Oluwafemi Ifesanmi

(Please read the previous post (Part 1)if you haven't already) Another analogy that aptly describes the Hooke's law scenario, is the Earth's Gravitational Field. Within this field, everything that goes up comes down. But there's such a thing as the Escape Velocity, this is the minimum velocity required to get out of the Earth's Gravitational Field. This principle is used in Rockets today to get into space. This Escape Velocity, which takes one beyond the Gravitational Field (the Elastic limit), is the subject of this discourse. GETTING BEYOND THE ELASTIC LIMIT! The life of Peter describes this situation clearly to us. Rising and falling wasn't strange to him, 3 times he went back till Christ came to the rescue effectively bringing him beyond the Yield Point! - He and others forsook Jesus and fled (Mark14:50), then Peter returned following afar off (Mark14:54). - He denied Jesus 3 times as foretold by Jesus (Mark14:66-72), he wept and repented. - He w...

During a particular Bible study, I heard the words "Hooke's Law" within me, I knew that there was something rich to glean here... Hooke's Law is a law in Physics which states that "Provided the Elastic limit is not exceeded, the strain (extension) on an elastic material is directly proportional to the Stress producing it. An implication of this law is that an elastic material will return to its initial state after being stressed as long as it wasn't stressed beyond it's elastic limit. That's the state of many Christians- continually going back to their previous state...they call it- rising and falling. But is this the will and desire of God for His children? It definitely isn't as God isn't pleased with drawing back (Hebrews 10:38), hence the need for the believer to pull beyond the Elastic limit! According to Hooke, there are 3 major points in the 'life' of a stretching elastic material: - The Elastic limit, within which ...

I came back home on Monday really tired and fagged out and as I lay on the bed to rest, I noticed a small tan winged ant walking on the bed near me. I sure felt it was trespassing as it was in the wrong place, but I didn’t want to kill it. I decided to carefully pick it up by its wings and take it all the way outside, but as it was trying to pick up its pace, I got hold of only one wing. That’s fair enough as I still had it under my subtle but firm grip. It then started to resist and kept on turning around, and at that rate I had a feeling that its wing was going to cut off, I then exclaimed aloud “you’ll just cut your wings...” I was taking it to a better place where it could fly,... I wasn’t going to kill it, all I needed it to do was to be patient with me till I get to where I would release it. The LORD boomed in my spirit and I got the message. Many of us behave like this to GOD,... all HE wants from us is to be patient with HIM. HE knows where is best for us and HE wants to tak...