What does one do when it seems that you are inadequate for the task, especially a task which may well be something that God entrusts you for life? When it seem that it is something entirely out of character and your realm of experience?
When a shepherd boy is thrust with kingship, when a wanderer in the desert is tasked to be a revolutionary leader of a nation, when a farmer is tasked to build a ship when 'rain' is a foreign concept?
You keep trusting, believing, relying, taking it one day at a time, never giving up. And, on looking back, marvelling at the miracles which God has done.
It is possible with God, I CHOOSE to believe so, I CHOOSE to love.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Quick thought
NU 12:3 (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
Which, if we define humility (or at least part of it) as dependence on God, means that Moses depended on God more than anyone else ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. He was literally the world record holder for dependance on God. And perhaps, that's why he got to see God's glory.
How dependent are we today?
Which, if we define humility (or at least part of it) as dependence on God, means that Moses depended on God more than anyone else ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. He was literally the world record holder for dependance on God. And perhaps, that's why he got to see God's glory.
How dependent are we today?
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
A few things...
First, from the most amazing, wonderful woman in the world to me =)
MT 12:46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you."
MT 12:48 He replied to him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
linking with...
28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church-- 30 for we are members of his body. 31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." 32 This is a profound mystery--but I am talking about Christ and the church.
Can you see it? The fact is, Christ DID set the example for all husbands, identifying Himself with the church more than He did His physical family. I'm NOT saying He 'divorced' Himself from His physical family, yet Jesus DID strongly identify with the Church as His bride. How proud are we of our groom? How much do WE identiy with Him.
then...
Howsit two people can sleep the same number of hours, and yet one person feels absolutely rested, while the other still feels drained?
Perhaps, it's quite the same as how some babies cry themselves to sleep. We WORRY ourselves to sleep, and perhaps subconciously, never really DO rest and sleep.
I still need to let go and trust You more... Help me Father.
MT 12:46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you."
MT 12:48 He replied to him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
linking with...
28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church-- 30 for we are members of his body. 31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." 32 This is a profound mystery--but I am talking about Christ and the church.
Can you see it? The fact is, Christ DID set the example for all husbands, identifying Himself with the church more than He did His physical family. I'm NOT saying He 'divorced' Himself from His physical family, yet Jesus DID strongly identify with the Church as His bride. How proud are we of our groom? How much do WE identiy with Him.
then...
Howsit two people can sleep the same number of hours, and yet one person feels absolutely rested, while the other still feels drained?
Perhaps, it's quite the same as how some babies cry themselves to sleep. We WORRY ourselves to sleep, and perhaps subconciously, never really DO rest and sleep.
I still need to let go and trust You more... Help me Father.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Possible emo post warning...
Don't lose a moment, some moments will never come again. Yes, don't just live in the present, but look to the future also, but at the same time, make sure you make the most of the present.
Perhaps, in these last 1 and 1/2 months, that's something i've come to learn more and more. Cherish the moments, the times, the words, such things you may never have a chance to again. Each new day, each smile, each moment together. =)
I come that you may have life, and have it ABUNDANTLY!
Perhaps, in these last 1 and 1/2 months, that's something i've come to learn more and more. Cherish the moments, the times, the words, such things you may never have a chance to again. Each new day, each smile, each moment together. =)
I come that you may have life, and have it ABUNDANTLY!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Intimacy...
Why do you need time alone (and I mean ALONE) with God?
Because nothing conveys intimacy quite as much as being alone in the same closed room as someone. And just... being there.
Because nothing conveys intimacy quite as much as being alone in the same closed room as someone. And just... being there.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Life is deliberate...
MK 1:14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.
Jesus had TIMING! He started His ministry at the time which God had appointed. For a Christian, if you are living according to God's timetable, life is NOT a series of accidents, it may well be a series of miraculous, amazing 'coincidences', but NEVER a series of accidents.
We need to live life deliberately, not to be bogged down by asking God for His timing in everything (Daddy? Can I PLEASE go to the toilet?) but at the same time, having an understanding of where we are headed in His plan, and in His timing!
Jesus had TIMING! He started His ministry at the time which God had appointed. For a Christian, if you are living according to God's timetable, life is NOT a series of accidents, it may well be a series of miraculous, amazing 'coincidences', but NEVER a series of accidents.
We need to live life deliberately, not to be bogged down by asking God for His timing in everything (Daddy? Can I PLEASE go to the toilet?) but at the same time, having an understanding of where we are headed in His plan, and in His timing!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Credibility
Something to consider:
If you are representing God accurately, you don't need to be worried about whether anot you have credibility, because GOD will validate your ministry! It's not your name on the line, it is HIS!
If you are representing God accurately, you don't need to be worried about whether anot you have credibility, because GOD will validate your ministry! It's not your name on the line, it is HIS!
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