Limited resources?
Do we use it as an excuse not to serve?
Do we rely on God's strength to overcome our weaknesses?
Do we serve in God's way? or our own way?
Do we believe that God can accomplish more through us as long as we offer our bodies to Him?
In the book of Judges... we see Gideon... leading 300 men to victory over the Israelite's enemies... Not only the Midianites... but more...
Gideon rounded up 22,000 troups... but God cut it to only 300 men... Gideon could've said then... hey... we don't have enough resources God... and doubt the fact that they will win eventually... But he did not... He trusted in God... He had faith ... even if every human logical and rational sense told him against winning... He believed...
There were so many instances that showed God leading His people out of their enemies...
If today we were doing God's work... and we know that this is our calling... do you think God will not help us?
Are we over-rationalising things? If God gave us $1... we can only return $1? back in tack...? in its orginial pristine form? Does God gain glory through that?
It is because we are weak... and that's when we are strong... when God manifests His greatness through us... we may have $1... but we know that we can give back $2 if we entrust ourselves to God... and maybe even more... But are we even putting in that effort to work past that $1 ?
I'm terribly disappointed at many happenings yesterday... but the verse in Matthew 7:1 constantly comes back to haunt me...
All i wanna do is to continue to pray to God... that we'll have a united body in Christ...
I might be rash... but I hope I'm rash for God... I really believe that we can do much more... Oh Lord help us...
To God be the glory... The best is yet to be... we'll work hard for you !
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was just thinking about this issue again... Again thought of King David...
With 5 stones at hand, he managed to defeat Goliath the giant...
With his background... who would've thought he could've won? Even his brothers did not believe in him...
But God gave him the strength to defeat the Philistine...
A man who tended the flock became a warrior who defeated one of Israel's greatest threats then...
Did it seem like he had the relevant skills for the job? Didn't seem like it... Because it was so... people knew that the God of Israel was with him... and he attested God's glory through his actions...
I'm sure there are countless of other examples...
But the lesson here is that we don't always use our human logic in doing God's work... If we only do the work that we are able to do ourselves, that our 'skill set' enable us to do... then we are not doing God's work... but our own work...
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i couldn't agree more.. but guess we need to also try to understand the mindsets of the people and their character and background, plus the history of the church...
when we do that, we might judge less and pray for everyone more..
and i would say, the challenge for ourselves would be - will we be making such negative comments 20 years down the road, or will we still be as 'daring' for God, after the cares of life and the pressures of society have had their fair share of toll on us?
let's just take each step positively, trusting in Him, and always encouraging those around us with love.
Yah... thanks for the reminder...
I really hope that our 'maturity' doesn't take us the wrong way...
instead of spiritual maturity... we have worldly maturity...
Let's continue to strive on for the remaining years of our lives...
for the fraction of the years of our lives over eternity is nearly 0...
Just like what we heard during the retreat... if GBC was removed... would macpherson remember us?
Drawing the parallel, if we are removed from this world, which God has the sovereign authority to do so, would we have made an impact in people's lives?
I thank God for the continual moulding by Him and will continue to pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ...
Let's continue to strive on to present everyone mature in christ... :)
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