OLUSEGUN ISAAC BLOG

  ' Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.' (Philippians 3:12-14 NKJV).       Jamaican star Usain Bolt was the fastest man on earth, at least till the 2016 Rio Olympic games when he ran the 100 meters sprint in 9.58 seconds. Some call him 'lightning bolt'. At 32 years of age he was already worth $24 billion according to the Forbes Index. Many know him as a sprint star alone, but he is also a footballer, dancer, coach etc. When asked the secret of his success he made these statements among others: "Those seven guys behind you in that track want it much as you want it. So you have to want it more. This is why you train harder." And another statement by him: "It doesn't matter where you start, as long as you finish strong. There are better starters...

  Text:  1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. Here’s my own story: My late wife suddenly took ill and ended up in intensive care. We had to order a pace maker from U.K. and the insertion procedure was successful. But later, for some unexplained cause she went into coma and remained in that state for many months. I spent all I had and all the help I was given, still I had to borrow money to meet the mounting and unending hospital expenses. Eventually my late wife passed away, but ever before she fell ill, she had been praying for my salvation. When I couldn’t pay the money I borrowed, the lender took away the collateral – my treasured car. After I fully recovered from my grief, God gave me another wife, a caring and diligent child of God. Together we built our l...

  What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?  (Ps.8:4 NKJV) The answer to this question must necessarily be elucidated scripturally. Only God has the full meaning to His purpose for creating man and the fullness of creation. We read that in five days God prepared ahead all that man would need as a living being, then created man on the sixth day and breathed life into him. 'And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. (Gen. 2:6-7). Then He spent the seventh day resting (Gen. 2:2).  So God had all along been desiring fellowship with man. In order to fulfill this plan, not only did He make man in His likeness, He formed the garden in Eden where He would visit man in the cool of the day to roost with him. (Gen. 3:8). Another question arises here. We are told God created man male and female. (Gen. 1:27). Why did God make room for procreation? If we r...

  “ Take a long, hard look. See how great He is—infinite, greater than anything you could ever imagine or figure out!  (Job 36:26 MSG) I ran away from additional mathematics in school when our teacher, a slightly eccentric South African genius, started taking us in abstract topics like calculus, permutations, infinity equations and sums 'tending to zero'. My artistic mind couldn't comprehend such topics on calculations, so I stopped. Infinity is defined in mathematics as an infinitely or indefinitely great number or amount; in general physics as a dimension or quantity of sufficient size to be unaffected by finite variations, while In optics, it is a point that is far enough away from a lens, mirror, prism, etc for the light emitted by it to fall in parallel rays on the surface of the reflecting object.    Infinite means endless in time, space, or quantity. The latest attempt at estimating the vastness of the universe states: 'In the observable universe, Earth is ju...

  “Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert."  ( Isaiah 43:18-19 NKJV) As each year rolls by, I reiterate on my achievements in the year just ended. Invariably, I find I have entered another year with many requests from God still outstanding, unanswered. What can the matter be?  Has'nt God promised to grant us the desires of our heart? Has He not said He would crown the year with fatness? One writer quipped, "As the calendar turns to January, we’re filled with hope that the new year is going to be different, that things are going to be better. But, God doesn’t make us better—He makes us new!" I couldn't agree with her less! More than anything, the fault is in our hearts! There is a condition to fulfill first. Something has to change in our lives for our total fulfilment to start coming.  The ...

LIGHTNING AND THUNDER   Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. ( Exodus 19:16 NKJV)        There's a behaviour pattern we observed in our parents and the older generation during thunderstorms. When a bright lightning struck, they quickly made a loud, double smacking sound with their lips. Although no plausible explanation is attributed to this myth, it appears that it is a purposeful act of safety, since it is common knowledge that thunder can strike individuals during heavy thunderstorm! As children, we were also warned that our fingers would stiffen up if we stood outside wetting our hands under rain showers!        According to scientific explanation, lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge in which two electrically active are...

  THE RAINBOW  "I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh."   Genesis 9:13-15       As children, we were excited to see a rainbow appear in the distant sky, so we spent long time gazing at it, wondering where was its origin and its landing. I even told myself that one day when I grew older, I would venture to find out the beginning and the end of the rainbow!      The rainbow is a sign of God's redeeming grace and mercy. The Hebrew word translated “rainbow” is properly translated “war bow.” God set the bow in the sky to serve as the sign of the Noahic covenant—signifying His promise of redemption. Scientifically speaking, a...

   Several years back we took a trip to Ęrin Ile - off Akure Road in Oşun State of Nigeria, the home town of one of our leaders for his mother's burial ceremony. Even though it was well pass sunrise, the surrounding mountains in the town were still covered with thick dew smouldering like smoke. It was a strange but graceful spectacule to most of us city dwellers, but to me it was reminiscent of the glory of God that descended on Mount Sinai in the wilderness! The awesomeness of the person, power, glory and works of The Almighty God is  succinctly revealed in the scriptures:  1)To show the awesome nature of  His Person  we read, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.” ~ Exodus 33:19-20. 2) For the nature of  His power...

  We read in Acts 9:36-39, 36] At Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charitable deeds which she did. 37] But it happened in those days that she became sick and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room...Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. 39] And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them. That's a bible account of an emulable, greatly loved woman in her community. Below is an account of the acts of another present day woman full of good works and charitable deeds we all knew, a life worthy of emulation - a Nigerian!                                                          'When President Olusegun Obasanjo as...