''THIS WILL CHALLENGE YOU''

by **Avy** Thu Jul 14, 2016 6:47 pm

A man before leaving for work, left a letter on the
dining table for his wife. Chores around the house
kept the woman from seeing the letter until about
12 noon. When she finally chanced on the letter
she was so excited to see that her husband had
taken time to write her a letter. She kissed the
paper when she saw “my beautiful wife” at the top,
hugged it when she saw “I love you with all my
heart” at the bottom, and sniffed it when she
realized it smelled of her husband’s perfume.
Out of excitement, and without even bothering to
read the content of the letter, she made up her
mind to cook him his favorite meal for dinner that
night. She quickly rushed to the kitchen and got to
work.
After cooking and setting the table, she went to the
wash room and took a shower, put on her most
attractive night gown and dressed the bed.
Just as she was about to finish laying the bed her
husband walked into the house. When she heard
him come in she went out to welcome him. To her
surprise, her husband was very furious when he
saw her. She became very confused and asked
why he wouldn’t even let her welcome him with a
hug but instead have that angry look on his face.
The husband asked, “Did you read the letter I left
you on the table?”
The woman responded, “Oh yes I saw it. That’s
why I went through all the trouble to prepare your
favorite meal for you. Thank you so much honey, it
was sweet of you.”
She leaned in to give him a kiss but he pushed her
away to her surprise.
The husband went on, “If you did, then why haven’t
you done any of the things I instructed you to do?”
The man went inside and came out again quickly
with an already packed suit case. He headed
straight for the door and said to his wife, “See you
in 7 days.”
The woman stood there confused but before she
could utter a word, the door had slammed behind
him.
She went back to the dining table to take a second
look at the letter.
It read……
My beautiful wife, My company has asked 4
colleges and myself to go on a seven day trip to
Dubai for a training program. They said that we
can bring along our wives and I thought this will
be the best opportunity for us to have the
honeymoon we never did after we got married.
I have already packed a suit case for myself, so
please pack yours. Our flight leaves at exactly 7
pm so I will be home at 6 o’clock for us to go to
the airport. No need to cook dinner since there will
be food on the plane. Just be prepare to go as
soon as I get back. Please be ready before I get
back so we don't miss the flight. I Love you with
all my heart.
I bet you thought this woman was unwise when
you realized her mistake as you read this piece.
Well unfortunately this is the state of many
Christians in the Body of Christ today. We have
accepted Jesus as our Lord, and are excited about
being children of God and the fact that He will
come back again for us one day. But we have not
taken into account what He expects us to do
before His return.
This is because our Bibles are closed. We have
read a few scriptures in the Word and are excited
about promises but have completely ignored most
of his instructions.
You do not know a man if you do not know His
Word.
How then do we profess to be married to a groom
whose word we have relegated to the background
in the pursuit of signs and wonders..?
Unfortunately what many don’t know is that the
Word is the power for signs and wonders, so if we
go for the word these things we are chasing will
chase us.
Let us pay attention to His letter, which is the
Word of God. It will draw us close to His desire for
us and enable us to walk in victory over this world
and it's challenges.