Pain - A Good Thing?

I have tried and I cannot find, wither in Scripture or history, a strong-willed individual whom God used greatly until He allowed him to be hurt deeply.

Charles R. Swindoll

Champions are made in the valleys of life. In times of comfort, human nature tends to be more complacent and thus, dependence on God can be lesser. It is through times of molding by our Daddy in Heaven that we learn to know Him and depend on Him more. Even though we might rant, complain and even curse the day we were born, our loving God allows us to go through this to sieve out the dross from our character.

I love the nature of God that He does not expect us to be perfect. In Psalms, we see so often David pouring out his heart to God and God is ever so patient and listening to Him. In the end, God made Him King. Not just an ordinary one, one of the greatest in History!

Jeremiah is a prophet used mightily by God and he has to go through much suffering for this cause. Even in the midst of his complaints, Jeremiah admits in Jeremiah 20:9

But if I say,"I will not mention him or speak anymore in his name," his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed I cannot.

Jeremiah 20:9

Jeremiah in spite of all the sufferings has allowed God to mold him in a manner that he cannot, but to fulfill his purpose as a prophet.

Read Jeremiah 20 to feel the pulse of the prophet's heart.

Champion

Feel like you're at the end of the road?
God parted the red sea when Moses came to the end of the road.
God did not allow the lions to harm Daniel when he was thrown into the Den.
God sent an angel when the 3 brave friends was thrown into a fiery furnace.

Champions are made in the valleys of life.
The valley of dry bones will rattle again.
Above all, You are made an OVERCOMER.
John 16:33

The Driver's Seat

Spoke to my Mentor today..

He gave an interesting analogy of the Diver's seat. Where is God seated in you life?

Is it a season whereby God is in the back seat, silently, and You are driving on without even having to care of His existence?

Or maybe, you are in a season where you are becoming aware of His presence in your life and you are learning to hand over the seat to Him, but still doing the driving most of the time?

Then again, you might be in a season whereby He is now been in the Driver's seat BUT you are giving all the instructions? Telling Him how it's best to run your life, according to your terms?

Just maybe, you could be in a position whereby things is getting clearer and you are letting Him doing more of the driving, but at times, you still feel the need to state the directions to go.

Finally, you have come to the point of realisation of the sovereignty of His Lordship and you have come to learn to follow and allow Him to be the one driving. Period.

Experiencing God is a journey, having Him to be fully in control of the drive would be a release of control on your end. It's like a free fall initially only to know that He is a good God and His is with you. Period.

God is transforming all my theologies and revelations into what is more precious, which is experiential knowledge. It's about Experiencing God.

God Bless : )

Daddy's Hands

"I will never leave you nor forsake you."

Joshua 1:5

Being a father of 2 boys, I understand that there are times when it is necessary for them to go through hard times for the longer gain of maturing their thoughts and more importantly, character. During the whole process, the boy might feel a sense of being left to fend for himself, but one thing he will come to realise is that the father's hand is always at near, the father's eyes are always watching and is always ready to come in and help when he know that they are at their limits.

This season, it's feels like free fall with our family taking on a new journey of being counter culture. A season whereby we give precedence to God's work and investing more time into the family and a season whereby we are not in the grain of the 9 to 5 office work. Tough, many mindsets are adjusted and limits being challenged but above all, God is more real than ever before. The Word is more real in our daily lives. Holy Spirit is our constant Helper and we know that God is watching and He delights in His children.

God has a plan for me, a story for me to experience and to tell in future. Above all, I want to follow the script in God book of life to allow Him build the custom house He has intended for me. My future is secure in God's lovely hand.