Dear...
And at
midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Acts 16:25
Like Paul and Silas, you could be a prisoner of a present difficult circumstance. But unlike them, you are groaning
and moaning, and a positive countenance is a distant stranger to your state of emotion.
But truth is we can be joyful in all circumstances, if we remember and acknowledge God as sovereign in our lives.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart
trusted in him, and I am helped:
therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.'
Psalms 28:7
Of
late, I have become very cognizance of the very visible and prescient
hand of God in my life. And His omnipresence and Sovereignty in every
facet of my daily living. It is no small wonder that like Paul and
Silas, thankful joy emanates that much more easily from my once doubtful
heart.
The mantra going forward for me is no longer, "Sovereign God
take this burden away from me," but rather, "Lord, what is Your will and
how do You want me to respond?"
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Proverbs 11:28
Tuesday,
November 13th is Deepavali , the "festival of lights" as celebrated by
the Hindus, who are primarily Indians. How memories can fade so
quickly from what was once searing and painful experiences. It was
during the Deepavali holiday four years back in year 2008, when the
"lights were switched off" for many when banks mercilessly forced sold
pledged assets of the once wealthy, and great wealth was lost in one
day. Today, many are back worshipping the largess of mammon, forgetting
that an even more intense shake could be just round the corner.
For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;
Ezekiel 3:5
Today,
how many of us truly continue to experience or even remember that deep
sense of communion of our spirit with You, God,when Your Spirit first
imbued in us that sanctifying grace, when we first believed. It is my
prayer for all that it be revived and reinvigorated. That many will be
moved from nonchalant believer to a desirous, and determined
disciple of Christ our Lord.
But the house of Israel will not
hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house
of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
Ezekiel 3:7
On
light, our good Lord impressed upon my heart that we must be holy, for
He is holy. But as witnessed by the recent headlines news of General
Petreus as well our our own once men of eminence, men are always
susceptible to temptation.
Only by the grace of God can we overcome.
To do that, we must be determined to stay in the light of Christ our
redeemer. For to step out of the light is to be in darkness. "The
spotlight of faith," we must stay within it always, for it is easy to
lose one's way in the darkness.
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
John
4:34
The American coinage proudly proclaim "In God we trust."
But reality is God increasingly being shunted aside. The Israelites
today remains militarily superior in the Mid-East, but her moral
foundations have been increasingly eroded. Will a near defeat next year
at the hands of its array of enemies gathered at her borders be a
necessary reminder of her vulnerability, yet need for total dependency
upon our great God?
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
It
is easy to forget God's call to us who once was blind, but now am not.
Its been nearly two months in my new workplace. It has been wonderful
for our Lord provides. But there are moments when I forget the very
purpose of my being here. But thanks be to God, He remains faithful,
much as we often waiver.
'But as for me,
I trust in You, O Lord; I say, "You are my God."
Psalm 31:14
God blesses
Eng hieang
20th Nov 12
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