I am a klerksdorp sphere

“… separated to the gospel of God…” —Romans 1:1

January 31, 2011

There were times where I felt like I had to chase God for my own holiness. What this verse has taught me is that being holy comes secondary after God’s redemption of my life. 

I am guilty that there are times where I felt like I was focusing more on my holiness rather than my desire to know God and that is wrong. Being set apart means being detached from my life and attached to God instead, more of Him and less of me. 

Simply put, I have to abandon my own self, my insecurities and totally surrender my life to be God’s servant and to proclaim His Gospel.

“Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision” —1 Samuel 3:15

January 30, 2012

What I learned from this verse is that God speaks to me but there are times I do not listen. Things in my life happen for a reason and yet I continuously forget that God is always working in my life. Worry is my biggest enemy.

Now in relation to the verse, there were many times where I condoned what is wrong to protect the feelings of a friend. As a youth leader and a Christian, this verse has taught me that when God wants me to do something or speak for Him, it is something I must do regardless if the person being rebuked will be hurt or not. The truth is the truth and that is something that must be revealed.

Another thing I learned is that well, I used to second guess what I must do and I tend to ask people for advice. That being said, it is just a human reaction to do that to just get assurance of “why I shouldn’t do it”… instead, just let God speak and everything will fall into place. 

“If God so clothes the grass of the field … , will He not much more clothe you … ?” —Matthew 6:30

January 26, 2012

God is truly amazing as He always know the right thing to say at the right time.

I have been and still is in a constant struggle against my worries and just fully relying on God. I have so many things going on that my worries has overtaken my better judgement: the fact that God takes care of even just the grass, how much more when it comes to me?

I guess instead of a devotion today it’s more of a thanksgiving. I really thank God for His word and for the comfort He brings. The world and things of this world can definitely worry me such as, work, school, money, time… but I should just completely focus my eyes on God and He, the God that He is, will take care of me.

Sorry Lord for making you weak and forgetting how all things are possible with You. 

“When it pleased God …” —Galatians 1:15

January 25, 2012

What I learned from this is that seeing how God works is something we cannot fully predict. I had times in my life where I expected God to move a certain way and when He doesn’t, that disappointed me. What this verse has taught me is that look for God but not look for Him to come in a specific way. It’s like inviting your boss to your house and you expect him to arrive in a limo and instead he came with a bicycle. God will be there just let Him surprise you.

“I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: ’Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?’” —Isaiah 6:8

January 16, 2012

What I learned from this is that when God calls, we as Christians should be one with His nature to be able to hear Him.

When God calls me, it is not centred on the things that I am suited for. There were times where I only thought about my own qualities that those things themselves blocked God’s call to me. Just simply reflecting in the past, I never really saw myself to be who I am today… serving Him with the duties I have been tasked that I still do today.

I know I am still growing and from the verse, I should forget who I am in terms of my capabilities and just listen to God and whatever He has called me to do… I will just simply follow regardless if it is something I am familiar with or a completely new thing where I have no idea how to do because I have the perfect teacher, leader and father. I know He will not bring or call me to do something that I cannot accomplish. 

“We were buried with Him … that just as Christ was raised from the dead … even so we also should walk in newness of life” —Romans 6:4

January 15, 2012

This one could be tricky if read with a literal mind. What I learned from this is that the old me should die like a turning point and be born again but this time with oneness of spirit with God - not literally die… it is like the-old-has-gone-the-new-has-come type of thing. From my past devotions, it is easy to say when I had my turning point - 2009.

Completely turning one’s life to God is really difficult… difficult being because you have to get rid of your bad habits, bad interests, anything that displeases God. There were tons of things I had trouble getting rid of because I got used to them but as God’s servant I have to continuously work to be pure right before Him. 

I really had a hard time walking in white and honestly, there were days where I wanted to give up because the world offers such deceivingly wonderful short-term things but my love for God and how His grace got me out of a deep hole that I was in reminded me that my Lord and Saviour is beyond worth it.