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I haven’t been blogging for a very long time here since I started preparing for my examinations. Now that my last paper ended yesterday, I should start blogging here once again. I realised the importance to blog down the lessons that God have taught me.
Firstly, blogging is like erecting memorial stones of God’s goodness in my life, just as Joshua did for the Israelites. They are precious gems of riches that cannot be bought by money. Whenever I’m down and when it seems that God is far, these stones do remind me of his hand in my life.
Secondly, this blog is a channel through which God’s goodness flows. It is important not only that God blesses me, but that he blesses through me. Through this blog, God’s blessings flow. And I hope that it will continue to flow through the people who read to others, so that God’s name may be made glorious.
Though I had little time to really sit down and spend time reading the bible, I was privileged to be able to listen to sermons via my ZEN player wherever I went. It was a few days back when I was listening to sermons from a series by Pastor Erwin Lutzer’s radio broadcast from the Moody Church entitled “God, why me?” The series was based upon the Book of Job, on the topic of suffering.
The first sermon began by setting the stage for the nature of human suffering. The conclusions were clear that the reasons for suffering is not always clear to men, for they belong to God. The bible says in Job 1:2 – ‘This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil’, yet Job encountered tremendous sufferings in his life.
His livestock and servants died: his possessions were lost (v 13-17). His sons and daughters died (v18-19) He was afflicted with painful sores from his head to his feet (Job 2: 7). In other words, Job lost almost everything and suffered greatly.
But in Job 1:8, we know the reason why Job suffered: ‘ Then the Lord said to Satan, ” Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. ” ‘ Job suffered in such a manner simply for one reason:
It was because God was proud of him.
God and Satan were in a challenge. It was a challenge of Job’s character and what Job was made of, of whether Job would still worship God if all of God’s blessings upon him were to be stripped away. That was the reason for his sufferings.
And God was proud of Job, that Job was made the object of testing for God’s name to be glorified.
The first sermon struck me quite heavily as I tried to put myself in Job’s place. In fact, I was picturing myself and wondering what would happen if God had placed me in a similar trial like Job. Would I curse God to the face just as Satan would like to see happen? Or would I pass the test with flying colours like how Job did initially, saying ‘The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord’ (Job 1:20)
Yesterday, as I was on the way to school for my last paper, the testing came. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s been a long time since I thought of blogging this.
Last Thursday, it was a very stressful day for me. I had to rush to complete my project assignment which is due on Friday and so I skipped my Thursday English tutorial to salvage some time. In fact, I didn’t know how far behind from completion it was until I had to stay up till 4 am on Thursday night till Friday morning. Yet, I couldn’t complete the assignment at 4am. Only when I woke up after 4 hours of sleep could I finally finish my assignment. Read the rest of this entry »
For the past few weeks, I have not been able to really blog down a good post as I have been plagued by the busyness of my schoolwork. Each week, I have to hand in an essay assignment or two, or there would be a presentation that I had to prepare for. I felt as if I was so sucked into the cycle of meeting deadlines and struggling to keep up with the lectures that my time with God was compromised.
Each day, the heaviness of work overwhelmed me such that the burden would be too difficult to bear. From day to night, I have hardly anytime to have enough relaxation to recharge me for more work to be done. I felt trapped like a slave to the entire university system.
There were thoughts of just letting all go and neglect my work on one hand, and on the other, to continue to do my very best. Yet, I felt that something was very wrong with both. If I would be letting go of doing well, I wouldn’t be satisfied. If I would be continuing to work hard, the stress isn’t helping me either.
