Children of the Light#3 God's unfolding tapestry? (11th Oct 2014)
" For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."
Ephesians 2:10
God has already laid the route to Christlikeness for each and everyone of us whom He has called to the saving grace of the Risen Christ. But instead of being amazed by His prescience and the wonders of His ways, most of us end up in the maze of of our own making, confused and possibly disillusioned, that the peace and joy that God promises all seems to elude us.
'......,.,but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Isaiah 5:12
Like most, I often mouthed God, but my heart is not always solely for Him alone. I find it a struggle to discard my Adamite roots and be like Christ who obeyed God with His all. The path of life that God has laid for me will not be illuminated, unless I am willing to follow His footsteps, on His terms, and not mine, with His Spirit that resides in my Heart being the candle that leads me. Not by sight, but by faith.
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:6
Oswald Chambers advises, "Whenever God gives a vision to a saint, he puts the saint in the shadow of His hand, as it were, and the saint's duty is to be still and listen... When God gives a vision and darkness follows, waiting on God will bring you into accordance with the vision He has given if you await His timing. Otherwise, you try to do away with the supernatural in God's undertakings. Never try to help God fulfill His word."*
In the book of Proverbs, Solomon warns us not to rely on our own fallible wisdom while trying to do God's perfect will. God wants us to wait for His deliverance. His means of bringing us to spiritual maturity requires us to wait on His deliverance through adversity so that we will be able to discern the difference between our own self-deliverance and God's authentic deliverance in our lives.
( TGIF Os Hillman 29 Sep 2014)
'Be still and know I am God.'
Psalm 46:10
The lingering minutes I spent in bed, upon being awakened by our good Lord has always been the most enlightening. Fruitful because I have been able to be still and wait upon Him. And indeed God does not tarry long. He illume.
And this willingness to let go and let Him is very different from my days of past, when after a less than fitful sleep, one awakens to ponder and wrestle with unsettled issues that continues to darken our countenance. But is this not what is prevalent amongst many today, where restful sleep not just eludes, but inner peace and joy?
The carnal man is always in a hurry. Determined to see the conclusion their finite understanding desire. Like Adam, this sinful desire to be in charge brings upon one much grief and angst.
"Wait upon The Lord always. Be sanctified, let's our wandering hearts be realigned to Him and Him only. Move and move only when He leads, for then we will move with the full empowerment of His glorious Spirit." For then will we experience the power of the Gospel at work, for the watching world will witness the Light that leaves no place for the darkness that once encapsulates their lives.
....Teacher, don't you care if we drown?"
Mark 4:38
It's not what we think, nor what others believe, but it is what is the will of God?
But how do we know what is God's will? Scripture, prayer, worship, works and a thankful heart, spiced heavily with love.
"Waiting upon God," is a deliberate and determined discarding of what Adam and Eve took in disobedience of God's command. The flawed right to decide independent of God.
Forgo this compelling but illusory right, and surrender to the omnipresent God now, and in all circumstances. And be amazed by His plans for each of us.
Every day will be full of refinement but the certain peace and joy that God promises to all who is willing to entrust their all to Him, that like our steadfast and faithful Father in Heaven, changes not.
God blesses
Eng Hieang
11th Oct 2014
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