Thursday, September 25, 2008

Isaiah 55: 8-9, Romans 8:28, 31

8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.
9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. [ Isaiah 55:8-9]

So what is God's ways and thoughts then? Being someone who is logical, I can never fathom the depth of God's ways and thoughts. In fact, no one does. It doesn't really matters whether am I too logical, someone stupid or intellectual, with high IQ or not. We won't be able to understand many things that are falling in place or things we are going through now till the day God chose to reveal to us. If I could spend time thinking of the many possibilities in life, shouldn't I wait till God reveal to me? When out of the many possibilities I could think of, there is only one possible answer. A wonderful plan that God had prepared for me.

11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. [Jeremiah 29:11]

Since last week, when I started to dedicate many of my time just to pray. God spoke to me alot. As I prayed, I could feel the presence of God so strongly. I began to reflect on many things in life.

- So what's about my calling? What can I do to prepare for that big vision I've seen?

- My families salvation? how can I start to share? what can I do? How should I pray then? How can I break many of the negative thoughts, traditional thinking, ways, habits?

- In my work now, how can I share the Gospel? What can I do other then pray? Initiative, how should I go about it? How can I built a deeper rapport with my colleagues?

- Should I study for a degree? What degree then? Arts and social science which I think could have help me later on? Degree in electronics which could help me in my work now?

- Other than prayers, few Msn chat, smses, what can I do as a leader that my sheeps will turn back to God? How do I teach?

- For Adult cell, how can the word of God reach deeply into their hearts? What can motivate them to read more of God's words? How can they share more of their life testimony? How can they be more revived in the Spirit of God?

- For the Church, how can strong help the weak to grow in faith, love and hope?

- It is important that I pray for a helper in my life. So how can I pray then?

These are some questions that I started to reflect while I prayed to God. It's really amazing how God leads and guide me along the way. I know many of what I should do, right thing to do of course. Some things I know that it requires me alot of courage to step in faith and just do it. I'm slowly beginning to understand the words that Bro Daniel Seet and Sister Mary( who told me to do the right things, 1 year back] and Bro Eric who had given me Romans 8:28 through God.

28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,[a] who[b] have been called according to his purpose. [Romans 8:28]

31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? [Romans 8:31-32]

By doing the right things in life, I know that many of the sacrifices I will make, jibes from people I will see and persecutions I will face. But it doesn't really matters to me, for I know that Jesus gave it all. So if God is for me, who can be against me?


Jedidiah A Pense

Jedidiah; 2:53 PM