I've been in the renewal for more than 20 years already yet, my relationship with the Lord did not yet age...I still feel new and hearing and learning and realizing over and over again what really is my goal in life here on earth- would always makes me feel its something very new and never been heard of... I just learned that our goal in life is to know God more and more, after all our life here on earth is not permanent and we are all bound to eternal life ahead.
Knowing that, what it takes to know Him takes a lot of efforts and constant practice and submission. For sometimes, whenever I feel contented because of material things or of things that keeps me away from the thought of something spiritual-its totally wrong and I'm not going directly to Him but away from Him. For apart from Him is lifeless and its far from being fulfilled.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Expectant Faith in God
I actualy always believe that putting trust in the Lord will deliver me from any hardships, pains and issues in life. I would always believe that Our Father is a very kind and loving God, who would provide only the best for His children. Having a relationship with Him gives me the confidence and assurance that He will be there for me and He wont let me down. Though, sometimes, things dont happened in the way I expected it, but in His grace I would learn to see the wisdom and His message right through the circumstances why it has to happened and why it should be that way.
For 3 decades I've seen how the Lord worked for me and molded me to the kind of person that I am today. I have numerous shares of disappointing Him and deliberately disobeyed Him eventhough I already knew beforehand that it's not good or its wrong and yet still the Lord delivered me and see me through. He is such a loving Father and His love never ends and its boundless and its immeasurable and unconditional.
For 3 decades I've seen how the Lord worked for me and molded me to the kind of person that I am today. I have numerous shares of disappointing Him and deliberately disobeyed Him eventhough I already knew beforehand that it's not good or its wrong and yet still the Lord delivered me and see me through. He is such a loving Father and His love never ends and its boundless and its immeasurable and unconditional.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Obedience to God
Obeying God takes a lot of sacrificing and self-denial. Its actually a very strong phrase indeed, given that we have already the free-will and intellect that are always up for grabs everytime we are confronted in making decisions or whenever we are in a situations that requires a lot of thinking and discerning.
Sometimes out of haste, we plunge into to something without carefully thinking about it less even praying about it merely because its simplier, its easy and its advantageous and in line with our comfort zones but in the end, it did not turn out right as we have expected or rather assumed and worst of all we questioned God...funny isnt it? But actually, thinking and going deeper we realized that its all because we disobeyed God, specially when you already have this personal relationship with Him. You actually have thought of that already during the process but you just simply shun it away and take on the otherwise.
Truly obedience to God entails sacrifice, but actually it should not be thought that way, because God only wants the best for us and He assured us that He will take care of us if only we put our trust and confidence in Him. Having that in faith, we will see things in a different perspective and eventually learned and appreciate how great and good is our God.
Just like the story of Zerapath when she was visited by prophet Elijah, she have limited resources not actually enough for her and her son, but Elijah insisted and told her about God's message of "The jar of flour shall not go empty,nor the jug of oil run dry,until the day when the LORD sends rain upon the earth.’”She simply obeyed what Elijah said and prepared food for him and for her and hers son. True enough, the jar did not go empty.
"Indeed, its usually when obedience is the hardest that He blesses us the most, we can never outgive God."
Sometimes out of haste, we plunge into to something without carefully thinking about it less even praying about it merely because its simplier, its easy and its advantageous and in line with our comfort zones but in the end, it did not turn out right as we have expected or rather assumed and worst of all we questioned God...funny isnt it? But actually, thinking and going deeper we realized that its all because we disobeyed God, specially when you already have this personal relationship with Him. You actually have thought of that already during the process but you just simply shun it away and take on the otherwise.
Truly obedience to God entails sacrifice, but actually it should not be thought that way, because God only wants the best for us and He assured us that He will take care of us if only we put our trust and confidence in Him. Having that in faith, we will see things in a different perspective and eventually learned and appreciate how great and good is our God.
Just like the story of Zerapath when she was visited by prophet Elijah, she have limited resources not actually enough for her and her son, but Elijah insisted and told her about God's message of "The jar of flour shall not go empty,nor the jug of oil run dry,until the day when the LORD sends rain upon the earth.’”She simply obeyed what Elijah said and prepared food for him and for her and hers son. True enough, the jar did not go empty.
"Indeed, its usually when obedience is the hardest that He blesses us the most, we can never outgive God."
Monday, June 9, 2008
Dry...Dryness...Dried out
Lately I never got the drive to write down my reflections in this blog. Actually I do have my own personal journal notebook to write upon daily inspirations and thoughts given to me by the Lord during my silence or prayer time...
If I'm not too engross with my work and my other preoccupation, I'm too involved in updating this blog and probably talking to God. Why do I put the Lord at the least of my priorities, am I that bad...I'm not supposed to do it to a God who is so kind, loving and so understanding..
I have this experience what we call spritual dryness, dryness in the sort of not having the desire of coming into prayer and listening to God's word. I do read the Gospels and inspirational reflections everyday but that becomes too boring and to mechanical to me during the past few weeks...or perhaps I'm just preoccupied with other things that are not too important...but you know what I've learned during these times...the Lord never leaves me... He's always there and He would use circumstances to remind me that He loves and He cares and He's always there.
That same love He gives since the day I was born, since the day I've learned of Him and have this personal relationship He never change...He is the same God to me till now...I'm too bless yes and its just too fittting to share how the Lord works and how the Lord provides.
Recently my husband and I had this fight over things that cause us to have one to ones and talked our heart out, I've asked the Holy Spirit to shade light over me, cause I'm not seeing in the way He does, I'm too blinded with my own ideals and my own understanding, as I open myself, I fully understand why my husband is like that...and why he is like that to me...and God provides.
I was recently financialy over burdened with the things I should not have gotten myself into in the first place...but just like a father who would always help out his child-God provides.
These were the moments I feel so dry spiritually, but the Lord dried it out and nourished and blessed me still, I'm so overwhelmed so grateful and so loved by the Lord. Isnt it great? No matter what you become, no matter how you become the Lord is the same, He never changes and He cares to us a lot...God never fails and He's always there.
If I'm not too engross with my work and my other preoccupation, I'm too involved in updating this blog and probably talking to God. Why do I put the Lord at the least of my priorities, am I that bad...I'm not supposed to do it to a God who is so kind, loving and so understanding..
I have this experience what we call spritual dryness, dryness in the sort of not having the desire of coming into prayer and listening to God's word. I do read the Gospels and inspirational reflections everyday but that becomes too boring and to mechanical to me during the past few weeks...or perhaps I'm just preoccupied with other things that are not too important...but you know what I've learned during these times...the Lord never leaves me... He's always there and He would use circumstances to remind me that He loves and He cares and He's always there.
That same love He gives since the day I was born, since the day I've learned of Him and have this personal relationship He never change...He is the same God to me till now...I'm too bless yes and its just too fittting to share how the Lord works and how the Lord provides.
Recently my husband and I had this fight over things that cause us to have one to ones and talked our heart out, I've asked the Holy Spirit to shade light over me, cause I'm not seeing in the way He does, I'm too blinded with my own ideals and my own understanding, as I open myself, I fully understand why my husband is like that...and why he is like that to me...and God provides.
I was recently financialy over burdened with the things I should not have gotten myself into in the first place...but just like a father who would always help out his child-God provides.
These were the moments I feel so dry spiritually, but the Lord dried it out and nourished and blessed me still, I'm so overwhelmed so grateful and so loved by the Lord. Isnt it great? No matter what you become, no matter how you become the Lord is the same, He never changes and He cares to us a lot...God never fails and He's always there.
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