09/13/2024
Deaconess Bisi Olaoye counsels "running a good race" on Pastor Chi Imuseh's birthday
Readings: Genesis 4: 2, Hebrew 12: 1, Hebrew 10: 7
By Deaconess Bisi Olaoye
It was whirlwind birthday celebration from Atlanta to the United Kingdom and France for Pastor Chi Imuseh, Pastor and wife of the resident Pastor of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Atlanta ( God's Embassy Smyrna) Pastor Fred Imuseh. Pastor Chi had gone on European birthday tour at the invitation of her siblings and was celebrated in landmark family events in London and France.
Deaconess Olaoye while delivering the sermon welcomed the presiding Pastors back and congratulated Pastor Chi on her birthday. She thanked her for her leadership and service to God and TREM Smyrna God's Embassy church family.
She used her sermon to extol Pastor Chi's virtue of quiet contentment, saying " contentment is very important in our spiritual growth. Like Pastor Chi, let us live our lives in quiet contentment, staying in our lane and avoid comparing ourselves to others.
Deaconess Olaoye used the example of sprints to illustrate her greater message " finding our purpose in life, making sure such such purpose is in alignment with God's purpose for our life. Having found our purpose, to remain steadfast to it".
Every man and woman has their unique purpose and assignment. Each and every one of us has a race to run, let us not leave our lane. In sprints, everyone is placed in their lane. If you leave your lane and cross into or over another's lane, you are disqualified. Each and every one of us is uniquely crafted and created by God. The Bible says in the book of Jeremiah " Before you were borned, I knew you ". God has put in every one of us a certain uniqueness that is irreplaceable.
So please let us stay in our lane. We all have our unique gifts from God. It is our duty to find out what God have prepared us for, to know our calling. If we know our path, this would help us stay in our lane. And staying in our lane, help us to grow and develop our capacity and capabilities as individuals and as a church