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Sunday, April 26, 2009

I'm Blessed because He's always with Me

These past few days I get busy with several things. I knew I am lucky and sort of, blessed, a good term. After graduation, I'm not sad and I never ever think that I could be bored this summer. Maybe you'll think that I'll be having good time somewhere out there, but no.. I wouldn't have. I had planned to have a vacation in the field somewhere in our province but I don't know if I could until I've finished several important things.

In the start of the vacation, I knew I am preparing for the "grand future". So this is it. This is the beginning of real life adventure. So why be bored?

Recently, I had received an email that congrats me for being one of the semi-finalists that is invited to advance to round 2 of the worldwide competition I had joined. This is a great achievement for me. After several prayers of thanks, I forward the good news to my friends and acquaintances, not to boast but to let them know that first and foremost, Father is answering my prayers and He is a great God that listens to all my prayers. He said that we should proclaim His greatness, so I did. And will always do. I also did that to show other people that I am working hard and diligently exerting effort to reach my goal and dream. Because others may think that I am not exerting effort on things. If I could pass this competition that I am going through, this might be the start of my career self-boosting. Win or lose, I've been praying to Father to help and guide all my ways, may He direct my path.

I have so many opportunities and choices as what Father had promised me. He wouldn't let me down. And so He is always by my side and He directed my paths. So, I have a big question, Is your God like my God? 

What do you do whenever you’re sad?

Me, I get inside my room, with or without tears in the eyes, I pray solemnly to Father to ease my pain, to help me out of this. To renew my broken heart and strengthen my spirit.. I may have weaknesses, emotional and physical but It could be my strength if Father is right by my side.

Other may answer this as: 

(1) I go to my best friend, mother, father, siblings or whoever closest person in my life and I will cry on their shoulder. I know they will understand me. And it will relieve the pain. 

-This might be good but, they could listen, but could they help you solve ALL your problems? They also have weaknesses because they were also human. So this is not the BEST thing to do.

(2) I'll go drink and eat with my friends to have a happy-happy time, by means of this, I can forget my problem for a moment.

-This one is wrong. You can forget your problem for just a little time. And the bitterness would be that you will be drunk and can't think well with your drunk mind on how you'll be solving the problem. You had abused your body and your mind as well and weakened your spirit to fight temptation. Even the Bible forbids it because it could destroy good relationships and homes.

Anyway, these are the major reactions of the people who don't know or even know, but they didn't treat God as their primary counselor or therapist, those people who don't believe that He could be the only one that can solve their problem. Some used drugs to ease their pain but what they do is just destroying their life.

Prayer is the best spiritual tool that could connect us with Father.

But not all people have the access to Father. Because some has no right to pray to Him. Their prayers were just in vain. The only people whose prayers could be heard is from His people, His true nation. So others should not wonder why their prayers can’t be heard by Father.

If you have a great plan for a great thing or event, how did you prepare for it? Is self-preparation of own skills, talents and strengths are enough?

Me, I've been praying for it by means of Panata. Just like what we do inside the church whenever a special event/occasion is ahead. It's usually a one week prayers of the same specific time.  By means of this, you're showing God that you are sincere to what you are asking for.

How do you fight temptation? Or do you really fight them or you just let yourself carried away?

In Pasugo God's Message February 2009 issue, the mailbox part had caught my eyes. The topic is about "Fighting Temptations". 

A reader said:

"I would like to hear your opinion about homosexuality. I know that having a sexual relationship with the same sex is forbidden by God. But my earthly instinct sometimes let me do this sin. I want to follow His will and I want to renew myself. Please help and advice me on what should I do."

 It's better if you could read the whole answer to this question.

But as a summary, the editor replied that acknowledging that a wrongdoing is wrong is the first step to renewing one's life. "Homosexuality is absolutely forbidden, for it is an enormous sin" (Lev. 18:22, Living Bible) Apostle Paul taught that "no temptation is irresistible." To prevail over temptations nonetheless, one must also completely trust in the God---he must allow God to transform him by willfully submitting himself to His will:

"Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God-- what is good and pleasing to Him and is perfect." (Rom. 12:2, Today's English Version

So it is only Him who could help us if we really want to renew ourselves, whatever temptation it is, because if we don't, we'll suffer the curse of the sin. Too many people can't resist the temptations. They don't know that it were challenges to face that if they won over to that thing, then they will receive their prize, their blessings, if not, they'll receive curse from their sins.

Having Father right by my side will make me standing still above all temptations, crisis, weakness and death. While He is with me, I will never be hopeless. So I couldn't afford to lose Him because He is my LIFE.