the times you doubt Me, when you can't feel
the times that you've questioned 'is this for real?'
well My love is over, it's underneath, it's inside, it's in between
‘He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
He determines the number of the stars and calls them by name.’
Psalm 147: 3 & 4.
WHOA. God not only looks at our broken-ness, our sinfulness, our dirtiness, our pitiful state (even though we don’t know it), it’s this same GREAT LOVING God that CALLED every star into place, by name, and determined the sky, the number of stars. SUCH A BIG GOD LOOKING DOWN AT US. SO BIG AND LOVING, no? (: <3
Crown Him King. (:
AMENNN!! listened to Matthew West’s ‘Motions’ today. I’m making that my prayer. That i would live the life God has given me according to the way He wants me to, in EVERY way. That means even in my ‘mundane’ schooling, in my ‘mundane’ bus rides home. in every area. WHOA. doesn’t that just blow your mind? That idea that God could come into EVERY SINGLE part of your life? (:
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16
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Though times can get tough, let’s not forget who God is, and keep seeking (:
Today was pretty cool. it suddenly occurred to me that through my desperation to lose myself in Christ, in my constant prayers that He’d be the center of my life, He took the center-stage of my thoughts. Which hasn’t happened in a while. I’m still in a season of struggling and uncertainty. It’s hard to wrap my mind around the fact that the God who is so perfect and holy would love me endlessly with such a magnitude of love. Even though i can barely understand the cross or keep His word in my head. He loves me. It’s quite unbelievable, really.
7 “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? 8 Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’? 9 Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
—Luke 17.
I was meditating on this today. It’s sort of my second time, and I’m learning that God’s word doesn’t have a model answer per-seh. There isn’t just ONE right answer. The last round, i was reading this with the Matthew Henry Bible commentary which said: ‘Our Lord showed his disciples their need of deep humility. The Lord has such a property in every creature, as no man can have in another; he cannot be in debt to them for their services, nor do they deserve any return from him.’
I got back from youth camp today and throughout youth camp, there was this deep seeking for God’s presence, especially during ministry time. Of course, when i got home, I was really really tired, and it felt like everything God spoke to me off just went off to waste. But then from this passage I realized that God is my Master. I have absolutely no right to demand or seek His presence, my being a servant. I mean, even Esther was scared to go seek an audience with King Xerus, and she was his wife! However, He loves me so so much that He allows me into His presence, if only I ask. Therefore, since He has given me such an amazing opportunity to know Him, one that by right no servant should ask, how, then, can I simply walk away and forget about it? How can I take such an intimate time with my Master, which I don’t deserve, for granted? ‘cos even His presence is a gift.
