billboard

Today's news caught my attention; this lady used a billboard to advertise the loss of her 2 precious dogs.



Asking myself whether the billboard of my life is advertising "The Way"



or am I a "double-minded " man..( james 1v8 )



or do I claim to have " faith' but " no deeds" ( James 2v 14)



or do I only "look to my own interests" ( Phil 2 v 4)



Reflection: Let me be consciously aware that I am " a dwelling in which God lives



by His Spirit" ( Ephesians 2 v 22)

God's gentle whisper

While sticking stamps onto envelopes at the post office, I saw this lady next to me, sticking stamps onto her Deepavali cards. I exclaimed to her, " Wow, already sending ou cards, huh?" Her response? She ignored me, without a word.


At the evening market, I heard one indian lady speaking in perfect cantonese.

I made a positive comment to her. Her response? Silence.


These 2 instances were as if God is trying to remind me of the times when

His prompting or word to me is greeted with silence; partly because I was too

busy doing my own thing or too preoccupied to be distracted. Or is it because

other voices have been seducing me away from His presence so that I cannot even

recognise God's 'gentle whisper' ( 1 Kings 19v 12) when He speaks to me.




Prayer: Praying for the sensitivity to listen to God's voice in the midst

of my daily routine.

traffic lights

I was told of this incident whereby the motorbike rider stopped at the

traffic lights and was knocked by a car driver from behind. The rider is in coma

now.

A few days later, I heard of a car which stopped , also at the traffic lights

and was knocked from behind, by another car.

This got me thinking. It is dangerous to be in a state of inertia in my spiritual

life. I am responsible to keep my faith growing by doing the necessary. Quiet time

being the most important.

I must not allow myself to be in a state of inertia , only dwelling on past

victories and have no "fresh' testimonies.

A day later, something else happened. I was sitting in my parked car while

waiting for my daughter to finish her class. My car was at a proper parking bay.

A driver driving in the opposite direction ( wrong way..as it is a one-way street)

surged forward and frantically tried to park his car into a parking lot. The

tail end of his car came very near to the side of my car and I tooted at him.

He chose to ignore it( later he said he heard the horn but couldnt see clearly

as it was raining) The result was a little dent at the side of my car.

Anyway, to continue along the vein of what I was sharing, this incident made me

wonder as to whether sometimes warfare prayers have no effect. I could be waging

against the enemy but it might have no effect. The enemy did not recognise my

voice because it has no authority for the simple reason that I might not have been

leading a holy life and upright life? This reminds me of the demon who asks

"Who are you" in one incident in the Bible.

Also being reminded that "partial sin " in one's life does not result in
'partial glory or anointing". Instead, it results in "NO glory or anointing"


Prayer: Father God, help me in my walk with You and to recognise You at work

in my life and to strengthen my inner man to always obey You.

jeremiah 42 v 6

I thought that my part of the work has been completed. Her assistant requested for the finished product from me.

However upon submission, I was told that it fell short of the 'requirements". I had no idea that there were "certain requirements

and information " that I had to include.

"oh, it was contained in the letter" she says.

"What letter? I have yet to see any letter which she says she has receeived a long time ago. I asked to see the letter but she says

it is at home.


I felt as if a) she could have deliberately not shown me the letter. Why? (So I could not do a good and complete job?)

b) wanted to put me in a bad light ( show my incompetency?)


More importantely, how should I re-act?

a) Grumbled inwardly, but still have to re-do?

b) Find out what needs to be done and get on with it?

How I reacted....I did a little of (a) and then knowing that I could commit to God and really desiring to act the way God wants me to,

I decided to seek God 's forgiveness for thinking the worse of her. I ask God to bless her and trust God to help me re-do my part of the work.



Testimony! Before the day was over, she told me ( I ran into her, she didnt come to me) that what I needed to compile was just a VERY small


portion and the rest of the data would be assigned to others.

Reflections: a) God could be testing me ..wants to see if I could re-act the way He wants me to.

b) Jeremiah 42v6 " Whether it is favourable or unfavourable, we will obey the Lord our God" May this be true in our everyday decisions!