Last Sunday was a busy day for me. I went to church in the morning, then went shopping to prepare for dinner at night. After the dinner, I went for a bible study and then supper and then a bit of MSN and then finally, i settle down quietly in the presence of God.
God had been nudging me inside and althoguh it was a hectic day, i felt insecure inside due to the financial problems that my family is facing and also since i am about to graduate, i felt the responsibility as the eldest son of the family to help out. I struggle inside; in this case, the desire to believe in my own strength (sinful flesh) and the desire to be assured that God is in control.
Therefore, on that night, after much nudging, I came across a story on Joseph in the Bible. He was sold as a slave to Egypt by his brothers, falsely accused by an adulterous woman and imprisoned by a jealous husband. However, in the end, he passed the tests beautifully. It is well written in Genesis 50:20, "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives."
Many at times, my view or my sight is only focused on the present suffering, trials and hardship. I fail to look beyond what may be installed in the future and thus, i felt insecure at times. However, God clear out my doubts. I may not know His plans, I may not know what will happen tomorrow but i do know one thing; the God that i'm trusting will bring me through. In the end, all He seeks is for us to depend on Him, seek His strength and for Him to glorify Himself through our trials. May we continue to endure, not by asking "Why" but by trusting in Him.
Right now, i got a job. Praise the Lord. But i do know that trials will always be there. To those who is reading this blog now, may we continue to pray for one another so that we will continue to trust in God.
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- Matthew Wong
- Believing that dining on the table is a sacrament as people come together to enjoy a simple meal; not differentiating culture and nation.
Half-Hearted Creatures
We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered to us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea. We are far too easily pleased.
- C.S Lewis
All gracious affections that are a sweet odor to Christ, and that fill the soul of a Christian with a heavenly sweetness and fragrancy, are broken hearted affections. A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires. Their hope is a humble hope; and their joy, even when it is unspeakable, and full of glory, is a humble broken hearted joy, and leaves the Christian more poor in spirit; and more like a little child, and more disposed to a universal lowliness of behavior.
- Jonathan Edwards
- C.S Lewis
All gracious affections that are a sweet odor to Christ, and that fill the soul of a Christian with a heavenly sweetness and fragrancy, are broken hearted affections. A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires. Their hope is a humble hope; and their joy, even when it is unspeakable, and full of glory, is a humble broken hearted joy, and leaves the Christian more poor in spirit; and more like a little child, and more disposed to a universal lowliness of behavior.
- Jonathan Edwards
1 comment:
My dear Wongey...
You do realize that one of the elements to help others to build trust in The Omnipotent is also by helping people to build trusts in other people, no?
It is nice to peer through your eyes for once. Keep it up. You have me as a reader. I'll take some time to fix a link so that people from my blog can see your link.
But back to the issue of trust.
Maybe it isn't this world, I'll say its the conditioning when we as humans 'come to age' of a certain biological time length of physical existence. We begin to lose trust in others. Perhaps we could do for once to show others that we are trustworthy to a certain standard (or to a certant qualifiable extent), and earn their willingness to trust us as well as theirs. Perhaps.
What do you think?
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