Certain unpleasant things in life happen repetitively again and again when you step foot into that particular place.
Sometimes it seem unbearable...sometimes it drain the best of you, and you keep wondering, when will those events take a toll and stop happening? Sometimes you wish you have the guts to walk away and call it quit...stop caring. Sometimes you wish you can just not step foot there again, but you know that would be something wrong to do..
Tonight as I was meditating on the Word of God, 10.02pm...God said this to me:
You want your life to be a vessel for Me
You said you would lay your life on the altar for me
Well, sometimes I do not need you to do anything fancy...but by merely putting through with the the toils and brokenness, the storm in your life...
If you are willing to bear, if you are willing to persevere...if you do not give up...you will be My vessel, you have truly put your life on the altar for Me to work with.
Don't meditate on the fact that things drains you, even if it repetitively does.
Don't doubt a single minute that things will not change....
If you stay there long enough, if you keep allowing Me to use you as a vessel to go through challenges strong!...the change will come and you will be the reflection of Me in the darkest place.
You do not need to do much, but just merely stay there, be strong...and wait...do what I would be pleased with...and keep doing it even when nobody appreciates it. You are My vessel...and you have to know your place and your appointed time. Don't miss My plan.
Honestly it didn't occur to me that staying still in negative situations would mean being a vessel for God sometimes apart from all the mission works and ministry - it didn't occur to me that clearly, until now. I hope it encourages anyone of you who are going through certain circumstances and you feel like you really want to escape but you know you shouldn't?...yes sometimes God used you as a vessel by just you choosing to stay through in those places. And do what He wants you to do, react how He wants you to react...
Stay strong! =)) If God is using you as a vessel to stay in rough circumstances, He will not leave you and stroll away before He comes back again. He is there providing you the strength to stay.
Be blessed! =)
Monday, December 22, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
A chat with God
In the midst of studying for finals, Hazel decided that she would have a little chat with her beloved God...
Hazel: Daddy..
God: Yes, dear?
Hazel: Got something to ask You (anticipation shown all over the face)...very important one!
God: Haha...what is it? (smirking - a sign of Him knowing what I was about to ask)
Hazel: I want to ask right, how to know what are the things I can do and is correct one and what are the things that are not?
God: What....I know what you are worrying about right now la...
Hazel: Hee...You know good la...then then then...what are the things that I can be sure is correct and is OK for me to do and the things that are not jek? (cling on to God's arm like little girl)
God: The things that you cannot do and is not OK are the things that I have labeled as sin in the bible and labeled as against the law by the government...
Hazel: Some more?
God: And the things that I have revealed to you that is not OK wan loh...like certain things you feel you feel it is good or nice to have then suddenly I show you that it is not really such a good thing or option...neh...those times ah when I show you...remember or not?
Hazel: Remember.....(silent a few seconds)....then for things that You didn't reveal anything one leh? Means can do ah? Or should do?
God: =_='''' I didn't reveal hor....means it is ok to do lah...but that doesn't mean it is a MUST or a SHOULD la...you figure out and choose la you want to do or not. You do it also can, don't do it also won't do you harm.
Hazel: Then then, I have been having this issue la...I don't know what is the right thing to do wor...then You some more didn't reveal. Then now I ask You la, what should I do? If i make a choice to take path A also got certain struggles, if take path B also like not correct, also struggle...what to do oh?
God: You decide lor....
Hazel: Maybe I should fast and pray about it. But I did that before!
God: Yealor...I know...I didn't give you any answer ma...means you decide loh...haijoh! Take path A also can take path B also can...I cannot tell you what to do la. Then I violate your freewill already you know or not.
Hazel: Yealah...but You see ah, like my biological parents right, sometimes even they ask me to make decision right, they still got preferences wan...so what is Your preference jek? I want to do everything in Your perfect will ma...
God: Nah girl,...see ah...Number 1, I am not your biological parents, I got no preference...Number 2, if I got no preference and ask you to choose, means whatever decision you make will not be a wrong decision, but still a decision in My will...Number 3, freewill is freewill...you have to learn to decide for yourself...Life is about making choices. If I make all the choices for you, then you become My robot already...
Hazel: ....
God: And Number 4, got exam tomorrow...GO STUDY NOW!
Hazel: hehehe...ok...after I blog.
Hrm....ever come across situations where you hope that God will just tell you what to decide on and do so you do not need to think so much what is the right thing to do? I have been there countless times...
Anyway, just posting this out of randomness...and to quote that at times there are situations whereby there is no such thing as the ONLY RIGHT OPTION...sometimes either option you choose, it will also be blessed by God. But the journey would be very different. So then it bogs down to one thing again...where your heart and passion lies, what you desire to journey...I guess that sometimes is a guidance to decisions like these...
BUT BEWARE. This blog is strictly not about partial obedience. About people ASSUMING God didn't give them any clear answers and go with whatever they "feel" is right or what they "feel" God tells them is right even when it is CLEARLY not. =)))
Just a random thought for you to ponder. Be blessed! Hit the books now. Toooddlleesss~~
Hazel: Daddy..
God: Yes, dear?
Hazel: Got something to ask You (anticipation shown all over the face)...very important one!
God: Haha...what is it? (smirking - a sign of Him knowing what I was about to ask)
Hazel: I want to ask right, how to know what are the things I can do and is correct one and what are the things that are not?
God: What....I know what you are worrying about right now la...
Hazel: Hee...You know good la...then then then...what are the things that I can be sure is correct and is OK for me to do and the things that are not jek? (cling on to God's arm like little girl)
God: The things that you cannot do and is not OK are the things that I have labeled as sin in the bible and labeled as against the law by the government...
Hazel: Some more?
God: And the things that I have revealed to you that is not OK wan loh...like certain things you feel you feel it is good or nice to have then suddenly I show you that it is not really such a good thing or option...neh...those times ah when I show you...remember or not?
Hazel: Remember.....(silent a few seconds)....then for things that You didn't reveal anything one leh? Means can do ah? Or should do?
God: =_='''' I didn't reveal hor....means it is ok to do lah...but that doesn't mean it is a MUST or a SHOULD la...you figure out and choose la you want to do or not. You do it also can, don't do it also won't do you harm.
Hazel: Then then, I have been having this issue la...I don't know what is the right thing to do wor...then You some more didn't reveal. Then now I ask You la, what should I do? If i make a choice to take path A also got certain struggles, if take path B also like not correct, also struggle...what to do oh?
God: You decide lor....
Hazel: Maybe I should fast and pray about it. But I did that before!
God: Yealor...I know...I didn't give you any answer ma...means you decide loh...haijoh! Take path A also can take path B also can...I cannot tell you what to do la. Then I violate your freewill already you know or not.
Hazel: Yealah...but You see ah, like my biological parents right, sometimes even they ask me to make decision right, they still got preferences wan...so what is Your preference jek? I want to do everything in Your perfect will ma...
God: Nah girl,...see ah...Number 1, I am not your biological parents, I got no preference...Number 2, if I got no preference and ask you to choose, means whatever decision you make will not be a wrong decision, but still a decision in My will...Number 3, freewill is freewill...you have to learn to decide for yourself...Life is about making choices. If I make all the choices for you, then you become My robot already...
Hazel: ....
God: And Number 4, got exam tomorrow...GO STUDY NOW!
Hazel: hehehe...ok...after I blog.
Hrm....ever come across situations where you hope that God will just tell you what to decide on and do so you do not need to think so much what is the right thing to do? I have been there countless times...
Anyway, just posting this out of randomness...and to quote that at times there are situations whereby there is no such thing as the ONLY RIGHT OPTION...sometimes either option you choose, it will also be blessed by God. But the journey would be very different. So then it bogs down to one thing again...where your heart and passion lies, what you desire to journey...I guess that sometimes is a guidance to decisions like these...
BUT BEWARE. This blog is strictly not about partial obedience. About people ASSUMING God didn't give them any clear answers and go with whatever they "feel" is right or what they "feel" God tells them is right even when it is CLEARLY not. =)))
Just a random thought for you to ponder. Be blessed! Hit the books now. Toooddlleesss~~
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