God our Refuge

Posted on March 19, 2025 by clay

This morning I continue with my meditation on 2 Kings 6 : 8-17, focusing on the following verses: 

 So he (King of Syria) sent there horses and chariots and a great army, and they came by night and surrounded the city. ...
And the servant said, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?” He said, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 
Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

What a dramatic story. It depicts the terror of the young man to find in the morning that they’re going to be attacked and it’s unavoidable. A great army with horses & chariots against ordinary people. “What shall we do under such dire situation?”

In contrast, God’s prophet was very calm and undisturbed with what’s going on. Whom you could identify yourselves more with? The fear-stricken young servant or the calm old prophet?

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God our Refuge?

Posted on March 19, 2025 by clay

This week I heard twice (at different occasions) the saying,”right belief would lead to right living”. In my opinion, it depends on how well the belief received in the heart. Just to illustrate my point with this objective truth.

God is our refuge and strength,
    an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
    and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

Psalm 46:1-2 (NIV)
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Good Old friends are like Gems

Posted on March 6, 2025 by clay

Because my google storage is almost full and I refused to pay to upgrade, I left with only 1 choice. That’s to clean up my space!!

In the process, I discovered many interesting stuff. Our old photographs, the hard works done together in serving the Lord, many beautiful memories, and ….. I just thought to get these 2 lessons:

  1. Good friendships and the hardships we endured together
  2. Sufferings & hardships could be transformed by God’s grace to produce eternal beauty
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The wisdom of God vs the foolishness of Man

Posted on January 9, 2025 by clay

The Bible is very direct when it talks about the heart.

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? (Jer 17:9)

Above everything else guard your heart, because from it flow the springs of life. (Prv 4:23)

That’s just two verses which my focus to show what God says about human’s heart. That it’s deceitful, but it needs to be guarded / watched.

Wisdom is to accept what He says as truth. While foolishness of man is to think that we know better than God, and that we don’t need to accept what He says.

How does wisdom affect our lives?

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Chariots & Horses

Posted on November 7, 2024 by clay

The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand all of them, slain, over to Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”

Joshua 11:6

I was reading and meditating on the book of Joshua this year. I find the above commands from the Lord interesting. God gives different commands to Joshua at different times (to circle wall of city, to burn city, to kill everyone, to destroy everything, to circumcise the people, to distribute the land, to cast lot, etc). And here is another command of the Lord.

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Friend of the Bad Guy

Posted on March 12, 2024 by clay

Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Acts 13:1 (ESV)

The description “a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch” caught my eyes. Who is this Herod the tetrarch? Tetrarch is title for governor of fourth of province (ruler of a quarter). So he is a ruler with big authority during Roman’s rule. But there were many Herods mentioned in the Bible. Which Herod is this one?

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God is Faithful (to His promises) & Wise (how to keep it)

Posted on March 4, 2024 by clay 
For the Lord had sworn to them that they would not see the land he had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. So he raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised.

Joshua 5:...
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The Call of God

Posted on February 26, 2024 by clay

It is like a fire that excite and energize you, and make you going. In the midst of apathy and status quo. In the face of a tall mountain. You can care less of the problems surround you or ahead of you. You move because the call of God is upon you. As long as you do what is asked of you, that’s all that matters.

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The Passing of a Supportive Wife

Posted on February 17, 2024 by clay

Life is so full of mystery. There are many events in life I can’t fully comprehend. So tonight I was not prepared. And as things come one after the other, I simply prayed and asking God for help.

After helping my wife to take the best course of action that I think what God wants us as a family (It takes a lot to listen and obey God). Then came the unexpected news, that a dear friend’s wife was called home to be with the Lord.

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Death & Idol = Meaninglessness

Posted on January 8, 2024 by clay

Year 2024 just began. And I see there are so many celebrations. There are many good reasons to celebrate, especially celebrate each others whom you love.

However, there is something strange I notice. Among the reasons people celebrate, people celebrate their ‘achievements’ of being in certain places / being with certain famous person (who has long dead, or even with their statues).

I don’t understand the logic of it. Mozart & Beethoven, yes they’re legend. But to take photos with statue of them and call that an achievement to begin a New Year?

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