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,
Psalm 46:1-2 (NIV)
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,
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:
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?
Continue readingThe 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.
Continue readingNow 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?
Continue readingFor 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:...Continue reading
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.
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.
Continue readingYear 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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Continue readingWhen the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.
Genesis 9:16
