Monday, September 03, 2007

hi guys. hope that your holidays have been great thus far.
yesterday night, i was looking for a book to read for my quiet time. somehow, romans just stood out in my mind. Yeah i couldn't find my bible, so i took a bible from the shelf. it's TheMessage or something. yeah. so anyway, romans 1 talked about how ignoring God leads to a downward spiral. "What happened was this: people knew God perfectly well, but when they didn't treat him like God, refusing to worship him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction left in their lives. They pretended to know it all, but were illiterate regarding life." Frankly, i think that with a right mindset and a good attitude, this problem can be overcome, as many have. However, Romans 2 had started off with informing us of one point: "Everytime you critisize someone, you condemn yourself. It takes one to know one." You know, i've critisized so much, that i wonder where i should start with my repentance. Then in 2:12, it says that "if you sin without knowing what you're doing, God takes that into account." It seems like a glimmer of hope. However, then i realised that it may mean: "If you didn't know you were critisizing, God will take that into account" however, i very well knew that i was critisizing. So, it was for me to humble myself and repent before God.
It also says "But God isn't so easily diverted. He sees right through all such smoke screens and holds you to what you've done." so let us not try to point fingers and push the blame when we're in the wrong, but really just come before Him and repent. And mean it when you repent. God sees right INTO your heart.
"God is kind, but not soft. In kindness he takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life-change." So, guys, let us work on God's side, obey Him and keep pressing against whatever obstacles appear in your life.

may God bless you all.
jae.