What's your life like? An idle activity? It's things that you do less the higher purpose. Just going along, floating along, working along, then doing it all again. It’s not necessarily useless, it’s just really boring. It’s when you reply to someone who happened to asked how you are, “same old, same ‘old….“
What is life? What should it look like? In the hands of your Creator....
Like a little child holding God’s hand, you just know that He wouldn’t let you go; it’s like sitting on the top of the tallest mountain and seeing everything below but you’re really sitting on God’s shoulder looking down next to His ears, you just know that those things you thought were overwhelmingly big are dwarfed from where you now sit and He can hear even your heart’s tiniest whispers; it’s like God allowing you to walk on your own but being aware that He really is near, you just know that He is ready to catch you when you fall; it’s like walking without fear, you just know that God’s voice is enough to scare off anyone or anything that might harm you; it’s like God taking you in His arms like a little child and throwing you up in the air catching you and you scream in surprise and glee, you just know that He loves to hear your laugh and excitement. Then on that day when I finally see JC, I’d say, “what an adventure I had with You back there, that was awesome!” That’s LIFE!
'And because you are sons [daughters], God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son [Jesus Christ] into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son [daughter], and if a son [daughter], then an heir of God through Christ'. Galatians 4:6-7 (NKJV)
'The thief [the devil] does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I [Jesus Christ] have come that [you] may have life, and that [you] may have it more abundantly'. John 10:10 (NKJV)
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Being Still
I lie in wait…almost tempted to think that perhaps God had forgotten or had fallen asleep; or that He had lost the prayer request that I trustfully handed Him. As I ponder on these questions, I’ve become very much aware of the struggles happening within my heart. It began to challenged the very knowledge and nature I have known about God - who He is and has become to me, His love and His faithfulness. I felt myself rise to take control. ‘God needs a bit of a push, I will help God to get things going’, I heard my thoughts say compelling me to manipulate my situation. Whatever happened to putting God in the driver seat? Laughing quietly, I saw myself asked God, "Lord, would you like me to drive?" How silly am I to think that I know better than the God who created my destiny and my purpose! But the question still remains - “Can I really trust Him? Is God really good - all the time?”
His Word says so and anything, any thought or anyone that says otherwise is telling a lie. The God I surrendered my whole life to, my everyday, my every minute, my every second, my every breath, is the same God who is in control and has always been. Nothing escapes His sight. He who sees the beginning and the end remains faithful in times both good and bad. He and His word is trustworthy forever.
His Word says so and anything, any thought or anyone that says otherwise is telling a lie. The God I surrendered my whole life to, my everyday, my every minute, my every second, my every breath, is the same God who is in control and has always been. Nothing escapes His sight. He who sees the beginning and the end remains faithful in times both good and bad. He and His word is trustworthy forever.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Casting Crowns - Who am I
“Lord, what is [human] that You take knowledge of us?…We are like a breath; Our days are like a passing shadow”.
Psalm 144:3-4 (NIV)
“…For what is your life? It is even a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” James 4:14 (NIV)
“But You have loved us so much that You gave us Your only son Jesus Christ that whoever believes in Him should not perish but will live with You forever.” John 3:16 (NIV)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Then comes the uncertain
Just when you thought you were walking in assurance and were just about to reach that much awaited destination, the Lord takes you through a period of uncertainty. It is when what you thought you knew was logical suddenly makes you think that perhaps you may have just misunderstood. It is when you thought you have put yourself in the best place to make the events that take place to work for you suddenly comes to a halt. It is when you thought the path ahead of you was clear suddenly becomes dim. And the Lord tells you to keep walking and hands you with a single light with just enough brightness to enable you to see what is immediately before you but not far enough to see what is ahead of you. When all but the Holy Spirit’s gentle voice to guide you, and those familiar ‘little notes of promises’ that JC drops within the depths of your heart keeps you going - taking those cautious tiny steps. When your everyday depends on that voice you know now so well from the intimate times you have spent with Him. These are the critical times when your identity in Christ is challenged. When what you said, “ ‘I AM HIS BELOVED and that’s more than enough’ “ , goes through a test of fire if His love for you is really more than enough.
JCluvMD
Sixteenth of April two thousand and ten, written in the page of my spiritual journal occupying but two single lines, in final resolution and profound revelation, I have found my identity and put to rest all my uncertainties....
Who am I in Christ? ‘I AM HIS BELOVED’ and that’s more than enough.
Who am I in Christ? ‘I AM HIS BELOVED’ and that’s more than enough.
Friday, March 5, 2010
His Place is Our Place
Who is more lost? Those that are without Christ or those that say are with Christ but live without purpose?
Who should I be praying for more? Those that do not know Christ or those that say they know Him but is far from His will?
Who should I be feeling more sad for? Those that do not know salvation or those that do know yet holds it back from those who needs it?
Who should I be crying more for? Those that are far from God or those who claims they know God yet is far from Him?
I heard a song go ‘…this is my cry, my one desire, is to be with You Lord, now and forever…’ and found myself singing to the tune, then I felt JC asking me, “do you really know where I am?” A quick ‘’yes” came out and then there was this long silence. Feeling somehow unsure and embarrassed, I whispered shyly, “perhaps not.” Then JC answered, “I am where the hurting people are, where nobody wants to go, where poverty is, where prisoners are. I am with the vulnerable, the rejects of society, the hopeless, the fatherless, the widows and the outcast. Where are you?”
“Then the King will say to those on His right Hand, ‘Come’, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’….And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me‘. Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ’Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels… Then He will answer them saying, ’Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me’. Matthew 25:34-36, 40-41, 45 (NKJV)
“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world”. James 1:27 (NKJV)
Who should I be praying for more? Those that do not know Christ or those that say they know Him but is far from His will?
Who should I be feeling more sad for? Those that do not know salvation or those that do know yet holds it back from those who needs it?
Who should I be crying more for? Those that are far from God or those who claims they know God yet is far from Him?
I heard a song go ‘…this is my cry, my one desire, is to be with You Lord, now and forever…’ and found myself singing to the tune, then I felt JC asking me, “do you really know where I am?” A quick ‘’yes” came out and then there was this long silence. Feeling somehow unsure and embarrassed, I whispered shyly, “perhaps not.” Then JC answered, “I am where the hurting people are, where nobody wants to go, where poverty is, where prisoners are. I am with the vulnerable, the rejects of society, the hopeless, the fatherless, the widows and the outcast. Where are you?”
“Then the King will say to those on His right Hand, ‘Come’, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’….And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me‘. Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ’Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels… Then He will answer them saying, ’Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me’. Matthew 25:34-36, 40-41, 45 (NKJV)
“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world”. James 1:27 (NKJV)
Friday, February 26, 2010
Summing Spirituality
Spirituality made simple is to know God, to be intimate with Him, His words, His Son, His Holy Spirit. You are complete in Him for He is your everything. "Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord, and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart." Jeremiah 24:7 (NKJV).
God wants to return us to the original state of our relationship with Him where there is no shame. Adam and Eve were naked but were not ashamed because there was no sin in them. With sin came shame but God understood this so He sent His Son to regain that lost intimacy with us. There is nothing in us that can come before the holiness of God save for the blood of Christ. Jesus had become like our ‘cloak of righteousness’ that when God looks upon us although we are still in our fallen state, sees Jesus His Son, the whole world’s Saviour, so we can be free from anything that holds us back from returning to God. “For God did not send His Son [Jesus Christ] into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him [Jesus Christ] might be saved.” John 3:17 (NKJV) “And if anyone hears My [Jesus] words and does not believe, I [Jesus] do not judge him; for I [Jesus] did not come to judge the world but to save the world. He who rejects Me [Jesus], and does not receive My words, has that which judges him - the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.” John 12: 47-48 (NKJV).
God wants to return us to the original state of our relationship with Him where there is no shame. Adam and Eve were naked but were not ashamed because there was no sin in them. With sin came shame but God understood this so He sent His Son to regain that lost intimacy with us. There is nothing in us that can come before the holiness of God save for the blood of Christ. Jesus had become like our ‘cloak of righteousness’ that when God looks upon us although we are still in our fallen state, sees Jesus His Son, the whole world’s Saviour, so we can be free from anything that holds us back from returning to God. “For God did not send His Son [Jesus Christ] into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him [Jesus Christ] might be saved.” John 3:17 (NKJV) “And if anyone hears My [Jesus] words and does not believe, I [Jesus] do not judge him; for I [Jesus] did not come to judge the world but to save the world. He who rejects Me [Jesus], and does not receive My words, has that which judges him - the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.” John 12: 47-48 (NKJV).
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