The Promise Land

In Exodus chapter 32, the people sinned against God by worshiping a golden calf as they grew impatient waiting for Moses’s return. The anger of the Lord came down and Moses interceeded for his people asking for forgiveness.

In chapter 33, the Lord told Moses to depart and bring these people into the promise land, a land which He has promised Abraham, Isaac and Jacob- A land flowing with milk and honey. Not only that, the Lord will even send an angel before them and give them victory among all the tribes.

You see, despite the sin of His people, God’s promises to us never fails and He wants to give His people all their dreams.

But in Chapter 33:3 the Lord said, “But I will not go with you”

God is saying “You want to change the world ?” “You want to be successful”, “You want to be an eloquent preacher”, “You want to be a great evangelist ?”

I’ll give you ALL your greatest dreams… BUT I will not go with you.

But in chapter 33:15 – Moses said “If Your presence does not go with us, we don’t want to leave this place”

v16   “For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.”

You see my friends, you can be a successful businessman, a great evangelist, a eloquent preacher. But what good is the promise land flowing with milk and honey if the Lord is not with you ?

I Choose

Its all so common to hear Christians saying… “You MUST go to church, you MUST say grace before meals, you MUST not do this, you MUST not do that”

Such words corners another to adhere to convictions and believe systems which are not theirs.

Now let me make my stand.

Its all about choices, choices to obey, choices to sacrifice and choices to give.

For me, it’s not a issue of “MUST DO” or “MUST NOT DOs”. Instead its “I CHOOSE to DO” and “I CHOOSE NOT to Do” certain things because I love the Lord.

Covering Up

People have always asked me, why do I not defend people of similar faith ?

If they are right, I would defend with every once of my strength. But if they are wrong. I simply say that they are wrong.

Why should we fall into a misconception that Christians must always cover up the mis-doing of other Christians ? Isn’t this one of the main reasons why pre-believers do not believe in our God ? Because of our double standards ?

Lets call black, black. And white, white.

Case and point, I’ve heard of reports of missionaries in third world countries who tell the poor people “If you believe in Christ, we’ll give you a shirt !”

Now what rubbish is that ? You trade Christ for a shirt ?

Human rights advocates call these actions religious coercion.  I agree. Its nonsense.

For you non-believers who are now thinking if a anti-Christian is writing this post. No I’m not, but I believe that the gospel message should be preached without strings attached.

God Communicates His Way

Today I dropped by a pump station to grab a hot meal. Just as I was pulling a pao(chinese bread stuffed with meat) from the oven and sadly the pao broke almost in two.

I placed the 2 paos in the bag, made my payments and headed back home. It was raining cats and dogs and there I was sitting on my little bed drenched from the gloomy rain.

I sadly opening up the bag, bowed my head and prayed. “God thank you for this ……. broken pao”

Before I could finish, the Lord poked fun and jokingly said “Take this in remembrance of me…”

Its almost funny when God communicates with His creation like He would with friends.

Testimony Without Words

Loud words and big theological terms do not impress me.

I’m most impressed when I see a person who life overflows the presence of God. One whose actions amplify the love of Christ.

These speak louder than mere words.

Furious Bible Knowledge

People believe that remembering verses from the bible makes one a matured Christian.

People believe that with a bible in hand, the devil flees.

People believe that when you quote the bible furiously a demon possessed man will be delivered.

How far is that from the truth.

Its not the mouthing of scripture but the application of the Word Of God.

Look here. The devil can probably quote the bible better than you.

Matthew 4:5-6

5   Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6   And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

All Is Never Lost

In our Christian walk, we ALL make mistakes and fall. Falling is not the problem. Not getting back up on our feet is THE problem.

Christians fall into a state of depression believing in a lie that they can never get up or come back to God.

You hear reasons like…. sin is too great, we have committed the same sin too many times and God will never forgive. All is lost and I will never make it back.

Let me point out one fact- There is no sin too great which the Blood of Jesus cannot cleanse.

I want to tell you that God loves you still. HE will wait all your life for you to come back.

All you need is to repent and ask for forgiveness. Repentance starts in the heart and not the mouth.

God Hears

I remembered a time when I was young lad, it was a gloomy evening and I had a terrible day at school. Somehow everything seems bleak and I felt that God seemed distant.

I knelt on my little knees and prayed a child’s prayer “God, if you still love me, let a sparrow sit on my window tomorrow morning as I wake up”

Now, I lived in a place whereby birds are not frequently seen (Crows yes, sparrows no). And in my little heart, I just wanted to know that God still loved me and just wanted something to cheer me up.

I woke up the next morning remembering the little prayer I’ve made. Deep in me, I told myself that even if God does not put a bird on the window, its ok. Its not that important anyway.

But in my little heart I just felt that something would be at the window. So to the window I crept and I drew the curtains.

My entire window grill was filled with little brown sparrows. Tears filled my eyes and I fell to my knees in worship. Knowing that the Almighty God loves hears the little me.

God uses anything to speak

People say that God speaks only through bible and nothing else.

But if we just open our eyes to see, ears to hear, we realise that God is talking all the time, be it through a gentle voice or even His creation.

We keep God in a box by believing that God can only move this way and speak this way. But I have been proven wrong many times. God is still supreme, He decides how He wishes to speak to us. Many times while driving, God spoke through the music (sometimes its not Christian either) causing my eyes to well up with tears.

Why Does The Occult Seem More Powerful ?