverend Pierre was formerly a missionary in Kenya and also a GM of Marketing at an international Japanese company in South Africa. All in, he worked for the Japanese for 12 years and also taught the Bible. Then God called him to leave his job at 59. Now he is 73. Still he is young and green, as the Psalmist says, the man who loves God’s Word is like a tree planted by streams of water. At the time he was called, there was no door open and he had young children. It took a great leap of faith to just quit his job with no savings but God was faithful to Him. The Lord confirmed this to him through Joyce Meyer on the television who said “You may be an executive and you are scared, and God has called you to walk on the water.

Having resigned in December, he was into his last month of notice in February when he received a call to go to Madagascar as a missionary, as the previous missionary there had passed away. He went in faith and God led him to build schools.

Prosperity starts from the inside. 3 John 1:2 says “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” To prosper we need to put God first in our lives. In Jeremiah 17:7, it is written: Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, while in Jeremiah 17:5, it says cursed is the man who trusts in the flesh. All things are possible with God.

Reverend Pierre asked God for a bigger vision for him, and God led him to go into the bush where there were no schools, no church. God spoke to him to build 16 schools for children. Five days the children would learn and on Sunday, the school would be a church. In 6 months, all the funds necessary to build the schools arrived. All in 15 schools were built in the bush and 4 existing schools were refurbished. Today, there are 32 schools. Because of the schools, one third of the people in the area are now going to church. The children learned to read, and went back and read the Bible to their parents. In Madagascar, there is no TV, no entertainment, so the people have a lot of time. Miracles happen. When you put God first in your life, all things are possible. He became poor that we might become rich. Whatever problem you may have, don’t give up!

There is a difference between faith and trust. Faith is being confident that God can do it, that everything is possible with God. Faith can fail, but trust cannot fail. Trust is commitment. Trust never fails when we trust in the Lord. In Luke 22:31, Jesus told Peter “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.” Many people stop coming to church when they don’t get answers to their prayer. They serve God for the wrong purpose. We are saved! We are children of God! That is the real reason we are following the Lord! The power of God is within us. Big buildings are for the glory of man, not God. The beautiful cathedrals in Europe show man reaching to God but they do not find him through buildings. We need to trust God. That is the most basic thing in Christianity. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. Unbelief also comes by hearing, and by hearing the words of the world. The seeds sown in the field refers to the Words sown in our mind.

In 2008, Reverend Pierre and his wife had a bad car accident. She had to go into intensive care for 2 weeks, having a cracked pelvis and crushed lung and had trouble breathing. On the 23^rd of January, she was again not able to breathe and asked the Lord what she should do. She felt the Lord prompt her to ask her husband to pray for her. She did, her husband took anointing oil and prayed for her and the pain went away. Then he told her “In the name of Jesus, give me those crutches”, and she walked again. In another incident, there was a lady with cancer who asked Reverend Pierre to pray for her. After several sessions of prayer, still nothing happened, but Reverend Pierre did not give up. The condition worsened, and things in the natural did not look good. But we are not natural people, we are supernatural, we are the children of God. Water filled her lungs and she could not breathe but they continued to pray. The next day, the breakthrough came, the cancerous growth started shrinking and a week later she was released. When she went back for her checkup again, there was complete healing and no spots were found.

Abraham was promised that his descendants would be like sands on the seashore and the stars in the sky. The sands could refer to the Arabs originating from Israel but the stars refer to us, for we are close to Heaven, seated with Christ in the heavenly places. In 1 John 4:17, it is written “Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world “ As Jesus is, so are we in this world. Is there weakness in Christ? Lack of power? No! Christ is able to do more than we could ever ask and dream of. When the hunter goes hunting, he may aim his rifle expertly but if he does not pull the trigger, he doesn’t get anything. We are as He is, but we must trust Him.

Psalm 125:1-2 reads “Those who trust in the LORD Are like Mount Zion, Which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people from this time forth and forever. Trust is a commitment. Even if prayer is not answered, even if miracles do not happen, I will trust Him. Joseph was rejected by his own brothers but trusted God. Isaiah 61 says that He has given us beauty for ashes. Potiphar’s home was blessed because of Joseph. We are children of God Most High. The anointing of Christ reaches each one of us. Even in jail, Joseph prospered. God’s timing is always perfect, always the right time.

Whatever we go through, trust Him. Nothing is impossible with God.