Unfailing One - April 12, 2014

Scripture: Job 3-4
11 “Why wasn’t I born dead?
Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?
12 Why was I laid on my mother’s lap?
Why did she nurse me at her breasts?
13 Had I died at birth, I would now be at peace.
I would be asleep and at rest.
14 I would rest with the world’s kings and prime ministers,
whose great buildings now lie in ruins.
15 I would rest with princes, rich in gold,
whose palaces were filled with silver.
16 Why wasn’t I buried like a stillborn child,
like a baby who never lives to see the light?
17 For in death the wicked cause no trouble,
and the weary are at rest.

Message:

The agony of suffering to the point of regret.

Observation/Promise:
We all suffer from hardship and troubles in life. Pain and troubles are part of being in this world, it is part of life. And we can regret the day we were born for when we taste the suffering and troubles in life, we will begin to think that death is sweeter than life. But everything that GOD allows to happen on earth has a significant purpose and most especially the day of our birth because HE has a purpose for our being.

Application/Command:

We may regret the day of our birth and wish for death because of our sufferings and troubles on earth but GOD who brought you life truly has a purpose for you. Even Job who had everything then and lost everything in a single day was blessed even more in the end that he was blessed in the beginning. GOD's purpose for Job's life is to be a model for all those that love GOD, an example for all that want to be faithful to GOD, that even when we go through trials, GOD will carry us through all of them just as He carried Job. That our end is better than our beginning. Let us trust GOD even in the sorrows, hardship, persecution and sufferings. Hold on to the Almighty and Trust the unfailing one.

Not so Ordinary day

Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.. - Isaiah 43:19

There are days when it seems it's just ordinary. Ironically, today is not supposed to be an ordinary day because it's the first day of the year but here I am doing ordinary things, washing my clothes, cooking food, eating, praying and just living an ordinary life. But things are not really what they seem. Life is based on the one living it, and it is what it is to the one perceiving it. You can always chose to perceive your life in a positive way. You can always chose to feel and think that your life is meaningful and make life as you want it to be or you can chose to feel that life is ordinary and meaningless. If you feel that life is lacking in passion, then look for that which brings colors to your life. Life should be an exciting journey. We can chose to run wild and explore the world around us, or we can succomb to our fears and stay were we feel we are most safe. I chose to live my life in the edges, because we have only one life to live and regret is the wosrt thing I'd ever want to feel. And so I aim high, even though somehow somethings are just out of my league, it hasn't kept me from trying because we never know what door is opened to us if we never do our part in knocking. Knocking in every door that offers opportunities seem to be risky to some, risks of being rejected or risks of being ignored and somehow risks of being discriminated. But we can always risk these little things if we don't put pride before us. Wouldn't it be better to take all the risks of being what we've always wanted to be yet unsure if we are able and credible to be who we hope to be. You'll never know unless you try and you will never try unless you dare. So dare to hope and dare to dream, these things are free and all that it takes is for you to believe. So today, I declare that it's not ordinary. It is a wonderful first day of a brand new year and I am not located just anywhere in the world, I am right now in the middle most part of the earth. Even if you are at home at right now, you don't have to feel that's it's just the usual place. You are home and there's no other place on earth like home. So here's a toast from me to you - Cheers!!!