unLUKEwarm

The bible always advices people to be either HOT or cold and not in the middle.
We've heard, "Be either hot or cold not lukewarm, or I'll spit you out from my mouth" (God said in the bible),

And we wonder if these words actually apply to our own lives.
Well for myself, i really do wonder what it means to be very hot.....and also very cold. (spiritually for God lah).

It's hard to tell the difference between "cold" and "lukewarm" sometimes.

So i guess....i'm just guessing, that cold is a total "no" and "never" to God and godly people and godly counsel. Scorn thrown in even. (and look what God did to change the mind of Paul, previously known as Saul, who was stoning preachers and being prejudiced)

Lukewarm ranges from a "Let me take my time to be on fire for God, I've got a lot to live for first", to a "if God gives me this and that THEN i'll go all out for Him". The best illustration is The parable of the Sower (different seeds ended up differently).

So......being at 2 different sermons from two different places and churches (2 totally unrelated preachers) these two weeks, the same message rang loud,

"Are we going to be un-lukewarm for Him?"

fell in love with this song, again. (reminiscing cm2007)

Lord You are Good
[Israel Houghton]

Lord You Are Good And Your Mercy Endures Forever
(2x)

A B/A C/A D/A
People From Every Nation And Tongue From
Generation To Generation

Chorus

E B D A
We Worship You
Hallelujah Hallelujah
E B D A
We Worship You For Who You Are
E B D A
We Worship You Hallelujah Hallelujah
E/G# Bm7 C - D
We Worship You
For Who You Are You Are Good

Band Interlude: (E- B/E- D/E- A/E)

Bridge:

E5 G5 A
Yes You Are, Yes You Are, Yes You Are
E5
D5 A/C# (C-B)
So Good, So Good, So Good (repeat)
E5 G5 A E5 D5 A/C#
(C-B)
Yes You Are, Yes You Are, Yes You Are

E5 G5 A
You Are Good
All The Time
E5 D5 A/C# (C-B)
All The Time You Are Good (repeat)

(Repeat Verse and Chorus)

Ending:
C2-D C2/E- D/F#
For
Who You Are For Who You Are
Am7-B7 E5
For Who You Are You Are Good

Thank you
Lord for this newest job....

I'm just wondering how long i should stay.
Seriously....i mean most of society can name people
Who change jobs as "job hoppers"

But i honestly think all these are in the process of discovery
And finding yourself, your interests and gifts.

Of course.....there should be a certain purpose and trend in our choices.
Like.....for instance, staying in same industry due to interests and
To gain experience, or being in different jobs BUT for the same cause and purpose
(e.g. to help the poor)
Besides life in earth IS temporary....
I guess when one finds their niche....they will stay and
keep falling back on the reason they chose the job.....to stay.....
We all need that staying purpose in life and jobs

Making Decisions

making decisions (as though God didn't exist)

What is "Seeking God"?
Is it a monologue?
Feeling good vibes after journaling?
Going for a praise and worship session?
Frankly, I am not too sure.
Watching an interesting documentary on God's chosen nation today,

I think means:

1) Not making decision as though He doesn't exist.
2) Seeking Him for direction in 0ur lives (first),
3) WAITing for Him to fulfil His promises, something that many people
of the bible did not do. which is to WAIT.
and as a result, tons of bad consequences came from them taking things
into their own hands, (e.g. Sarah).
4) many times Christians and even God's chosen people (or nation),
continue to make decisions as though it doesn't matter if God existed or not.
5) many times people (even God's chosen), countries rely on their
own strength or political ties to protect themselves.
But Zachariah 4:6
"Not by might,
Not by power,
But by My Spirit,
Says the Lord."

I really hope His chosen people will turn back to Him.

i will miss all my old colleagues

Freedom of Choice.
Freedom to obey (God).
Freedom to believe.

Here is also where the road divides, the path chosen for you, they and he/she, is not the same path chosen for me. =) I will definitely take a more knee-praying, humble listening (to Him), unhurried pace before stepping into my next step of life. Won't u pray for me, and I'll pray for you. Pray that we will keep the common ground.

dreams and plans

here is life's common debate: to follow goals in life or to just flow with what life brings to us. Working for almost 3 years since graduating, I have met various differing opinions and points of view or call them philosophies of life.

"We could plan whatever we wanna plan in life, but it's still up to God to approve."
"We set goals for ourselves and follow them all the way."
"We should shoot for the moon for even if we fail we land among the stars"
"Life is all about fate. It's not up to us." (do you really really think so?)
"The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going."
"Your destiny is in your hands."
"Life is about freewill and choice. Not fate."
"Life is about decision making every single day. The process of making decisions is the main thing."
"There's two ways to life. We choose to be in God's permissible will or to be in God's perfect will."

Arghh. We are giving fate too much credit. Even though God is still sovereign in the sense He is who He is (The great "I AM"), and ultimately, only if He allows, will things happen, a huge fraction of what happens in our lives is our own Self-will (We are stubborn creatures), and brings about the idea of Freewill and Choice. Not even the devil is can be given than much credit for making things in our life happen.

Again, we say:
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.”- Psalm 91:1

i wish i were more....

Don't we all wish there was something better about ourselves like, "I wish i were smarter, prettier, funnier, blah blah blah." So here we are, trying to hide our fears and doubts about ourselves behind masks, facades and even a persona. or we get really really defensive or offended when others hit that fragile area of our self identity. BUT see the key word here? Its "self-identity" and not "true identity".

Who are we, to doubt ourselves, how we are made, when we sit down and really ask, "Who is the one who made me?"