I want to know You more...
Sunday, March 23, 2008
♥ 2:08 AM
We had Nel's prayer meet at church office on wednesday. We were late so we missed out half of it, but Nel's sharing is equally powerful as well. I can't help but to agree with her, i keep nodding my head till it's like dropping off (being random here)! l'll just share some of it here... One thing that i think it's really true is that it's not how much we do but how much we know. We can strive to work hard for God, strive to win souls for God but actually we don't know much about God which loses it's purpose of serving Him. God want us to know Him more each day, not just serving Him more each day. Matthew 22:37-39 (New International Version) 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'[a] 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[b] If you realise, Jesus did not command us to evangelise, to shepherd our sheeps, to take care of the group, to glorify Him or even to serve Him and such. Jesus commanded us to LOVE HIM and to LOVE HIS PEOPLE. So as we continue to know God more, to walk closer with Him, to love Him even more, the rest is just an overflow from our heart because of our love for Him. It's because we love God, that's why we serve Him. It's because we love God, that's why we read the WOG. It's because we love God, that's why we obey Him and follow His plans. It's because we love God, that's why we evangelise. Don't get the sequence mix up as it represents alot! God did not command us to do that as it should be natural for us to do that when we have a close relationship with God. For myself, i realise that all along i have been trying very hard to serve God but actually i'm on the wrong track. I get myself to read more of the WOG, go down to evax more, stive to regularly shepherd my sheeps, make sure that i grow in different areas. However i forget to do the most fundamental yet important task, which is to get to know Christ more and more each day, getting closer and loving Him more. Some people on appearance they are really working very very hard for God but in fact, their relationship with God are like strangers. They stop spending quality time with God, stop getting to know more about God. God doesn't want us to work very hard for Him, God want us to know Him more. It's not that we don't work hard for God, but don't get the sequence wrongly. When your walk with God gets closer, it's so natural for you to evangelise and stuff as you will obey God and walk in His path for You. Some people as they are in this ministry for quite some time, they will tend to stop knowing more about God. They still do their qt and such but they have stop discovering new things about Him. Ask yourself this questions now, Is your walk with God closer day by day? Are you knowing Him more each day? Are you loving Him more each day? Why not next time when you read the bible, don't strive to read many chapters. See what God wants to speak to you, see what God wants you to do. Conversion starts from yourself! Before you even go around converting others, make sure your life is on the right track. When we are following God's path for us, obeying Him, things will come naturally as well. When you know more about God's love for you, you will naturally love God more!"Vision gives you the drive to move on, but Love gives you the strength to do it" (God i want my walk with You to be closer each day, i want to know You more and i want to love You more!)
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