In churches, it is very common to hear exhortation on the boy giving all he had,his pieces of fish and his loaves of bread. Two things I learned from this passage of scripture. First, the bread and fish the boy had came from Jesus in the first place. Second, there was no specific account on the quality of the bread and the fish. Was it stale bread? two-day old? moldy at that? What about the fish? Was it of the best quality? My point is, when the fish and bread were given to Jesus, it was transformed to superb quality. In the hands of Jesus, the fish and bread became the best.
Same with our efforts on anything. We may, in the eyes of the world lack the standards they have set but when we turn our all to Jesus, humbly recognizing that the very things we offer to God came from Him, He radically transforms these offerings so that they will be of the best quality, far beyond what we had, have and can even attain in our finite strength.
Praise God to Whom all blessings flow.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Kong Hee
We have been blessed subscribers of Destiny Cable. We decided to shift subscription and settled for a cheaper cable network provider. My brother and I want to learn Mandarin. Destiny Cable offers several channels in Mandarin. MOre than all these, we wanted a christian channel to be on our cable tv. We have Daystar now.
We used to subscribe to Sky Cable. It was alright until they decided to terminate TCT Network. We feed on preachings from cable TV.
I wonder why my blog is entitled Kong Hee.
Its just that Iam realizing that my current church is in the perils of getting sidetracked from the main thing, when our senior pastor was often quoting that "we have to keep the main thing the main thing the main thing."
In our church's efforts to build the Filipino's identity and to elevate her status alongside the great nations of the world, it appears that the preaching on the pulpit has been making nationalism central and the bible peripheral. It is so dangerous I know. For all we know, it might be the devil's subtle work. Are we doing things in our own strength? Have we forgotten Jesus' finished work on the cross?
Its not really about making our race the best in the world, its making disciples of all nations-the great mandate after all.
Kong Hee, a minister in Singapore is very modern, has a dynamic church and they are very explicit about Jesus. The preaching is on Jesus, the bible..not a bit of nationalism. I know Singaporeans do not need this kind of preaching but still, the two hours allotted for preaching becomes a myriad of opinion, footages extolling nations, cultures, when really, the central teaching should be about the bible and Jesus.
I feel very sad about all these.
I know I should pray.
No one to talk to about these things and so I rave, rant, ramble here on this page.
I give YOu my burdens Lord.
In Jesus Name, amen.
We used to subscribe to Sky Cable. It was alright until they decided to terminate TCT Network. We feed on preachings from cable TV.
I wonder why my blog is entitled Kong Hee.
Its just that Iam realizing that my current church is in the perils of getting sidetracked from the main thing, when our senior pastor was often quoting that "we have to keep the main thing the main thing the main thing."
In our church's efforts to build the Filipino's identity and to elevate her status alongside the great nations of the world, it appears that the preaching on the pulpit has been making nationalism central and the bible peripheral. It is so dangerous I know. For all we know, it might be the devil's subtle work. Are we doing things in our own strength? Have we forgotten Jesus' finished work on the cross?
Its not really about making our race the best in the world, its making disciples of all nations-the great mandate after all.
Kong Hee, a minister in Singapore is very modern, has a dynamic church and they are very explicit about Jesus. The preaching is on Jesus, the bible..not a bit of nationalism. I know Singaporeans do not need this kind of preaching but still, the two hours allotted for preaching becomes a myriad of opinion, footages extolling nations, cultures, when really, the central teaching should be about the bible and Jesus.
I feel very sad about all these.
I know I should pray.
No one to talk to about these things and so I rave, rant, ramble here on this page.
I give YOu my burdens Lord.
In Jesus Name, amen.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Never think less of yourself, but think of yourself less
May the beauty of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands.
I read somebody's blog about beauty from within.. and I couldn't help agree with the author. My father is of Chinese descent, my mother's lineage traces its roots to British ancestry. This explains the puzzled look on the faces of Red Cross volunteers. They were wondering why my blood type is different. I look very Asian and yet, flowing through my veins is a blood type prevalent among Whites. I guess, this can be explained through my mother's background.
This explains the title above.
Early morning yesterday, prior to my stumbling across that blog, I came across this particular verse of scripture, "May the beauty of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us- yes, establish the work of our hands."
At the end of the day, what truly matters is the beauty of the Lord our God resting on us. It would'nt be for external appearance, but rather, His imago dei in us. Too often, we are lured to conform and pattern our standards after the world's, but really, God's standards are different.
Yes Lord, may Your beauty rest on me, establish the work of my hands. I have a call, I am very sure, and I will triumph at the work of Your hands. My giftings, my talent, Your working through me is simply because You will use me for great things I know not of, beyond my expectations.
Hide me Lord, in the shadow of Your wings as I call things that are not as though they were.
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands.
I read somebody's blog about beauty from within.. and I couldn't help agree with the author. My father is of Chinese descent, my mother's lineage traces its roots to British ancestry. This explains the puzzled look on the faces of Red Cross volunteers. They were wondering why my blood type is different. I look very Asian and yet, flowing through my veins is a blood type prevalent among Whites. I guess, this can be explained through my mother's background.
This explains the title above.
Early morning yesterday, prior to my stumbling across that blog, I came across this particular verse of scripture, "May the beauty of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us- yes, establish the work of our hands."
At the end of the day, what truly matters is the beauty of the Lord our God resting on us. It would'nt be for external appearance, but rather, His imago dei in us. Too often, we are lured to conform and pattern our standards after the world's, but really, God's standards are different.
Yes Lord, may Your beauty rest on me, establish the work of my hands. I have a call, I am very sure, and I will triumph at the work of Your hands. My giftings, my talent, Your working through me is simply because You will use me for great things I know not of, beyond my expectations.
Hide me Lord, in the shadow of Your wings as I call things that are not as though they were.
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