A really lazy day today. Just raining the whole time. Apparently it's going to be this way for the remaining week. That's a pity, but hey! I'm not one to despair, I've got 2 midterms coming up this Friday; can't wait to get that over with.
Loved today's worship. Everything went really well; Good keys-friendly songs. What touched me and was much more important is what God spoke through Pastor Peter - Joseph.
It's remarkable how much a young man had to go through. Yes, people see him and they see that he was elevated at such a young age (comparatively) but every gem that shines undergoes years of pressure, of rejection, of disappointment, of refusal, of denial. Enough to push any ordinary man down the ladder and into the abyss, even Joseph. However, one thing that he did, that distinguished him from others was that "the LORD was with him."(Genesis 39:21)
How does this apply to me?
Lately, well, from the beginning of this year, I have been facing a really dry season in my spiritual walk with God. It definitely is God asking me to seek Him more, to delve deeper in His presence, to trust and depend on Him more and to experience and realize the fact that I cannot do anything without His grace through the Holy Spirit.
However, it's already almost a year! How long do I have to wait till I have that 'something more'? Every time when I read His word or hear a word, I can see God wooing me in, to go deeper and that 'final destination' is close.
Slowly, yet surely I know my time will come. It is difficult to see everyone having the greatest times in God's presence. Mistake me not, I have great times refreshing in His presence but then it doesn't last. It leaves me wanting more. Maybe there's nothing to wait for but then again I know He will come.
Jesus said in John 7:37-39 - "On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.38Whoever believes in me, asc the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” 39By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified."
Loved today's worship. Everything went really well; Good keys-friendly songs. What touched me and was much more important is what God spoke through Pastor Peter - Joseph.
It's remarkable how much a young man had to go through. Yes, people see him and they see that he was elevated at such a young age (comparatively) but every gem that shines undergoes years of pressure, of rejection, of disappointment, of refusal, of denial. Enough to push any ordinary man down the ladder and into the abyss, even Joseph. However, one thing that he did, that distinguished him from others was that "the LORD was with him."(Genesis 39:21)
How does this apply to me?
Lately, well, from the beginning of this year, I have been facing a really dry season in my spiritual walk with God. It definitely is God asking me to seek Him more, to delve deeper in His presence, to trust and depend on Him more and to experience and realize the fact that I cannot do anything without His grace through the Holy Spirit.
However, it's already almost a year! How long do I have to wait till I have that 'something more'? Every time when I read His word or hear a word, I can see God wooing me in, to go deeper and that 'final destination' is close.
Slowly, yet surely I know my time will come. It is difficult to see everyone having the greatest times in God's presence. Mistake me not, I have great times refreshing in His presence but then it doesn't last. It leaves me wanting more. Maybe there's nothing to wait for but then again I know He will come.
Jesus said in John 7:37-39 - "On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.38Whoever believes in me, asc the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” 39By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified."
"Hunger and thirst for His righteousness, and you'll be filled. "
Hanging on my salvation and knowledge of the hope I have in Christ. Oh, that he would choose me, a sinner not deserving his acknowledgement or selection, full of sin, that He would die for me, save me, change me and continually pour out his love on me. Right now I am content living in His will as I always shall be. However, I will go after the more he has for me. There is no limit to His Spirit(John 3:34).
It's wonderful to know Jesus. Oh, that I have found unconditional love in the person of Jesus Christ!!!!!
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