2 Samuel 6 (King James Version)
6And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
7And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
11And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.
12And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
13And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
14And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
15So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
When we are in Christ, we are a new creation, the old has passed and the new has come. our attitude towards Christ Jesus will determine how blessed we can be.
Obededom obviously knew how to honour the Ark, and the Ark was very comfortable in his household and so everyone and everything in his household was blessed. Compared to Uzzah whose name means personal strength.
Hence we conclude that we cannot use our personal strength to honour the Ark in our life. We must use His strength and His method. When we do, one of the evidence would be that our hearts are filled with gladness.
Like for every "...six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings."
remembering the Holy sacrifice as often as we do it, do it in remembrance of Jesus. One very practical way is to part-take the Holy Communion on a regular and personal basis remembering Jesus and honouring the finished work on the Cross.
Constantly affirming our love for Him, and His love for us.
The Holy Spirit prompted me yesterday when I was feeling so depressed "Do you still believe that God loves you very much?" His voice was so gentle and so soothing.
Sad hearts weep no more. In the presence of our Lord Jesus there is abundant life.
Amen.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
We have the mind of Christ
1 Corinthians 2:16 (King James Version)
16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.
Praise the Lord!
The mind of Christ dwells on the finer things in life.
The mind of Christ is extremely positive.
We have the mind of Christ, believers, believe and enjoy!
Amen
16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.
Praise the Lord!
The mind of Christ dwells on the finer things in life.
The mind of Christ is extremely positive.
We have the mind of Christ, believers, believe and enjoy!
Amen
Monday, March 8, 2010
Today
Do you know what is the key to unlock the whole blessings of Deuteronomy 28?
Deuteronomy 28
1And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
John 2:5 (King James Version)
5His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
The key from the above two verses is : Doing whatever He tells us to do this very moment.
And we could expect His miracles results.
Hurray!
Deuteronomy 28
1And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
John 2:5 (King James Version)
5His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
The key from the above two verses is : Doing whatever He tells us to do this very moment.
And we could expect His miracles results.
Hurray!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Name Your Harvest
The Lord spoke to me about naming my harvest sometime ago. And last week, He spoke to me about this again.
Let us sow all our hurts and our losses as seeds for a huge harvest. Yes, only we Christians are able to do that.
As usual, the Lord knows that I won't just take this as face value. I need scriptures to back this up and confirm.
Then graciously He showed me, guess where?
In the feeding of the five thousand men, the disciples had already named their harvest. Their harvest was the feeding of the five thousand men and their families. Their seed? A little boy's five loaves and two fish.
And the generosity of the Father exceeded their request by 12 basketful leftover fresh supplies of bread and fishes.
This is how good and generous my Heavenly Father is.
So when a child of God faces hurts and setbacks of any kind, all he/she needs to do is to sow all these hurts and set backs as seeds for a huge harvest.
Like if a child of God has fever, we can sow our fever as seed and name divine health as our harvest.
Fact vs Truth. Truth will always bear witness to the Truth.
Jesus has already healed all of us by His stripes. There is no sickness that our Lord's stripes has not taken away.
God has already supplied all our needs according to His riches in glory. All means all. If there is a need in our lives, let's meet it God's way. Sow a seed like the disciples did, and name the harvest. God does not despise small seeds. The fewer the seeds, the greater the harvest. Just name the harvest when we sow by simply whispering a prayer to the Lord.
Facts are just lying symptoms if they don't line up to the Truth of God's Word.
Just how much our heavenly Father loves us.
Thank God for the trials in our lives, now we know we sow them as seeds for huge harvests.
Praise the Lord! Amen.
Let us sow all our hurts and our losses as seeds for a huge harvest. Yes, only we Christians are able to do that.
As usual, the Lord knows that I won't just take this as face value. I need scriptures to back this up and confirm.
Then graciously He showed me, guess where?
In the feeding of the five thousand men, the disciples had already named their harvest. Their harvest was the feeding of the five thousand men and their families. Their seed? A little boy's five loaves and two fish.
And the generosity of the Father exceeded their request by 12 basketful leftover fresh supplies of bread and fishes.
This is how good and generous my Heavenly Father is.
So when a child of God faces hurts and setbacks of any kind, all he/she needs to do is to sow all these hurts and set backs as seeds for a huge harvest.
Like if a child of God has fever, we can sow our fever as seed and name divine health as our harvest.
Fact vs Truth. Truth will always bear witness to the Truth.
Jesus has already healed all of us by His stripes. There is no sickness that our Lord's stripes has not taken away.
God has already supplied all our needs according to His riches in glory. All means all. If there is a need in our lives, let's meet it God's way. Sow a seed like the disciples did, and name the harvest. God does not despise small seeds. The fewer the seeds, the greater the harvest. Just name the harvest when we sow by simply whispering a prayer to the Lord.
Facts are just lying symptoms if they don't line up to the Truth of God's Word.
Just how much our heavenly Father loves us.
Thank God for the trials in our lives, now we know we sow them as seeds for huge harvests.
Praise the Lord! Amen.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Fruit not flower
We have a pot of chilly plant at home. It took about 6months or more to have our first chilly. Grown from one seed of the ten or more seeds sown.
Boy was I excited when I saw the first flower. I expected to have the first chilly from it. But to my disappointment, it faded, dried up and dropped.
And there there was the 2nd flower, the 3rd flower and so on.
Some became chillies while some dropped off.
I notice that on days that I forgot to water the plant some of the dried flowers would wither off quickly and drop off the plant.
I also notice that for those dried flowers that did not drop off, they have already become a fruit and on their way to become a red chilly.
My observation: it is easy to wither with flowers but not with a fruit. a fruit (chilly) will grow until it ripes and be plucked and enjoyed or grow to ripen and turn bad if no one plucks it.
Now …
22… the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 (New International Version)
My small chilly plant has now become taller than me.
And it has many small chillies.
Am I glad that it is the fruit of the Spirit and not the flower of the Spirit.
This means that these 9 qualities love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control are already inherent inside of us the moment we receive Christ Jesus as our personal Lord and Saviour. And like fruit, it matures with time.
Hey, wait a minute, where is prosperity?
Yes, got it … it is in peace.
Abba Father, thank you so much for this wonderful plan of salvation, we are so blessed in Christ. Amen
Boy was I excited when I saw the first flower. I expected to have the first chilly from it. But to my disappointment, it faded, dried up and dropped.
And there there was the 2nd flower, the 3rd flower and so on.
Some became chillies while some dropped off.
I notice that on days that I forgot to water the plant some of the dried flowers would wither off quickly and drop off the plant.
I also notice that for those dried flowers that did not drop off, they have already become a fruit and on their way to become a red chilly.
My observation: it is easy to wither with flowers but not with a fruit. a fruit (chilly) will grow until it ripes and be plucked and enjoyed or grow to ripen and turn bad if no one plucks it.
Now …
22… the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 (New International Version)
My small chilly plant has now become taller than me.
And it has many small chillies.
Am I glad that it is the fruit of the Spirit and not the flower of the Spirit.
This means that these 9 qualities love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control are already inherent inside of us the moment we receive Christ Jesus as our personal Lord and Saviour. And like fruit, it matures with time.
Hey, wait a minute, where is prosperity?
Yes, got it … it is in peace.
Abba Father, thank you so much for this wonderful plan of salvation, we are so blessed in Christ. Amen
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