Tuesday, 19 February 2008

• Trust

  If God has trusted me with his visions and dreams...then how can I let all these other things distract me?

  I mean...cmon, we're talking about the King of Kings here giving such dreams and visions...how I pray for a servants heart to ask "what do you want me to do now?" rather than me waking up and saying "okay I will do this this and this for God today"

  "What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds?
  Can such faith save him?
  Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?
  In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead."
  James 24:14-17

  "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat,
  I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,
  I was a stranger and you invited me in,
  I needed clothes and you clothed me,
  I was sick and you looked after me,
  I was in prison and you came to visit me.'"
  Matthew 25:35-36

  This passage is often overlooked greatly and people see it as a "list of things to do to get into heaven"...but it is so so much more than that. Jesus was making a point that if you see a need and decide to ignore it then you are ignoring Him.

  People often quote how they only need to just believe in Jesus to get into heaven (which is true) but I challenge you with this...what does heaven even mean? If it is a place where angels sing and dance alongside with you living in houses made with clouds and roads made of gold and rivers of milk and honey then wow...I certainly wouldn't care much about that heaven personally. Something we can ALL agree on about heaven is that it's being in God's presence for eternity and yet if you live a life ignoring him...then what's the point of being in his presence anyways?

  Here I make a controversial point...God didn't call us into worship through song and dance, it's just one of our ways of expressing our love for him or learning to love him. A friend once asked me why God requires us to worship Him but my reply was that he doesn't "require" it....God doesn't "need" our worship, but we worship because we "want" to worship him using everything in our life as we experience his love for us. Singing "Jesus I love you" and then adding a "but I could care less about that lazy homeless guy" or a "but I don't want to be inconvenienced" is just ridiculous! It is so dangerous to be self satisfied.

  God does not love you because you worship Him, He loves you just because He does.

  For those who don't even know who Jesus is or have decided to ignore him because rationality tells you not to bother seeking him...how my soul cries to see you like this. How much you're missing out in your life! If the president invites you to meet him you'd make haste but when God invites you think nothing of it! "Sorry I already have my life in shape and having lots of fun" is totally missing the point. Even if I'm struggling with God about following him I'm still filled with joy.

  "They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'
  "He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me."
  Matthew 25:44-45

   

  Sigh...there have been so much that I did not do but it is never too late to start doing.

  Thank God for your trust in me despite the many times I've failed you.

   

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  ...haha I had intended to just write a short note about "If God has trusted me with his visions then....." but I can't help myself to type more! Wonder who actually reads any of it.

  *btw, the book I'm reading "Still Red" is not about what I've written here but it's definitely a recommended read!*

   

  Currently Reading Still Red By Georgina Sam, David Wang see related

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