Tuesday, July 14, 2009

back to basics

You saw me before I was born.
You created me for a purpose.
You knew me before I was born.

It came from the first day of the 40-day prayer book that I was reading last night. though it was late, but God had still reveal a little bit more about Him to me. He told Jeremiah that he was chosen, even before he was born, to serve the Lord and be a light for God's people. Many of us may feel that we aren't that important to God because we do not have a major breakthrough that effectively changes our lives 180 degrees. We also often want God to perform miracles in our lives and answers our questions by showing us signs. But we failed to see that actually our salvation, our first call to God, "Father" has already been a miracle. We were chosen to be His people even though we are just so insignificant. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. While we were still sinners, He saw us through the eyes of grace and took the crown of thorns and bore those painful nails. While we were still sinners and have lost our way, sometimes not knowing that we have lost our way, He found us and picked us, made a way for us. Humans have a tendency to search deeper, and yearn for things which are beyond what we already have now. Hungry for more is good, growth is good. But we must never forget to look back into the past, for the sprouting of the seedling is always the most amazing sight. The day that the Lord took us into His family is such a precious and sacred day, a day definitely worth remembering.

Go back to this day and thank the Lord, just thank Him for the salvation that He gave, and everytime you feel like giving up, remember that the Lord has never given up on you, even though we might have done the things that He detest. Whenever you feel like giving up or when situations, things and people are just so difficult to love and embrace, remember that the Lord has never give up on us and still gave us the greatest love on earth, so that we might love others. Just be thankful that in this despair world, we have God to lean on, to be loved of and to live for. No matter how tough the circumstances, it still can never be as tough as when He paid the price of freedom, when He took a lonely cross, for us.

Thank the Lord everyday for your salvation, there is nothing better than knowing that we are redeemed. pray for this same miracle for the people around you. ")

lengshan; thankful =)

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