Children of The Light#35 There is a God ( 8th Nov 2016 )
Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.
James 5:13
This morning I received a text msg from my property agent in Japan. She said that she will monitor the situation and let me know if there is a need for evacuation. An incomplete message can create fear and trepidation. But thanks to our Lord, extrapolated fears are a thing of the past for me, for I know that our good Lord is Sovereign over everything.
A quick check on the internet solved the mystery. It seems a huge sinkhole was created just in front of the main train station in Fukuoka City. A mere few streets away from where my apartment was.
If it was like the unstoppable mudflow in Indonesia, then by the time you read this, my apartment should have been swallowed up by now. But by the grace of our dear Lord, it has not. And my initial assurance of His Sovereignty is now expanded to a thankful heart. Indeed God shelters me once again.
I guess the above verse James 5:13 is an ambivalent verse for me. Because I was on the edge of the precipice yet not there. A joyful prayerful praise that resonates from a grateful heart.
It was just 7 months back, in April this year when an unexpected and unprecedented double earthquake hit Kumamoto, the prefecture next to Fukuoka City, both being in Kyushu Island, Japan.
90% of the buildings in Kumamoto were damaged. Again save for a tilted window pane, my apartment was in good shape. God truly shelters His children.
The past one year of walking out of the prison of corporate life, and throwing away, albeit with much reluctance, the golden handcuffs, has been a new and sometimes challenging journey. Being the imperfect human being, my soul sometimes seek affirmation from our Lord for this sacrificial obedience. Affirmation God gave me aplenty, but not the way our carnal man desires. The latter being wealth, status, pride.
You save the humble,
but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.
2 Samuel 22:28
Humble I thought I was, but God knew in my subconscious, there was a further layer to be cleansed, and He did, and thankfully, struggle sometimes I do, but come what may, I clung on to Him.
Yet God knows our limits, even as He refines us. Today has been a wonderful day, with my apartment near but not in the sinkhole. And a surprise added bonus as this wonderful year comes to a close, from a dormant investment that I thought has already given me a fair return.
Richness of life God gives us in our journey of following Him. But He also provides riches of wealth when He knows we will not be corrupted by it.
Am I ready to be a recipient of the inevitable transfer of wealth in these End Times intensified?
I know not, but it is better to focus on Him, depend upon Him, and with His given wisdom, use the resources He has blessed us with today well His way.
The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Psalm 46:7
God blesses
Eng Hieang
8 Nov 2016
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