Monday, July 07, 2008
♥ 10:39 AM
youth day!
well, the past week has been eventful. got back my mid year results and din do dat well. i was definitely sad but i believe God has a purpose because my Bible tells me that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
share with you guys some things which God taught me last week.
1)When bad things happen, it's not the end of the world. in fact, sometimes things aren't what it seems and every stumbling block can become a stepping stone. The Bible says his thoughts are higher than our thoughts, His ways higher than our ways. The kingdom of God is opposite from our world. Bible says give and u shall receive, if u want to be the head u first gotta be a servant. Dat's y when bad things happen, all the more we need to TRUST in Him. Because God is able to turn every bad thing around for our good! Praise the Lord!
2) Often we'll be faced with people with sucky attitude and we'll be like," this person gotta change!" However, Holy Spirit just began to ask me," what's the reason behind you wanting e person to change?" and to my surprise, my answer was anger. becox of certain things e person did, i was angry with him and so my motivation for him to change became anger. i mean, it's quite common sense that when u confront somebody out of anger u'll most probably condemn the person's attitude instead of bringing conviction right? But we all know dat God's method is never condemnation. but conviction through love! so when we desire change in the people around us, it must not be for our selfish reasons to suit ourselves, but our motivation must be love! Just like how it breaks God's heart to see us continue struggling with sins in our life when we can be living an even more fruitful and joyful life, our hearts should also be broken when we see people sinning because they are definitely more miserable than us.
Come on guys! let us be cross bearers for Christ! let's look at situations and people through God's eyes and not our own. Bible says it's not by our strength, not by our might, but by His Holy Spirit! Praise the Lord!
