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.

Why do Christians go to church?

Didn't really thought about the question: why do Christians go to church?

With the little that I know, we go to church because we want to know more of our Lord Jesus. We want to know our heavenly inheritance through the finished at the cross. We want to be intimate with Jesus, our God and our High Priest. We want to see more of Jesus, to have a fresh revelation of Jesus and His finished work at the cross.

With the advancement of modern technology like portable MP3 and CD players, we can now listen to sermons anywhere and almost anytime. Nowadays, almost every phone has built-in music player and that enables us to hear sermons on the go. There are sermons which are streamed through the internet as well. Simply put, we can listen to the word of Christ anywhere and anytime.

Why then do Christians still attend church regularly? Christians go to church to take advantage of the corporate anointing that is only present in the multitude of counselors. A christian go to church to fellowship with other christian. He or she is there to share the joy and peace in the Lord. Also, Christians go to church to encourage each other in his or her walk with Christ.

It is a privilege and honour to be able to attend church. In times past, Christians had to congregate secretly from house to house to read the bible, which was rare to be found, for fear of been found out by the local authorities and subsequently prosecuted by them.

Take advantage of every opportunity to attend church. You will never know when your life is completely transformed when the grace of God touches your heart. Thank God for all His anointed preachers and teachers in the church. Hallelujah!