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
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
-7:55 AM
Our words put to the test
The story of the fall of man, no surprise to many. When it was recorded in the bible about the beauty and perfection in the creation of man. The first man to ever exsist, Adam, and woman eve. The fall came when adam ate the apple when God told him he could eat from any tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
A common question i often hear is "why did God still put the tree there despite knowing adam is going to eat it, since God can see the future?" Well its true God did foreknew the fall of man. The answer is found in this story:
A father told his son "I'm going to lock u up in this room for 3 days. close all the windows, seal every gap in this room. if you come out of it, you don't love me. If you stay in the room after 3 days, i know your love for me is real." The first day started to get the boy impatient. He tried anything he could to knock down the door, tried to break the window grills... did all he could. 3 days later the father found the boy still inside, and exclaimed "Boy you still do love me!! now i know your love for me is real"
Is it for real? The tree was there, it hurt God's heart to have put it there. But if love wasn't put to the test, can we truly say its for real. God in all his creation created all things without a choice. Man has this powerful seed called choice. Because if love is forced or without a choice, would there be any meaning to love? God wants man to choose to love him. And for a choice, there always has to be two options. For this case to obey and disobey.
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In my earlier entry on self deception, i was rather dissapointed when i had to come to terms with who i really am. Claiming I really loved God, passionate for his church and his people, when all that mattered to me was the image that i gave to others. This can only be truly shown when testings and temptations come. A ministry, a dream, even a GODLY dream can be an idol, more impt to us then God. It is when God takes it away then we began to realize we don't love God as much as we think we do. God takes us by every commitment we make at the altar, every promise, purify our hearts and take us from strength to strength.
We love BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US.
Make it a prayer: Lord show me truly what's in my heart. and prepare for the ride!!
Let's cry like moses did:
Show me your face O Lord
Make my heart pure as Gold
Standing in awe of you
Your love it surrounds me forever!!!
