{"id":20466,"date":"2019-09-08T07:45:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T07:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=20466"},"modified":"2019-09-08T07:45:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T07:45:36","slug":"when-god-encounters-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=20466","title":{"rendered":"When God encounters a man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <strong>Sam Kputu<\/strong><br \/><br \/> WHO are You, Lord?&#8230; WHAT do You want me to do?\u201d &#8211; Acts 9:4\u202d-\u202c6 NKJV<br \/><br \/> We all are on our life journeys. Many have their destinations, goals and expected outcomes clearly outlined, and we all should. Nothing and no one can divert or deter us, unless a power beyond us._<br \/><br \/> So was Paul, formerly known as Saul. He had his path ahead of him clearly outlined, until the Lord encountered him. His life was never the same thereafter:<br \/> \u25aaA previous life journey was terminated<br \/> He got a correct view of himself, as SERVANT<br \/> \u25aaHe gained a correct view of God,  as LORD<br \/> \u25aaHe acquired a correct desire, to KNOW GOD<br \/> \u25aaAnd obtained a correct ambition, GOD&#8217;S WILL<br \/><br \/> To claim an encounter with the Risen Lord and continue on our old life journey, pursuing our old desires and ambitions is not only a fallacy but a delusion.<br \/><br \/> WHO are you LORD?  WHAT would you have me do? These two are  the  ring tones of a heart in tune with the Lord.<br \/><br \/> <strong>\u25aa Kputu, a Lagos-based minister and missionary, is the International Director of Calvary Ministries (CAPRO).<\/strong><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sam Kputu WHO are You, Lord?&#8230; WHAT do You want me to do?\u201d &#8211; Acts 9:4\u202d-\u202c6 NKJV We all are on our life journeys. Many have their destinations, goals and expected outcomes clearly outlined, and we all should. Nothing and no one can divert or deter us, unless a power beyond us._ So was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5772],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-faith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}