Showing posts with label Lord. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lord. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

I have a rich inheritance in Christ!

And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:19

The bible says my God shall supply. Oh, what a personal provider my God is! The word says my God will supply all my needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. O! How rich my Lord Jesus is will be measure of the riches and abundance of the providence I have in this world. For as Christ is, so am I in this world! I have Jesus Christ in my life!

Material riches is not the only blessing that I have received from Christ Jesus. But make no mistake about the truth that God wants me to be financially prospered. He wants us to be blessed in every aspect of our lives. He wants our souls to be prosperous and be in good health as our souls prosper. He wants us to be so blessed that we become a blessing to those around us.

We are blessed with the blessings of Abraham. Abraham was healthy and wealthy. He lived to a good old age one hundred and seventy five. Abraham also had lots of livestock and gold and silver. That was financial prosperity.

God wants us to be blessed in every area of our lives. He wants us to be in the pink of health. It will not be glorifying to God if His people are sick and poor and broken. It is His covenant at stake when Christians are sick and poor for He is rich God. However, when things happen, what are we believing at that time? Are we having a wrong belief about God or the right belief about God when things happen?

The doctrine that we receive determines our belief system. Are we seeing God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit as a loving God who is ever ready to help us and to lift us up or are we perceiving a demanding God who is always on a sin hunt? For how we see God will drastically determine our belief system which will dictate our corresponding actions.

If we think God is a miser and always demanding from men, then we will always be working for our blessings. We will always be doing things to please God. We will probably be self-centered for that's how God is been perceived. We may be even working hard at our salvation. Nothing can be further from the truth!

God is a loving God! For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us at the cross so that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but has everlasting life. God wants us to reign in this life and not the eternal life that follows when we meet Jesus face to face. He wants us to put our trust in Him even when situations are heading southward. He wants to deliver us out of every pit that we put ourselves in. He wants to prosper and bless us beyond our wildest dream! For He will give exceedingly and abundantly above all that we can ask or think of. So ask big and God has to top it. Dream big and God will still supply with more than we can dream of.

It is better to put our trust in God than to put our trust in men. Keep believing God and His word and see His wondrous working power manifesting in our lives. Hallelujah!

Monday, October 5, 2009

Jesus Is In Our Midst

Where two or three are gathered in Jesus' name, there He is in their midst.
Jesus will always be with us for the bible says He will not leave nor
forsake us.

When the children of Israel were wondering and wandering for forty years in
the desert, God was in the midst of them. He was traveling with them where
ever they went. He is the pillar of cloud in the heat of the day and the
pillar of fire in the cool of the night.

When Daniel's three friends were thrown into the fiery furnace, Jesus was
in the midst of them. Their heads were not singed nor their garments burned
and the smell of fire was not on them. Jesus is true to His word. He had
protected Daniel's three friends from evil. He had come through for them.

When the disciples were crossing the sea of Galilee, Jesus was with them in
the boat at the stern sleeping on a pillow. He was resting after a full day
of teaching the multitude. However, the devil tried to frighten the hearts
of the disciples by causing huge waves to hit the boat. Jesus was woken up
for He heard the cry of His disciples for help. Jesus woke up and brought
the sea to a great calm.

Beloved of the Lord, be conscious and be aware of Jesus' presence in our
midst. He is in our midst to make sure we come through to victorious
ground, though we are already victorious to start with. There is nothing
too big that Jesus doesn't have an answer for. He is able to relate to our
situations. He will exceedingly and abundantly answer all our needs with
more than enough to be a blessing to others. Hallelujah!

Thursday, September 24, 2009

In His Presence

The Lord was with Joseph and Joseph prospered in everything he did.

In the bible, Joseph was sold as a slave to an Egyptian. As a slave, the
Lord prospered everything he did. The presence of the Lord was so evident
in his life that his master entrusted everything under his care including
his wife. The wife tried to seduced Joseph to lie with her but Joseph ran
away from her presence for he knew sleeping with his master's wife was
doing great wickedness to the Lord.

Joseph's master ultimately threw him into the dungeon for his wife had
accused Joseph of trying to take advantage of her in his absence. While in
the dungeon, God prospered all that Joseph had done. Joseph had so much
favour with the keeper of the prison that he was entrusted with the care of
the other prisoners. A few years later, Joseph was promoted to be the
second in command after Pharaoh.

All this while from the time Joseph was sold as a slave to the time he was
in prison, he was conscious of the Lord's presence in his life. He had
faith in God that all things will turn out for his good!

Some Christians may be going through financial lack in their lives. So long
they behold Jesus in their lives, it will be a matter of time before they
are comppletely delivered out of their financial lack! As long as they are
conscious of Jesus' in their lives, heat will not come to them even if they
are in the middle of a storm.

If a Christian is suffering from some form of diseases and will not stop
cultivating the Lord's presence in his/her life, it will be a matter of
time when this Christian will be completely freed from that disease! For as
Christ is, so are we in this world.

There is NO obstacle so big that God doesn't have an answer for. God
already has the providence in place long before we face any lack in our
lives. Be conscious of His presence and all things will work out for our
good. Hallelujah!

Friday, May 29, 2009

The Blessing Of The Lord Makes One Rich

The blessing of the Lord makes one rich and no sorrowful toil will add to it.

The bible says that the Lord will meet all the needs of a Christian according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Jesus does it righteously for He had given us His prosperity and His health at the cross. The bible has many stories where people were blessed by the Lord without them working for it!

Most noticeable is the story of Abraham. Even though he lied twice just to save his own life and thereby putting his wife, Sarah at risk, God still caused riches to come to him. Abraham did not work laboriously for this financial blessings. Isaac didn't have to toil for his financial blessings as well. In fact, he prospered during times of famine. Joseph, within a day, was promoted to the most powerful man in Egypt beside Pharaoh. He was rich overnight while not working for it.

God had promised He will take care of us, His sons, in every area of our need. He will provide for us financially. He is the healer who is still healing today. Jesus is everything that a Christian need. I am not saying we be lazy and don't work hard in our position at work. I am stating that we should work hard at the office because we are children of God and the "work" is a way to exhibit our giftings and talents that God has already put in us.

As child of God, I don't have to sweat to obtain financial blessings. I am already blessed with all spiritual blessings. I only need to receive. Behold Jesus and financial blessing will chase after me. Hallelujah!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Abba Father

Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, Christians have a God whom they can address as Abba Father. This is the right and privilege of all Christians. This is the blood-bought right for Christians to call God Abba Father!

As natural parents, we want to always give the best to our children. With limited resources, we will try to fulfill all the needs of our children. In the event we fall short, we still want the best for our children. The bible says that we as natural parents will not give our children bad things, what more our havenly Father.

This Havenly Father wants the best for us. He who did not spare His only begotten Son will definitely give the best to His children. He has unlimited resources to fulfill our every need. For the bible says that He will meet all our needs according to the riches and glory in Christ Jesus! When He says every need, He means every need! This is the promise of Daddy God.

If we are dealing with some forms of disease, know that Abba Father had sent Jesus to bear all the diseases and illnesses in His body at the cross. Know that all our sins are forgiven and with this forgiveness of sins, we are made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. We are the healed of the Lord. Believes Abba Father had healed all our diseases and taken away all our pains. Trust in His fatherly love.

Some of us may be facing some forms of financial lack. Believes Abba Father is doing miracles to cancel all our debts! He will turn things around for our good. He will never allow those who put their trust in Him to be put to shame. With a single stroke of His grace, we will be cleared of all our debts and have much more financial resources to spare.

That's our Abba Father. He is a lavish God. He will never fail. He is always on time, though He may seem to be late. Trust in His love for us. Hallelujah!

Monday, March 23, 2009

God wants His children happy

The blessing of the Lord makes one rich and adds no sorrowful toil with it.

God wants His children to be abundantly provided for. He does not want His children to painfully strive for their own providence. For God is The Almighty God. Nothing is impossible with God. It "aches" God's heart to see His children not turning to and trusting Him for supply.

Jesus' "favourite" word for people who are taking so little from Him is "You of little faith". He is always ready to supply all our needs. He is El Shaddai. He has unlimited resources. He who flung the whole universe into place, is more than willing to provide for us than we know. Oh, if only we would understand His darling heart for us.

God wants us to be happy by not worrying about what to eat, what to wear and every other need that we might have but to be aware of our righteousness in Him. Once we have right standing with God, He will be our God. He will provide for our every need!

If His children are suffering from any form of illness, He wants them to know that Jesus had taken away that illness from them for He had borne all illnesses and diseases at the cross. Rest assured that by His stripe, we are the healed of the Lord. His word is the truth. God cannot lie.

As a child of od God, I can rest assured that God is taking of me. He is looking after my every need. Hallelujah.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Jesus had done it all

What exactly did Jesus do when He was crucified at the cross?

Because of our sins, Jesus had willingly taken our place at the cross to take all of God's punishment. He had taken all God's wrath at the cross on our behalf. He had divinely exchanged His position of righteousness for our position of sin. He had qualified us to be seated at the right hand of God. He had given us the victory ground.

Jesus had borne our mental suffering at the garden of Gethsemane. He sweat blood so that we will have His peace of mind. So that we will have clarity of thought. So that we shall not be stressed for He had borne the stress of the mind on our behalf. When the crown of thorns was pressed unto His head, Jesus had redeemed us from painful thought.

Jesus was striped 39 times on our behalf. At the cross, He was burnt by God's wrath. And He was pierced on His side. All these were done so that we can be the healed of the Lord. All these were done so that no weapon formed against us shall prosper. All these were done so that we can have robust health.

At the cross, Jesus was devoided of all material possession. Even His robe of righteousness was gambled at the foot of the cross. By His grace, though He was rich yet He was made poor at the cross so that we through His poverty shall be made rich. So that we can enjoy all material blessings. So that we lack nothing in our life time.

His precious blood was shed to establish a new covenant: a covenant where God is our God and our lawless and sinful deeds He shall remember no more. With this new covenant, we are drafted into the Kingdom of God. We are sons and daughters of the most high God. We can have every blessing that God had bestowed upon us. We shall be blessed, favoured and loved by Abba Father.

Jesus had redeemed us from the curse of the law by hanging on calvary tree. He had taken away all curses that we rightfully deserved. We are no longer under the curse and therefore we can be free. We can enjoy all the blessings that God has for us. We can live lives victoriously for what Jesus had accomplished. We can reign in life because of Jesus' finished work at the cross. Hallelujah!

Thursday, November 6, 2008

God's lavish love

God is love. For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus, to die for the world at the cross.

God loves us so much that mere words will never be enough to describe this marvelous love. The bible says God is love. He loves us more than we love ourselves. He is more than willing to come into our very dire situation to turn thing around for our good. He will continue to bless us inspite of our behaviour for it is Jesus' obedience that had completely satisfied God. He will bless us even if we were the ones that got ourselves into a pit.

In the story of the prodigal son, the father is constantly waiting for his second son to come home. The moment he saw his second son from afar, he immediately ran toward this son of his and hugged him and kissed him. Before the son can complete his rehearsed speech, the father commanded his servant to bring forth the best robe and put it on this son. He also commanded that a ring be put onto the son's finger and that sandals be put on the son's feets. He also commanded that a fatted calf be killed for the "homecoming" party.

The father didn't reprimand his second son for what he had done but was full of joy now that the son had come home. Our daddy God is also full of joy when a sinner is saved. The bible says that heaven rejoices over one sinner saved. Daddy God is always looking forward to the homecoming of sinners into His kingdom when they accept Jesus as Lord. Never doubt God's love in our lives for He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Hallelujah.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

God is awesome to be praised

In everything, give thanks to the Lord. Praise Him & worship Him for He is good

In the beginning, God created Adam & Eve & blessed them to have dominion over the earth. However, Adam committed high trisome & forfeited the glory of God through the trickery of satan. This didn't catch God by surprise for He already had a masteplan of redemption by the sacrificial work of Jesus at the cross. God is always ahead of what satan is trying to do.

When God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only begotten son Isaac, God had already provided the lamb for the sacrifice on the opposite of the mountain. God was taking the opportunity to tell the world He was going to sacrifice His only begotten Son, Jesus.

On the mountain, Isaac was spared. But at Golgotha, Jesus took all our punishment & died for our sins. Jesus was crucified on the cross to divinely exchange His position of righteousness for our position of sin. With that one act at the cross, Jesus had overpaid God for all our sins.

As beloved children of the most high God, be conscious of His providence in our lives. Whatever we need, it had been provided at the cross. If we dealing with some forms of disease or illness, just know that by Jesus' stripe, we are already the healed. If we are facing financial lack, be aware that Jesus was made poor at the cross that we, through His poverty, had already been made rich. Praised the Lord for He is good & His mercy endures forever. Hallelujah.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The Lord is with me

The Lord is with Joseph and He prospers him in all he puts his hands into.

The bible has many instances where an individual is blessed when the Lord is with him/her. The bible says that when the Lord is with Joseph, he prospers in all that he puts his hands into. The bible also says that Isaac prospered in the land where there was a famine when the Lord was with him. When the Lord was with Joshua, he prospered in all his ways.

No one was sick when he/she allowed Jesus to heal him/her. No one remained poor when he/she had been touched by the grace of Jesus. When one saw the grace of Jesus, he/she experienced the peace of God in his/her life. That's what the bible says.

When the Lord is with us, He will prospered us in all that we do. He will light the path of righteousness and lead us through it. He will make our paths straight. He will see to it that whatever is not right with us will be make right eventually. Cultivate the presence of the Lord in our lives. When we are so conscious of the Lord's presence in our lives, things will happen our way.

Praise the Lord for His goodness and mercy. Jesus says He will never leave us nor forsake us. Jesus is the personification of love. Trust in His unending love for us. Hallelujah.

Monday, September 15, 2008

God's weather

I joined a group of friends from church to cycle from Marine Cove to Changi Village and back to Marine Cove on last Saturday morning. I had prayed to Abba Father for an enjoyable time with good weather the night before.

The group had decided much earlier on to start the ride at around 10
am. From past experiences, the weather can be quite hot after around 11
am in the morning. I was a bit concerned about the weather as I didn't want to have sunburn on my arms and legs.

However, when I woke up on Saturday morning, it was raining cats and dogs! I was questioning God why the unfavourable weather. For heavy rain usually implies lots of puddle of water along the bicycle track and lots of dirt to go with it. It is something I personally don't like as I will have to spend a longer time cleaning my bicycle after the ride.

God is able to answer exceeding abundantly above all things we ask or think of. Little did I know that when we started to ride, the weather was cool. Cool enough for a leisurely ride towards Changi Village. Cool enough not to get sunburn early in the morning. Cool enough not to feel any heat from the sun. Praised the Lord for the wonderful weather on last Saturday morning.

We did eventually get a little bit of tan on our arms and legs while riding back from Changi Village after a full lunch at around 1:30 pm. Hallelujah. It was only a slight tan and not a sunburn which most of us would have experienced had the weather was "normal". Can't help but to praise God for His love and goodness on me throughout the whole ride. Sometimes God doesn't answer our prayers the way we envision it to be for He has a better plan for us. If only we don't doubt His loving heart towards us.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

What happen to Peter?

On the night when Jesus said He would be betrayed and forsaken, Peter swore he would never leave Jesus even if all the disciples were to leave Him. What happen to Peter later on?

Peter and the rest of the disciples fled to escape the capture of the Roman soldiers. Wasn't it interesting that it was the Roman soldiers that came to arrest Jesus and not the scribes and Pharisees? Weren't the scribes and Pharisees the ones who plotted to arrest Jesus and to put Him away? Anyway, they were probably too coward to confront Jesus face to face.

Peter ran away but always kept a distance far enough to be able to see Jesus. While following Jesus at a distance, he denied Jesus three times till the cock crowed. He was very saddened. He was probably feeling guilty and self-condemning cause he had swore that he will not leave Jesus, regardless. He cried, for Jesus had turned to look at him with an assuring and non-condemning eyes showing he was forgiven.

Peter was trusting his own effort to follow Jesus. But when heat came, he was not able to fulfill his promise to he Lord. This is what will happen to any one of us when we depend on our own efforts to do good, to provide for ourselves and to get healing for ourselves instead of trusting the Lord to fulfill all these things that we seek.

When Jesus had risen, He was at a beach along the sea of Galilee and was asking His disciples was there any food. The disciples replied that they had not have any catch. Jesus told them to cast their nets to the right of their boat and they were able to catch 153 fishes. Peter immediately recognised that it was the Lord that was talking to them. He jumped into the water and swam towards Jesus on the beach.

Jesus asked Peter three times whether he loved Him. Peter answered "Yes" three times and after the third time Peter answered, he cried. Jesus was able to assured Peter that he was forgiven and restored and empowered Peter to feed His flock.

It is the grace of God that saves us and it will be the grace of God to see us through our lives. When we depend and trust His grace upon our lives, things will happen for good to us. Just believe.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

In the midst of a storm

Shalom.

When the disciples were trembling and possibly horrified by a storm while crossing the sea of Galilee, Jesus was sleeping peacefully at the back of the boat. The wind was howling and the waves were hitting the boat that they were on till a point they feared for their lives and woke Jesus up by shouting, "Master, don't you care that we are perishing?".

Jesus did something that was absoluteyl cool and awesome subsequently. He woke up. (just kidding) Jesus woke up and with a outstretched arm He calmed the storm by proclaiming, "Peace, be still.". And immediately, there storm ceased! There was perfect calm and the disciples didn't have to perish.

Some of us could be facing a storm that seems to have the power to totally destroy our lives. Beloved of the Lord, take heart for Jesus is with us. He'll never leave us nor forsake us. Look to Him for the answer to the storm and cease from all fears for He is willing and able to calm the storm in our lives. A stoke of His favour can transform our lives completely.

Regardless of the magnitude or severity of the storm we may be facing, behold Jesus and His finished work at the cross. For there lies our answer to our storm.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Rest in the Lord

"Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest... For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

The Lord wants us to come to Him for our every need and be at rest within for He is able and willing to take care of our every need. Jesus is all that we need. He has our interests on His heart. It saddens Him to see us striving on our own efforts to go about meeting our needs. For He is more than willing to make sure we are well taken care of in this world.

Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, He is the Author and Finisher of our faith. He always has the last word in our situation. Trust in Him and everything will be alright. Rest in His finished work at the cross. For worthy is the Lamb who was slain on my behalf. I do not have anything to contribute at the cross for my sins to be forgiven and to be right with God. Only Jesus and His precious blood is able to take away our sins.

The work at the cross is completely complete. Nothing is left undone for our forgiveness of sins. Every rightful punishment that is due to us for all our sins has been met by Jesus at the cross. Our own selves have been crucified at the cross with Jesus. Lord Jesus was resurrected on the third day and I, through His resurrection, also have a resurrected Spirit. I am a new creation.

Rest in the Lord. Rest in the knowledge of the finished work. Shalom.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Casting all your cares upon Him for He cares

Cast all your cares upon Jesus for He cares.

The bible says that we ought to cast ALL our cares upon Jesus for He is willing, and able to resolve all our problems. The bible also says that the accuser of the brethen goes about devouring those who he can devour. Who are those which he can devour? It is those who still, trusting their own effort to solve their issues, hold on to the cares of their hearts.

Sometimes, we think that we should only "bother" God with only the big issues that we have no resolution. We feel that we are more than capable to tackle the "simple" cares of our lives. We should cast ALL our cares upon Jesus for He is able. We honour the finished work at by Jesus when we cast all our cares upon him.

Maybe some of us are going through a challenging time dealing with marital issues. Maybe some of us are experiencing lack in our finances. Perhaps some of us are feeling the symptoms of a dreaded disease. Or it is something as simple as choosing where to eat for lunch. Whatever big or small the issue may be, we are to leave it at the feet of Jesus and allow Him to work miracle in that situation.

Nothing is impossible for God. He loves us so much that He wants us to have a Christ-filled life. Trust in the Lord who loves dearly.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Your new identity in Christ

"Old things had passed away. Behold, all things are new."

When one receives Jesus as Lord and Saviour, he/she has become a New Creation. All old things had passed away and all things are new. It is a new beginning in Christ. A born again Christian, for the old self had been crucified with Jesus at the cross.

At the cross, Jesus borne all our diseases, illnesses, curses, pains, sorrows, and our worrisome old self. He had conquered the grave and resurrected. He is now SEATED at the right hand of Abba Father. He is our tithe to God. Jesus had sent the Holy Spirit to dwell inside of all Christians as the other comforter till the second coming of Christ.

Greater is He who is in me than he who is of the world. The bible says that Christ in me, the hope of glory. Jesus had, technically, given everyone a new lease of life. However, only those who accept the gift of salvation are forgiven of all sins and to be reconciled with God.

Enjoy the new identity in Christ for His glory. Live life worthy of the high calling in Christ for He has a master plan for everyone of us. Hallelujah!

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

My chains are gone, I've been set free

"My chains are gone, I've been set free. My God, my Saviour, had ransomed me." - Christ Tomlin.

I was so touch my this song, Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone), when I heard it just a few weeks ago. It reminded me of the freedom I have when Jesus had redeemed me some 2000 years ago.

I am no longer under any bondage or law for Jesus had fulfilled the law on my behalf. I'm the redeemed of the Lord. I am to believe in the finished work by Jesus at the cross and to be at rest.

The things of old have passed away. I am a new creation in Christ. I belong to the new covenant where all my sins have been forgiven because of Jesus' finished work. I can boldly go to Abba Father and commune with Him directly.

Praise the Lord that my old self had been crucified with Christ some 2000 years ago. Whom the Lord had set free, he is free indeed. Hallelujah!

Friday, July 25, 2008

The prodigal son

Many of us would have heard the story of the prodigal son in the bible many times. Some of us could even verbatim the details of the story. However, how many of us really appreciate and fully understand the meaning behind this story? (By the way, I have yet to fully appreciate and understand why God put the prodigal son story in the bible.)

When I first read the story of the prodigal son, I quickly jumped to the conclusion that the father shouldn't have taken in his second son so easily and willingly without any condition imposed on the second son to behave himself in the future. I felt the second son is undeserving of the lavish love the father had shown towards him.

As the Lord opens my eyes to the story through the teaching of Pastor Prince over the years, I begins to see more than what I had understood when I first read the story.

As a matter of fact, all of us are the "prodigal son" before we accept the Lord into our lives. We were doing all kinds of thing to be right with God. We were ignorant of the perfect love of God. For God so loved us that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus, to die for us at the cross so that we can live lives more abundantly.

Oh, how lavish is God's love! He loves us even when we were sinners. The moment we accept Jesus as Lord in our lives, He pours forth His love into our lives. He made us sons and daughters of the most high God and not servants. He called us into His kingdom which He had prepared for us. Everything had been completed for us Christians to live a plentiful live. Hallelujah!

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Hope against all hope

There were many stories in the bible where the situation seemed to be completely hopeless. Yet the end result were always good.

Look at Abraham. He was old and childless even though he know he was righteous. Sarah was old and barren. Yet God have him a son, Isaac, when he was 100 years old and while Sarah was 90 years old. When it seemed that Abraham would have no one to success him, God is faithful and renewed their youth to produce Isaac.

Look at Joseph, the eleventh son of Jacob. Joseph had visions of great achievements. However he was despised by his brothers for he was favoured by his father Jacob. He saw sold as a slave by his brothers and later thrown into a prison by his master. Things just didn't seem to be good in Joseph's life. Yet, Joseph was full of the Lord's presence and he was later promoted to be the second man in command in all of Egypt.

Look at the children of Israel when they were leaving Egypt. They were promised that a deliverer would bring them out of Egypt. But they were despaired when they faced the Red Sea in front of them and the Egyptian's army behind them. Either way was death for them. Yet God was able to stop the Egyptian's army and open the Red Sea to allow them to cross and later drown the Egyptian's army so that the children of Israel could go and picked up the spoiled left my the Egyptian's army.

Whatever dire straits we may be facing, know that God is working miracles behind them. He is more than able to turn things around for our good. Just believe all things will turn out for our good and have faith. For faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Lord, help!

I just read again the story of Peter walking on water towards Jesus in the book of Matthew a few days ago. Always find it amazing to have a fresh revelation of Jesus on those verses that had been read umpteen times.

Previously when I read this portion of the scriptures, I only saw that the disciples were afraid of the storm because it is a perfect storm. Some of them were seasoned fishermen and yet they had never experienced any storm like the one they were experiencing. They probably felt their lives were threatened. They probably felt hopeless in that situation as well.

When we depend on our might to achieve things, we will come to a point where even the strongest among us will find the going tough. We may even fill that the world has come to an end for us in those challenging times.

Then, in the fourth watch of the night, they were terrified when they saw Jesus walking on water towards them for they thought they had seen a ghost. However, Peter shouted to the Lord to bid him to come to Him and Jesus said that He is the Lord and answered to Peter to come to Him. Peter walked on water towards Jesus.

In our darkness hour, Jesus is always there to help us. He is always there to comfort to us. He is always there to deliver us. When we behold Jesus, we will walk on storm. When we behold Jesus, we will triumph over our difficult situations, we will always be victorious, though we are more than conquerors in Christ.

The next moment, the scriptures say that Peter began to look at the storm and he began to sink. The moment we take our eyes off Jesus, we begin to depend on our natural senses and natural might and we will begin to "sink" in our challenges.

Then Peter cried, "Lord, help!". Immediately, Jesus extended his hand to catch Peter and together they walked back to the boat. That's the loveliness of our Lord Jesus. He will immediately save us from serious harm. Jesus will never leave us nor forsake us.

Here's the interesting part where I have a fresh revelation of Jesus. I had always read this portion of the scriptures and thought that the disciples continued their journey with Jesus on board through the storm. However, the scriptures say that when Jesus and Peter were on the boat, the wind ceased. Hallelujah! When Jesus is with us, the "storm" in our lives will ceased. Regardless of how "perfect" the storm in our lives may be, it will immediately cease!

When the Lord is with us, no evil shall befall us nor shall any plague come near our dwellings. No weapon formed shall prosper against us. Just believe in the Lord and His mighty hand to save us.