Dear…
Every morning, at the crack of dawn, the Spirit of our good Lord awakens me, to give me time with our Lord. A time where in the comfort of my bed, I come to the Lord with my supplications and prayer.
This morning was a little different. Instead of the usual list of prayer requests, our good Lord led me to specific prayer points. Issues that stood as potential insurmountable hurdles in the various ministries that He has placed me and my fellow journeymen in.
But thanks be to God. The years of experiencing His grace and awesome powers has convicted in me this truth, that God is Sovereign, and all things are surmountable, because it is in His plans. With this confidence, I know I can move forward in faith, dealing with what lies in front, with the wisdom that God gives me, and with the love and desire to honor Him at every step.
Obedience is what I can do, conclusion lies solely with our Lord.
God always affirms when we step out in faith. The Daily Bread reading that I just read sums it aptly and affirms the thoughts that I have just experienced.
Though life can make various demands on us, we can always draw strength from God.
We can entrust our cares to Him, do all we can, and let Him amaze us with what He can do with our situation.(Daily Bread Thursday April 26, 2018).
How great is our God indeed. For He walks with us every each step.
Just yesterday, I had the privilege of spending time in fellowship with a fellow brother. A new Christian but one who by the grace on God is on fire. For the Spirit of God has convicted him.
When the Spirit of God falls upon us, the sanctified us become a new man. The chains of burdensome sins falls off us, and with joy, the liberated us wants to run for our Lord.
What a privilege it is to be chosen by our Lord. And what must one do next?
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8
For the till recently us man of the world, but now a newly transformed vessel of our Lord.
Micah 6:8 might seem like a bit of a letdown.
Like the Syrian General Naaman, when he was asked to wash himself in the River Jordan. He was perturbed for he had expected the prophet of God to come with an equivalent of light and sound show to heal him of his leprosy. Not just a simple command to do a simple act.
But Naaman went away angry and said, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy.
2 Kings 5:11
Convict us of our sins, Lord for we often run ahead of You, and on our own finite and imperfect understanding.
Following as God leads, starts, continues and concludes always with a time of rest and abiding in Him.
In letting go and letting God, we acknowledge our limitations and His Omnipresence.
In seeking to be a purified lamp, we allow the glory of God to shine forth brightly through us.
Confidence comes from knowing that God is working, much as we seem to be standing still.
Confirmation comes when we move in His direction, in His ways and not ours
God Blesses
Eng Hieang
26 April 2018
An afternote - Like Paul
This evening, as I took time with our Lord to ponder upon the potential new thorn in my flesh, He led me to Acts 21-24.
Paul said
...I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there,
Except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.
But none of these things move me, nor do I count my life dear to myself,so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received form the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
What great conviction Apostle Paul had. By the grace of God, will we be as emboldened and empowered?
Back in Sep 2011, our good Lord opened my eyes to the heart blockage sitting in my perceived healthy countenance. Three months later, in Dec 2011, He called me out of my comfort zone in Merrill Lynch. And hence begin a challenging but wonderful journey of faith in His service these past 6 years plus.
As I prepare to go for further test on my right eyes tomorrow, will it just be something mild or more momentous? Either way, is our good Lord laying the groundwork for the next upgrade in my journey of total dependency upon Him, for that is what following Christ is all about - trust and obey. Pray that we will all be like Paul. Willing to go forth with no fear other than the fear of not following our Lord.
God Blesses
Eng Hieang
(26th April 2018)
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