Friday, November 25, 2005
i was trying to load songs into my mp3 player just now and i came across the song "faithful runner" by eric lee which i haven't heard in ages. i don't know why but my finger somehow double-clicked on the song instead of dragging it into my player and the lyrics just struck me.
FAITHFUL RUNNER
O faithful runner
Breathe your second wind
Lean onto the grace of God
And soar into His wings
You faithful runner
Whenever you should fall
Stand again and lift your eyes
And hear the distant call
Come on faithful runner
I'm calling out to you
When you are weak your strength is gone
I will carry you
Go one faithful runner
You'll never run alone
So keep the fire of faith in you
Cause I will lead you home
and it reminds me that as i carry on in my walk with God, i tend to get tired sometimes or i don't wanna break out of my comfort zone to do something for Him, God will carry me through all this. however, i have to understand the fact that while i wanna continue to have this passion for our awesome Father, i have to lift myself out of "chairs" in order to continue to run the race. i can't just yell "Father! give me the passion! carry me through all this!" i have to continue to arm myself with His Word and His commandments, depending on His strength. "God will lift you out of easy pits but not out of easy chairs" - joyce meyer.
one way to continue being a faithful runner, i've realised through reading the Word, is to give thanks to God. it is then you realise how wonderful and forgiving our Lord God has been and this boosts your relationship with Him in turn. cos you realise that without Christ you are nothing (ecclesiastes). 1 Corinthians 1: 4-9 says, "I always thank God for you because of His grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in Him you have been enriched in every way - in all your speaking and in all your knowledge - because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift (buddy, you reading this?!!!) as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. He will kepp you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is FAITHFUL." so press on!! be a faithful runner!! :)
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Thursday, November 03, 2005
these few days i've been feeling far away from God. somehow i can't seem to hear His voice as much or vision Him as clearly. i've been praying so hard for God to reveal Himself to me but He seems to have gone missing. till monday night when i went for the extended worship with my darling cell and matthew shared some things he learnt from the sisterhood of mary in australia. sometimes God hides His face from us so that we'll learn that we can't do a lot of things on our own strength but on His. and that was just the thing that i wrote in my previous entry. i can't rely on my own strength to get through the bad times but i can always rely on the Lord because nothing's impossible in His name. it's like when i quoted from exodus 15 "the Lord is my strength.. He has become my salvation.. The Lord is a warrior.. In YOUR STRENGTH.." so that's what i gotta learn. to rely more on God than myself.
Philippians 4: 13
I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.
and this morning when i was doing praying before doing my devotion, this really old song that we haven't sung in church in ages came to me:
ISN'T HE GREAT
Come to the quiet
Seek the Lord and He'll be found
as i started reading the book of joshua today, i was reminded that darlene zschech said that somehow the churches in the world tend to be moving in the same direction. and they quoted this verse alot during the conference, Joshua 1:2 "Moses my servant is dead". meaning that it's time to pass the baton to a younger generation. the joshua generation. i find it terrifying that you can't see where you're going and you don't know where you're going and that's where i have to build up my faith in God and trust in Him that He'll lead me on the path best suited to me and ultimately to Heaven.
Joshua 1: 5-9
No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit a land I swore to their forefathers to give them. Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law My servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and nigth, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
do you notice that in just the first chapter of joshua, the words "be strong and courageous" is repeated a total of 4 times? hmmm..
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