Monday, March 17, 2008

Hey family! I just did my 1hr with praise/worship and my reading up on Psalm77. Finally i'm doing things right.. :D Hope to hear that you guys are doing it(spending time with God when you fast. why? refer to Adrian's post on sanctification week. :D) too!

At first i read Psalm77 and couldnt quite get the "essence" of it or at least whatever that would speak to me. I thought it was just another "ordinary" Psalm... Well, at least that was what i thought in the morning at 6.15.. hahaha.. but as i red it again jus now, God gave me this particular verse.

v19 "Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen."

Then I just thought of what Ps Melvyn shared ytd regarding the sets of footprints on the beach and that set of footprints were God's and not mine thing. But i felt that it didn't really connect with the verse. So i continued meditating and was led to this question.

"Am I invisible or visible to you?"

Then I knew what He meant. If you read the earlier half of Psalm77, you'll see that he's "lamenting" again.. Now look at v11-12, "I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will meditate on your works and consider all your mighty deeds."

In the past, I was quite "faithful". As in, my faith was more or less bigger than my present faith. And i can rmb the times when His hand was guiding me and working in my life. There was also this one time when i had a class bbq(sec2 EOY after exams) and it was raining! so i decided to gather a few of us(2 christians and 2 non-christians..) and we prayed for the rain to stop. Not long after, like 5-10mins, the rain lightened and stopped! i can rmb that one clearly cos it was really a WOW for me. hahaha. But gradually i started to lose my faith through times of setbacks, stress from work etc.

As i read v19, i realised that the fact i've been neglecting the Holy Spirit and He's conviction was due to me thinking that God was invisible and not being there. and although i knew quite well myself that God will always be there, sometimes i used his "invisiblity" as an excuse to do the things i wanted, like playing xtra hrs of com and not revising or doing my hw...

But in actual fact, we should always depend on God all the time! That was also what Asaph was missing out at the start but he was somehow enlightened by looking back at his "good'ol days".

Is God invisible in your life? Start seeing God everyday as you're doing your 1hr! If not, your visibility as a Christian will slowly fade away... Scary right? xD Don't worry, as long as you're truthful and honest b4 Him, you'll do just fine. :D

Signing off,
BigBirdZDaniel :D