All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. This is the passage in the book of Ecclesiastes chapter 1 verse 7. Now as Rhodes Students' Christian Organisation (SCO) this year, God has given us the mandate to look back to where we all come from. After God created human beings, the book of Genesis chapter 1 verse 28 says that - God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
This shows that the source of all human beings is God -"the place the streams come from"- and when you look to what is happening all around the world, people behave as if they are the creators of life. There are wars across the world each one claiming to be more powerful than the other, but God's purpose is for us to lift one another up. People went so astray from God and this resulted to every sin that is out there. To open your mind to what happens when you are not in the source, John 15 vs 6 quotes Juses Himself saying that "If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned" and this is exactly what happens to all human race who abadons God.
Not only that, Jesus continues saying in part of verse 20 that "'No servant is greater than his master". So our purpose as SCO is to bring people back to where they come from, some returns but yet the ocean is never full, so we will continue preaching the same gospel as long as there are people who are not having any kind of relationship with God out there. The methods we go about in fulfilling this mission are numerous since God blesses each one of us with his/her gift. We do Evangelism-which on its own has many forms. You don't need microphones and instruments only to evangelise, you need to evangelise in the lecture rooms, dining halls, peer gatherings, to your friends, in the sport that your are playing, through the things you say with your mouth and through actions to name but few. So there are many ways of fulfilling this mission that God gave us.
Jesus says that when the streams return back to the ocean they need not only to return but to remain in the oncean. People return to God but they don't stay, why? I will address this "why" question in my next publication which is coming soon but Jesus clearly states that without remaining in the source, the Vine, there is nothing you can do. Here I am not referring to the fake, the shadow of things that people does because people will say that "I'm not in God but I can do ABC, that is not the real thing it is just a fake. A good example, look at our South African government as to see what happens when you do not remain in God. The Bible says that in Genesis 2 vs 18-25 "And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed", but the government says that man to man, woman to woman is fine anyway.Leveticus 18 vs 22 God says "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination" then the government says you shall do it is a law and legally accepted. There are many other things showing that human went astray from the source of life- which is God. Our purpose is not to hate them but to bring them back to where they come from. Likewise, filling the oceans is not a small thing to do, you some times get tired along the way, it needs commitment and the fact that we accepted this challenge it means that we are in our senses and we have counted the costs involved and ready to face the enemy. Satan is not happy and he will never be as long as we live. It might be impossible according to human perspectives but to God and through Christ all His promises are Yes and Amen. Remeber in my next publication I will be addressing the question "why" do people not remain in God. In my other blog that is http://simphiwekanityi.blogspot.com I'll be delivering another publication titled "The calling of a servant leader". I will be back soon. God bless you as you getting these revelations :-)
Simphiwe
