Dear…
This morning, what my Pastor shared resonates with me.
He said “it is the journey that matters rather than the destination.”
Running parallel, is this thought that the Bible tells us, “God looks for our obedience, man looks for the conclusion.”
Clearly what drives many of us is quite different from what our Lord wants us to focus on.
As I prepare to travel a little more this month, first to China this week, a place that our good Lord took me out from these past two years, after literally being thrown into the deep end the three years before.
Has the two years hiatus done any good to my Mandarin proficiency? I believe so and I believe God is bringing me back to my second ministry country because it is time.
Then on to Japan in late November. A place I have redirected my energies these past two years, after leaving it two years prior, when my time was more spent in China.
This step in step out, truly it awes me as to the orchestration of our Lord’s precise hands.
But one must be willing to be led along, as He creates the circumstances and as His Spirit prompts us.
“God’s timing is rarely our own, but it is always worth waiting for.’
(Daily Bread Monday Nov 6, 2017)
King Solomon prayed for wisdom. It pleases God and it was granted him. Unfortunately, that wisdom from God was eventually superseded by man’s wisdom, and King Solomon sinned.
In taking foreign wives, he thought that was the way to bring peace to Israel, and he ended up corrupting himself and Israel.
“Help me to live a life that pleases You Lord.”
Like many, I too come to our Lord every early dawn, with my needs. God hears us and will answer at His timing and His way.
But more importantly, I want to hear God and live my life according to His will. And that is the prayer I asked of Him, every new morning. To live a life that indeed pleases Him.
One concern that I used to have, and it does surfaces often enough though it no longer grips me is the fear of flying. Being up on the air, defying gravity somehow makes me more worried about my personal safety. It is natural then that like most, I will pray for a safe flight for me and my loved ones.
But life is finite till Christ returns. One is but a short breath away. It’s just a question of how that final breath is snuffed out.
What truly matters then is
- Has one lived one’s life in this temporal world God’s way? For to do so would mean we will know Him and has and continue to experience a life of joy and peace as He wants us to.
- Have we pointed others to Him not just by mere words, but by the way we lived our life? For all who profess to be a follower of Christ has this privilege to be used for His glory
- What will God say to us on Judgement Day?
Land’s End(in Cornwall) is the most westerly point of England. Beyond it is the watery graves of the Atlantic ocean. Not exactly a pleasing sight for landlubbers like me.
As I reflect on friends who have since reached their Land’s End, especially pertinent this All Saints’ Day, as we remember those who we believe have reached Heaven’s Gates, and those who might have not (All Souls’ Day)
The one and only true destination of our finite life is when we all meet our Lord and knows that He has a place for us.
And all the seemingly important worldly milestones in our finite life, that many pursue at much grief and costs, will mean nothing when the gates of Heaven or Hell beckons.
And the fact is, one need not wait till our final breath to meet our Lord. For throughout the journey of life, you will always meet our Lord, if only we just be willing to seek Him.
(主和你共同度此生）
But I will sacrifice to You. With the voice of thanksgiving: I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.
Jonah 2:9
God’s Blessings
Eng Hieang
7th Nov 2017
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