rediscovering eden
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the bright and morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours
Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
and watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
whom shall i fear
whom shall i fear
i am yours
dailies
Thursday, June 21, 2007
-8:35 AM
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
1 john 4: 4
How comforting it is to know that God is so much bigger than what we can imagine. Time and time i often hear how we box Him up limiting not what He could do but what we imagine Him to be able to do. I used to wonder how if the bible could record miracles after miracles, close encounters with Him that are so spectacular or even to just healings for the blind and the dead. Those things happened then. But why not now? Why cant we witness such miracles as well. Why when we pray for someone with a simple cough or a flu, it just doesnt seem to work?
This week i learnt that prayer is more than just a special confrontation with God. It is more than asking for what we need or want to see. It is a time to "paga". To draw boundaries on the areas in our lives, people whom we are concerned with. It is a spiritual warfare that can be either "chronos"( like as in chronological order, so consistently) or "kairos" a strategic timing that the He would lead us to pray about. And i appreciate what Dutch Sheets mentioned. Today it is not because miracles do not happen anymore but we just dont expect miracles to happen. We are not expectant of the greater things that He can provide or do. But it just take abit of patience and perserverance. Yet it is so hard for us to see that.
As i reflect on what he said, I realised how i've slacked in my prayer warfare. How I could have let loose the boundaries. And i dont want to stay this way. I want to move on and even if i should fall, at least im NOT not moving. I also dont want to believe that once people start working, you will be too caught up with work and therefore you cannot pray or you cannot have a fufilling relationship with Him. I dont want that. I believe all of us were created to be more. To do more. To be Conquerors in the different aspects of our lives because Jesus Christ has already conquered Satan through the Cross and He wants us to experience the sweet success. Success is a beautiful feeling and im sure in my new journey into working life, He will allow me to taste the sweet success of being a conqueror in my workplace. To be an impact in my dept and my company. I may be slow and not good in handling admin stuff. I may not be certain of the terms people use in the office. I may be watched and heard by the people around my cubicle. But I am no loser.
