Conditions for Clapping

3 July 2007 – Conditions for Clapping

Isaiah 7:9

… Unless your faith is firm,
I cannot make you stand firm.”

I bet you guys will found no idea why I put the title of the article today concerning about clapping, how does it connected to the Word of God? What is it all about?

First, I want to stretch out a point that it is connected firmly with the principle of God which He wants us to learn, in the book of Isaiah. Secondly, what is this all about? It is all about the cooperation of two parties, more on it, it is cooperation. We can never clap single handed, no matter how, unless you find another hand or another surface which enables you to produce sound and impact to your hand.

In the Bible, God tells us, unless our faith is firm, He cannot make us stand firm. It clearly brings out a point that God gives us freedom of choice and He emphasizes that He cannot work alone!

What is the condition of clapping? The vital one is that we should have two hands to enable clapping! Have we ever given God a hand when He stretched out his hand to us for a ‘Give me Five’? Or you only stand there and waiting God to stretch out his hand towards us without us being cooperating?

Concerning our faith, if our faith is not firm enough, no matter how God make, He cannot make us stand firm in adversity! Friends, are we still seeking God’s help without ourselves remain unfaithful? Do we always bear in mind that God can help us even if our confidences are not sufficient? Remember this principle! Whenever you start communicating with God, commemorate this principle: Two-Handed Clapping Principle!

Franco