Life is short and many times it is full of ups and downs. Can anyone actually live a perfect and wonderful life without any challenges and down time? I doubt so. Everyone either is experiencing down time or is going to experience down time. It is not because I am a pessimistic people, but because it is the reality. It is because of human being's sin which cause ourselves to be painful and be separated from God's joy.
Since it is reality for almost everyone, what can people actually do when they have down time? Some positive people may ignore such thing or forget the bad things happened before. Are they truly be positive and have not got upset ever? I don't think so. People will have time feel lonely and sad, it is human nature. Even though we can have fun with friends and with family members, this cannot eliminate the fact of sadness we encounter everyday. How about pessimistic people? They will feel so bad when something bad happened to them. They will remember all bad things that happened to them before. No man is free from pain and suffering.
We cannot change the world around us. We cannot change the reality. However, God provide us a way out, that is, to look upon Him and everything will be calmed down. In the down time or sadness, we will certainly be sad and not satisfied. However, if we can truly look upon God, we shall not focus on what happens around us. When we look upon God, we will remember the wonderful works God has done to us and full of thankfulness. Although things around us change dramatically everyday, our God is always our refuge and be our comforter.
However, is God what people invent to make them feel better when bad things happen? I used to think that God is invented by human being. However, if God does not exist and is only our imagination, how can it hold people for so long time, and not only for one people, but for millions and billions. There must be something that is true behind the scene although we cannot directly see it. No lie can keep people believe. However, there are many other religion who firmly believe there is God and their God is different from mine, are they in a lie? If so, why does the lie can keep them believe? There are some possible explanations to this. First, maybe such religion raises up people's selfish desires to pursue their own good, either power or fame. There maybe other reason that if we believe in God, there should also have evil, evil will let people get away from the true God. Evil spirit can also have supernatural power to dilute people to believe in false God. How tragedy it is!
There is much to say about why people feel sad and suffering, especially during the time that we cannot see the future and waiting for something. It requires for patience to wait for the Lord's promise, but the process is sometimes painful and not good. However, if we believe in God, no matter what He does to us, we will have no doubt because He controls the future, He has the global optimization for everyone of us. I have peace in Him. Thank you LORD!
2012/02/10
2012/02/08
Why do I complain?
When something does not happen to be like the way I want it to be, I start complaining to God, saying why you did this to me, why not do this and that to me? Oh, poor me when I said so. Whom am I that I can complain to the LORD who create the whole universe. Doesn't He give and also take away? Am I not doomed to be perished before? What I am worthy of His love and mercy? I have nothing that is cherished in His eyes. I was only a rebelled children who do not know Him beforehand, but because of His grace and mercy that I can be called righteous and son of God. What a precious God has given to me? What else shall I complain for?
What is my love in this world? What is my preference for my everyday? Is it my fame, my salary, my everything except God? Poor me if I put all those perishable things in front of God. God is the most precious thing in my life, even though I am suffering, I still praise the Lord; even if I did not get what I wanted, I still praise the Lord; even if I get the thing God has prepared for me, I still praise the Lord! He is my all in all. What else shall I complain to Him? Lord, forgive me if I sometimes consciously or unconsciously put others thing ahead of you. You are my creator, how should I complain? No, definitely not. I will sing song and praise You because You has already invited me into your kingdom and be one part of it.
Like what Paul wrote in
Romans 8:35
"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?"
Romans 8:37-39
"No, in all these things we are more than conquerers through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Paul also wrote in
Romans 9:20-21
"But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?'" Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?"
Lord, you know my heart, you know my anguish, you know my trouble inside my heart. I will praise your name over the nations no matter where you lead me to. Your name is worthy of praise. Your love is more enough for me to go through my difficulties. Lord you give and take away, may your name be praised. May you continue purifying my heart and let the Holy Spirit guide me to walk on the road which leads to you. God the Father, Christ the Son, and Holy Spirit the comforter be glorified for ever and ever.
AMEN!
What is my love in this world? What is my preference for my everyday? Is it my fame, my salary, my everything except God? Poor me if I put all those perishable things in front of God. God is the most precious thing in my life, even though I am suffering, I still praise the Lord; even if I did not get what I wanted, I still praise the Lord; even if I get the thing God has prepared for me, I still praise the Lord! He is my all in all. What else shall I complain to Him? Lord, forgive me if I sometimes consciously or unconsciously put others thing ahead of you. You are my creator, how should I complain? No, definitely not. I will sing song and praise You because You has already invited me into your kingdom and be one part of it.
Like what Paul wrote in
Romans 8:35
"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?"
Romans 8:37-39
"No, in all these things we are more than conquerers through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Paul also wrote in
Romans 9:20-21
"But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?'" Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?"
Lord, you know my heart, you know my anguish, you know my trouble inside my heart. I will praise your name over the nations no matter where you lead me to. Your name is worthy of praise. Your love is more enough for me to go through my difficulties. Lord you give and take away, may your name be praised. May you continue purifying my heart and let the Holy Spirit guide me to walk on the road which leads to you. God the Father, Christ the Son, and Holy Spirit the comforter be glorified for ever and ever.
AMEN!
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