The Match is Fixed

Referring to the inner journey of Jesus during Lent, and His resurrection, Lalith Thaththa (Bro. Lalith Perera) said "the match was fixed and the winner decided".  Little did I know that these words would become an experience for all of us.

Few weeks ago, my eldest son who is crazy about skateboarding fell off his skateboard, hit his knee on the concrete and even though we could not see any external wound, he was in severe pain.  He was still in pain on Sunday when we attended mass, and after that the prayer meeting.  During the worship, my son came to me, moved his injured leg in every possible way and whispered into my ear "no pain".  Just then, we heard words of knowledge coming through the recorded video of the Mabole prayer meeting that we were watching.  The very next word, spoke about a person who had injured his right knee and said the Lord is healing that person.  The most amazing thing is, my son was injured on Friday but the word of knowledge was actually spoken Tuesday of that week - 3 days before he was injured.  Before my son fell and hurt his knee, God had decided to heal him.


This is not just about a healing of an injured knee, God has spoken about each one of us.  When we give Him the ownership of our lives, the words that He has spoken about us begin to manifest in our lives.  He knows we will fall - into sin and into weakness.  Therefore He has spoken the word to restore us even before we fall.  The moment we come to Him and make a decision to belong to Him, the words He has spoken begin to heal us, restore us and lead us to a place that we could never make it on our own. Remember Abraham? When God found Abraham, he was an old man, no children, probably moving from place to place in the desert.  Today we call Abraham the "Father of Many Nations" and "Friend of God".  That is how far God will take all of us, who decide to belong to Him and go where He sends us.


It is time for my son to join the Army for his National Service.  As parents we have been afraid... afraid that he will forget the experience that God gave him.  We have been praying and asking the Lord not to hide His face from our son during the next two years, when he most probably will enter into a different life style.


This morning, the Lord reminded me a promise He gave us the day we decided to serve Him.  The promise is in Isaiah 59:21 "As for me, this is my covenant with them." says the Lord.  "My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of their descendants from this time on and forever," says the Lord.


God has spoken.  He has spoken about us, about our children and their children.  The words He has spoken has no expiry date.  He says this will happen "from this time on and forever".  Praise the Lord!