“Message unable to be sent. Try again later”

By: Monique Smith

A few months ago, I was on the metro train underground in DC. If anybody knows about that, you know you are underground with darkness all around you. No light, no cell phone service, nothing. While the train was partly above ground, I was in the process of sending a text message and had ample service to do so. I was in direct connection with the phone signals and could clearly access AT&T’s service. However, once the train went underground, I lost service and my message failed to send. No delivery on the text, it just went directly to the outbox and stayed there. That's just like us who minister and try to deliver a Word to our peers. While you are “above ground” or in the light and will of God, your message will go forth and be received by the recipient. You are in direct connection with God, and He will send his wisdom and grace to you. But once we get outta that light and surround ourselves in darkness, meaning the things of this world, our message can't be sent because we ARE NOT representing our sender anymore. Why would God allow someone to be a manager of his gospel (“….A person should consider us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of God’s mysteries. In this regard, it is expected of managers that each one of them be found faithful.” 1 Corinthians 4: 1-2), if we are not even CONNECTED with Him? That would be tomfoolery! As Rickey stated last week, “Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5). So in order to be effective, we HAVE to remain in Christ. Our mind, has to remain in Christ (Philippians 2:5), our bodies have to remain in Christ, (Romans 12:1), and EVERYTHING else about us have to remain in Christ because we have a charge over our lives to live holy (1 Peter 1:16).

Prayer: Hey Daddy! Love you! You da bomb! Help us be more like you! We struggling! We try so hard to walk it out, but sometimes, we walk into the wrong situations and leave you looking like a fool. Help us represent you in all that we do, and take charge over our minds, so that we will be able to discern what is pure and pleasing to your sight! Love you so so so much! In big brother Jesus name!