Saul

As you know, we have already reached the end of 1 Samuel by today and I would just like to share a little thought about the life of Saul and David

Saul was a crowd pleaser. Sometimes, I see myself like him. He was a person who chose to please people, took God for granted, hardly consulted God and always ran ahead of God's time. Sounds familiar? LOL :) Saul committed suicide in the end.

1 Chronicles 10:13-14 "Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord; he did not keep the word of the Lord and even consulted a medium for guidance and did not inquire of the Lord......"

We all know that God is a merciful and gracious God. But, sometimes or most of the time, we take it for granted and live in a world where we think that "all will be ok." We forget that there is a God and how much we need Him.

How long will God allow us to keep doing what we are doing and by His grace, pick us up again? If one day, God chooses to kick us by the butt, I wonder will that be a good enough wake up call for us or have we become like Saul (not the suicide part)? What is your purpose in living this life? Think about it.

Iron Chef

What The Lord Has Done In Me

Just a song for you guys to reflect

2 Corinthians 13: 7-9⁷ Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not so that people will see that we have stood the test but so that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed. ⁸ For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. ⁹ We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored. 

Let the weak say, "I am strong" Let the poor say, "I am rich" Let the blind say, "I can see" It's what the Lord has done in me 
 
Let the weak say, "I am strong" Let the poor say, "I am rich" Let the blind say, "I can see" It's what the Lord has done in me 

 Hosanna, hosanna
To the Lamb that was slain Hosanna, hosanna
Jesus died and rose again Hosanna, hosanna
To the Lamb that was slain Hosanna, hosanna
Jesus died and rose again 

 To the river I will wade There my sins are washed away From the heavens' mercy streams Of the Savior's love for me 

 I will rise from waters deep
Into the saving arms of God I will sing salvation songs Jesus Christ has set me free

 Hosanna, hosanna
To the Lamb that was slain Hosanna, hosanna
Jesus died and rose again Hosanna, hosanna
To the Lamb that was slain Hosanna, hosanna
Jesus died and rose again 

 Hosanna, hosanna
To the Lamb that was slain Hosanna, hosanna
Jesus died and rose again  Let the weak say, "I am strong" Let the poor say, "I am rich"
Let the blind say, "I can see"
It's what the Lord has done in me

My Dream

Yesterday night I dreamt that Singapore was being bomb by some other country (not going to reveal here) and I was running. It felt so real.

The question that came to me was, "If I die tomorrow, will I be in Heaven?"

Sometimes I feel my life is not worthy to be with God. I have that doubts sometimes. Do you? Insecurity and fear just overwhelms me. There are times where I seriously feel so incompetent.

My encouragement to you guys to to work out your salvation. Don't just sit around and think that everything will be well tomorrow. What if you die tomorrow? What if Singapore does go to war tomorrow? Do we only call on God in times like these?

There is a call to live like Jesus is coming back tomorrow. There is a call to pray. Sense the urgency and sense the time. God is coming home sooner than we know.

Do You Know what I Know?

Yesterday, Pastor Wilfred was sharing about what Pastor Sony Ooi preached.

He talked about the "I know, I know, I know." It's amazing how much things we all know. We can tell stories from the bible because we have heard it before but can these stories be applied in our lives?

To translate head knowledge to the spiritual is never easy. I was just reflecting on Deuteronomy 6:5 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength." Easier said than done. As I grow older by the year, more things to do, the things of these world seems to be more attractive. It is truly a struggle. There is no denying.

The song "This is My Desire" came to my mind. I remembered once Pastor Wilfred said it was hard for him to sing this song as when you sing, you don't sing for the sake of singing but because you mean the words. Now I struggle singing these words. We can easily sing how worthy, how wonderful or even for God to hear our now prayer but to truly desire and love Him with all your heart, mind, soul and strength? 

Is this all just head knowledge? I know that I should love God, I know that I should do this and do that. But are we truly doing it and mean what we say? Let's just spend sometime reflecting on this.

Anger

I got shot down by someone yesterday saying that I was bias to certain people in my committee, and that it's not a good characteristic of a leader. Upon hearing that, naturally some -ahem- unkind words flew out of my mouth.

3 seconds later, I just felt guilty and went back to my room and 'emo'.

In this situation, what do you think Jesus will do?

Psalm 103:8,9 says "The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever."

And this is something we can learn from Him. When we are being criticized, just remember we are normal human beings. It's not totally wrong to be angry, but to hold a grudge and say hurtful words- is just a sign of being quick-tempered and it's just foolish.

Anyway, I'm off to forgive and forget.

In the silence

When God does not speak, I get scared. Do you? I feel like there are times in my life where I'm in a desert. God does not speak, does not do a thing. Scary? Yeah, extremely coz I feel like He has taken His favour and His anointing away from me.

Maybe or most likely God is asking us to wait, not for an answer or for something to happen but just wait. In that waiting there is trust and in that trust there will be a deepening of relationship. I believe that God is asking us to view silence in a different way.

However frustrating or discouraging it may be or how quiet or depressing it can get, silence may be a privilege. It will be a time of learning and maturing in Christ as we learn to wait. A revelation.

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