THE POWER OF RESPONSE
It is crystal clear that many people are dying in their problems. This is not God’s plan for any man for God is love. The major reason why many people are dying in their problems is because they fail to respond correctly. Response is a spiritual power that makes or mars you in any situation of life for your response in any given situation controls spiritual forces you will draw to yourself whether negative or positive forces. It is written: “Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, “arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth. Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he cried, “Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” and people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it.” (Jonah 3:1-5, 10)
According to our Bible passage, the judgment of God was hanging upon the nation of Nineveh and they were informed by God through Prophet Jonah. Instead of mocking the prophet of God as it were in the days of Noah, they responded well by repenting of their sins and forsaking their sins. Their response appeased God and God changed his mind. They were forgiven by God and impending judgment of God was aborted.
See, your response determines your destination. Your response to situation determines your victory or defeat in every situation of life. Your responses to negative situations determine whether you will come out of it or sink in it. You can stop evils from coming to pass.
No matter what you are going through you can come out of it clean and as a winner. But this depends on your response whether it is negative or positive. The reason why two are in the same bad situation one emerges a winner and the other dies in it is simply their response. The winner responded positively while the loser responded negatively.
Beloved, God is not a respecter of person. He does not have a favorite. He only responds to people’s attitude in any given situation because He has given every man free will to choose. He does not go against His principle. He cannot force himself on anyone or into any situation until he is asked to do also. It is written: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, he with me.” (Revelation 3:20)
God respects your privacy as a person. He does not impose Himself on any man. He wants you to choose Him without compulsion. He wants you to believe in His ability to assist you in every situation of life but it is up to you, not to Him. God has said in the scriptures: “Call unto me, I will answer you and show you great and mighty things you do not know. Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you.” (Jeremiah 33:3, Matthew 7:7)