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Sunday, December 23, 2007

For this is why i m glad to do
it s time to live a life that pleases you
i will give my all to you
surrender all i have and follow u
i follow you.

I know that it could be a cheesy song:

He Ne Ni, He Ne Ni,
Shao Wo, Chai Wo, wo zai zhe li

He Ne Ni, He Ne Ni,
Shao Wo, Chai Wo, He Ne Ni.


Lord here i am. Use me.

Isaiah 6:8
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am i. Send me!"


And when we further read on chapter 6, we realise that God pours His own judgement upon the Israelites.
Indeed, only God can and has the rights to pour judgement onto us, sinful creatures. Who are we to judge people? Like how Isaiah in chapter 5 was so full of himself, and judged others until he encountered the glorious presence of the Lord that he realised that "woe" was to be on himself instead.

God help me not to judge anymore.

Matthew 7:1-5
Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Then i realised, that the Lord is indeed very merciful, in the sense that i would already have been struck with lightning by the amount of judging that i've done. And yet, God remains faithfully loving towards me, with all the chances that He has given me. Lord help me, teach me your ways, of having a pure and holy heart, no more filled with judgmentalism.

v3
Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

Everytime when i feel like judging, or begin my unknowningly judging career, think of v3 as a point of turning around. We too have our own flaws, and why do we always only look at the faults of others when we too have the same problems. We have no rights to. Our 'pure' and 'holiness' is nothing compared to God's glory.

v4
How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Yes, we ALL have been hypocrites. And Lord i truly repent, help me to be transparent, to be truthful in my thoughts as to my actions. That whatever i think will be shown in whatever i do and speak.
The plank out of my own eye signifies the finishing of your 'trial'. This means that we gain experience, and by removing the speck from your brother's eye clearly, it means we should use our experience and what we have learnt into application to remove that speck.

Lord Father. I know my judgementalism have not only pulled the people around me down, but also my spiritual walk with you. And I pray that you help me, to stay close by to you, that i may manifest your glory and wonder through my actions, speech and behaviour.

However short this may be, Lord Father indeed you have whammed me straight in the face again with another truth of life and being your faithful self, you have provided me ways of doing so. Thank you Lord, you indeed are worthy of all my praise and worship. I Love you so much Jesus. Thank you for everything that you have done for me.

Lord Father i pray that you salvage that friendship of mine. I will follow whatever you have told me to do, and now that my authorities have said wait, i will wait. Lord i don't know what your plans are, but i believe you make all things beautiful in its time.

Ecclesiastes 3:11a
He has made everything beautiful in its time.

Thank You Lord, i humble myself before you. Take control of everything.

In Jesus' name i pray,
Amen.

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