The True Story of Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick was born about 385 in Scotland. His parents, Calpurnius and Conchessa, were Catholic Romans living in Britain in charge of the colonies. This might even make Saint Patrick an Italian.
At the age of fourteen, raiders captured Patrick and took him as a slave to Ireland, a land of Druids and pagans. Patrick learned the Irish language and customs.
While a slave, Patrick’s faith in God grew, and he wrote down many revelations.
“The love of God and his fear grew in me more and more, as did the faith, and my soul was raised, so that, in a single day, I have said as many as a hundred prayers and in the night, nearly the same.”I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain.”
When Patrick was twenty, he had a dream in which God told him to leave Ireland by going to the coast. He escaped and found a boat that took him back to Britain and his family.
Later, Patrick dreamed that Irish were calling, “We beg you, holy youth, to come and walk among us once more.”
Patrick studied, became a priest, and, later, became a bishop. In 433, he went to take the Gospel to Ireland.
Patrick preached the Gospel throughout Ireland, converted thousands, and began building churches.
Patrick is famous for using the shamrock (a three-leaf clover) to explain the Trinity.
Patrick preached for 40 years and died on March 17, 461, at Saul, where he had built the first church.
This is why we celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day!
How Saint Patrick’s life correlates with Joseph life…
1. They both were Sold into Slavery
2. Separated from Family and Friends
3. Sent to a Foreign Land
4. Spent time in Prison
5. Separated unto God for many Years
6. Obtained High Ranking Positions
Saint Patrick became the Bishop of Ireland after 14 yrs of hardship and Joseph became the Governor of Egypt after 13 yrs of hardship.
The Full Story of Saint Patrick as it correlates with Joseph of the Old Testament.
In a vision,Patrick saw a ship that would return him back to England, and eventually, he escaped the vises of slavery. After being home for just a short time, he received another vision from the Lord, and he heard the Irish people crying out for him to return to Ireland and free them from their hardships and pagan worship. Patrick answered the call, and after much opposition from his own family,the Lord sent him to monastery, where he served about nine years in preparation for his ministry.
In the Bible, Joseph served in the Pharaoh’s court for many years in charge of all the prisoners, and one day, he was given the opportunity to give an interpretation of the cupbearers and bakers dream. His prophetic words to them both came to pass, and He did become well recognized within the Pharaoh’s court for being an interpreter of dreams.
As soon as Saint Patrick arrived in Ireland, he began making converts, shown favor, and was given a place to hold worship. There He served as a missionary to the Irish people. In his ministry to the people, he would use the shamrock as a teaching tool for explaining the Holy Trinity.
In the Bible, Joseph eventually was given the opportunity to interpret the dream of Pharaoh, and because of this; he was able to warn the people of the soon coming famine. God, through Joseph, told the Pharaoh how they should prepare for this upcoming difficult time. Joseph was then elevated by God through the Pharaoh to become the governor of Egypt.
God also elevated Saint Patrick,to be the Bishop of Ireland, and because the influence of the Roman Empire had fallen during this time. He was used of God to bring the lberated gospel to the Irish people and within the Catholic Church so that they could see the difference between religion and having a relationship with the Lord.
In the Bible, Joseph was given the opportunity to redeem himself to his brothers that had sold him into slavery by supplying the necessary resources that all the people would need including the rest of his family to survive the famine that God said would last for seven years.
Even though their circumstances were different the preparations were similar in that theywere both isolated from family, taken to a foreign land, sold into slavery, suffered much opposition in their ministry’s and eventually were elevated by God into high-ranking positions to accomplish the purpose for all the people they were sent too. Today, we celebrate the achievement of Saint Patrick bringing the gospel of Jesus Christ to the country of Ireland. However, most people do not even know or care for the real meaning of why we celebrate…Saint Patrick’s Day. Through the centuries, people, due to excessive parting all over the world, have clouded this celebration from its real meaning. Let us not forget the real reason why we should celebrate… Saint Patrick’sDay. Our celebration should be because of the gospel being preached by an ordinary person that God was able to work through. Why, because he was willing to be used in a different way than what most people were accustomed to seeing.
In, the world we live in today the Lord is doing the very same thing with a remnant people that are now coming out of hiding and one day soon, just as He did with many people of the Bible such as Moses, Deborah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Mary and the Apostle Paul, to only name a few. The Lord, in His timing will have a remnant people ready to be elevated into high-ranking positions that He is preparing now, and like with Joseph of the Old Testament and Saint Patrick they will accomplish great and mighty things for Almighty God. Note: Some of the Remnant few peope will be in their resurrected bodies sent as Messengers from Heaven and will not see the fullfillment of their True Callings until they get into Heaven!
Sadly, in most of our church’s today, this way of preparation is not accepted. Nevertheless, God is still preparing people in this same way as He always has throughout the Bible from Genesis to Revelation and in the lives of men and women alike even now in today’s world.
Let Us celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day in thankfulness to God that He sees fit to prepare a people ahead of time in isolation and sends them through difficult times, so that they can relate to hardships and will lead the way during the next coming disaster that we are seeing the beginnings of now. Please do not be afraid to be different from everyone else. The Lord is looking for those who are willing too surrender to Him so that you can be used to accomplish His awesome plan upon this earth during the next phase of history that we are walking into at a very rapid pace.
As I begin to reflect on the life of Saint Patrick this morning…the Lord began to show me how today’s celebration all over the world is similar to what’s going on everyday in the society we are living in now. We are surrounded by a world that has fallen deeper and deeper in depravity, just like the majority of people will be partying excessively this weekend… while a small portion of Christians are focused on how God sent Saint Patrick to Ireland to deliver those people from bondage. So, let’s be like Saint Patrick and be a light for Jesus in the midst of darkness, not just today but every day as the Lord sees fit.
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