hungry, i come to you
i don't know where to begin. i'm posting in the most difficult of times for me, and i dont know what to say, what to shape, what to craft to best represent how i feel or how i'm thinking right now. so i'll do the unthinkable i guess- i'll put it out in point form, what i've learnt from my time at home in singapore.
1.) god works in mysterious ways- sometimes heartbreaking. but if the the child does not fall, he cannot walk. and it grieves the father to let the child stumble.
2.) god puts those of distinction through the grind for moulding and refinement. if life were easy, everybody would be anybody. refinement and sanctification are for the select.
3.) in your anger, do not sin. whether in lust with the eyes, or in tongue with curses, or your feet in walking to places of impurity, or your ears to be lent to counsel of the foolish, or the hands to self-destruction
4.) nothing can be done by your own strength alone. all things are by Him and His power. conversely, if anything seems to fail, it is not your "failure" but His sovereignty at work allowing it to fail for NOW. his plans are long term and our eyes cannot see them
5.) loving someone means taking yourself out of the picture sometimes, and letting god do the surgery of the heart in His time.
6.) we should not be afraid to go to our parents and friends who love us for Godly comfort because like the progidal father, Christian love is all-embracing, and bears no record of wrongs. love never fails.
7.) prayer is very important- we acknowledge the Lordship of God in our lives and his relational role as the one who is concerned about us. the same way we approach our bathroom with the intention of being clean even though our bath may not be squeaky clean of all dirt, the intention of going to our loving God in conversation-prayer is glorifying to Him enough. after all, He has all thiings planned, what then is the point of our supplication, if not to acknowledge his role in our lives?
8.) the Word of God is very real. and the power of its truth is really scary. treat it not with contempt but with reverence. in times of rest and peace, study your bible so that the day of adversity will not take you and the Evil ONe will not defeat you with false truths and lies
9.) fellowship and support from your spiritual brothers in Christ is paramount. Christ's love is revealed when He commanded us to love one another as He loved us. support one another in love and cover each other with prayer. empathise and feel for each other, that the world may see a strong community at work- the body of Christ triumphant against the bitterness and pain of this world. how sweet it is to see brothers living in unity!
10.) we all need forgiveness. from our transgressors, ourselves and our GOd.
11.) in prayer, God has not promised to give us what we ask as though He were a genie in a lamp. instead it is significant to note that God has promised instead, to send PEACE that passes all understanding. and to this date, everytime my heart burns, and i pray in desperation, He has brought me peace.
12.) god comes to those who need Him the most. in our frailty and desperation, we need Him so much. there's no need to put up strong fronts with God or each other.
13.) the power of the heart is so strong that it has the potential to cripple a life and make you useless. only God can work on a person's heart this way
14.) nothing happens by coincidence, everything is deliberate and planned by God for our growth in Him. most of the time, we're too ambivalent to the signs that He sends. only in our suffering do we become sensitive to everything, especially Himself.
question for thought- how does one glorify god in suffering?
1.) god works in mysterious ways- sometimes heartbreaking. but if the the child does not fall, he cannot walk. and it grieves the father to let the child stumble.
2.) god puts those of distinction through the grind for moulding and refinement. if life were easy, everybody would be anybody. refinement and sanctification are for the select.
3.) in your anger, do not sin. whether in lust with the eyes, or in tongue with curses, or your feet in walking to places of impurity, or your ears to be lent to counsel of the foolish, or the hands to self-destruction
4.) nothing can be done by your own strength alone. all things are by Him and His power. conversely, if anything seems to fail, it is not your "failure" but His sovereignty at work allowing it to fail for NOW. his plans are long term and our eyes cannot see them
5.) loving someone means taking yourself out of the picture sometimes, and letting god do the surgery of the heart in His time.
6.) we should not be afraid to go to our parents and friends who love us for Godly comfort because like the progidal father, Christian love is all-embracing, and bears no record of wrongs. love never fails.
7.) prayer is very important- we acknowledge the Lordship of God in our lives and his relational role as the one who is concerned about us. the same way we approach our bathroom with the intention of being clean even though our bath may not be squeaky clean of all dirt, the intention of going to our loving God in conversation-prayer is glorifying to Him enough. after all, He has all thiings planned, what then is the point of our supplication, if not to acknowledge his role in our lives?
8.) the Word of God is very real. and the power of its truth is really scary. treat it not with contempt but with reverence. in times of rest and peace, study your bible so that the day of adversity will not take you and the Evil ONe will not defeat you with false truths and lies
9.) fellowship and support from your spiritual brothers in Christ is paramount. Christ's love is revealed when He commanded us to love one another as He loved us. support one another in love and cover each other with prayer. empathise and feel for each other, that the world may see a strong community at work- the body of Christ triumphant against the bitterness and pain of this world. how sweet it is to see brothers living in unity!
10.) we all need forgiveness. from our transgressors, ourselves and our GOd.
11.) in prayer, God has not promised to give us what we ask as though He were a genie in a lamp. instead it is significant to note that God has promised instead, to send PEACE that passes all understanding. and to this date, everytime my heart burns, and i pray in desperation, He has brought me peace.
12.) god comes to those who need Him the most. in our frailty and desperation, we need Him so much. there's no need to put up strong fronts with God or each other.
13.) the power of the heart is so strong that it has the potential to cripple a life and make you useless. only God can work on a person's heart this way
14.) nothing happens by coincidence, everything is deliberate and planned by God for our growth in Him. most of the time, we're too ambivalent to the signs that He sends. only in our suffering do we become sensitive to everything, especially Himself.
question for thought- how does one glorify god in suffering?
posted by leb at 7:19 PM
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