lifesong
Everyone needs compassion
And love that never fails
Let mercy fall on me
When everyone needs forgiveness
Kindness of the Saviour
The Hope of the nation
Saviour, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything that i believe in
Now i surrender
Shine a light in and
let the whole world see
Singing, for the glory of the risen king
Jesus, Shine a light and
let the whole world see
Singing for the glory of the risen king
Saturday, July 15, 2006
-8:40 PM
" the heart is deceitful above all things, and beyond cure, who can understand it?"
Jeremiah 17:9
Self deception can be the worst form of deception that one has to face. However sometimes coming to terms with who we really are on the inside can be so painful, that some would rather continue living in deception. That's what it means to live in the light and darkness. One often refers to living in the light as:
One often refers to living in the light as:
Hope
Direction
Love
joy
Emotional rest
They are not wrong, the light of life refers to the above, and maybe more... However we must not forget that light also represent: revealing what can't be seen in the dark. All of these things comes in a package, that one cannot find hope, direction, emotional rest... without first being able to come to terms with who we really are.
Ever touched charcoal with your bare hands and accidentally rub your hands on your face? I was made fun many times, for having done that. But i realize that when i went into the dark area where there was no light, another grp of people don't seem to realize that there was charcoal on my face. And i can continue being in the dark room, living in deception that my face is clean.
"I am the light of the world, he who comes to me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life"
John 8:12
Jesus did not mention i know the light. He says, He IS the light. There's a price to pay in drawing closer to God, and that is facing the truth about ourselves. One may feel more sinful, or began to see things from our past that we have allowed to affect us without noticing it, when drawing closer to God.
In reality, we can lie to ourselves. In charcter, thinking we are humble, when we simply don't realize how arrogant we are. Thinking we care for others, when all that is on our minds is ourselves. Thinking we love God so much when in reality, we don't. Even thinking we truly love our partner when it is merely just to fill a void in our lives, mere infatuation, or just plainly in love with the feeling of being love. WE NEED TO KNOW OURSELVES.
Heard of the Johari window?
Notice the 4 boxes, out of 4, only three boxes are safe. Arena, facade and blind spot. For blind spot at least people can teach us and correct us. However as life progresses on, the "Unknown" area about oursleves needs to get smaller and smaller. It would be dangerous then to enter into marraige with that "unknown" area about ourselves BIG.
What is darkness to you? Well to me it means one word: "depression" Does the word seems to connect? It could be loneliness, rejections, hurts, low esteem, sense of failure, condemnation. Jesus it the answer to that, because light expels the darkness completely away.
The Isrealites never entered into the promise land, as the bible would describe it as rest.. From the story we could see one thing "they had an unbelieving heart". However the Isrealites themselves never came to terms with that. That made them wondered in the wilderness for many yrs, never found the joy and rest that was promised to them.
Jesus is the answer to our valleys
Dark it maybe, painful it would be
Face the truth about our hearts
And let His love overtake you.
"there's no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" Romans 8:1
