I am a klerksdorp sphere

February 29, 2012

For some odd reason, the source of my daily verse doesn’t have a bible verse for today but instead talked about believing that God can do the impossible.

So here I am now writing my devotion as a cry out to God:

Lord, forgive me for limiting You… for somewhat being skeptical when time and time again you have shown that You can do the impossible. I am facing challenges now and I have been on this predicament because I have only half-believed and still worried. Just like what the article said… please help me “sever the line that secures the boat” so I can let go instead of stay still. I do believe You only work in supernatural ways and I lift to You my life so that I may be able to glorify You with the wonderful things You are about to do. May I be successful in Your eyes alone. I give You all my trust, and I will find rest in You oh Lord. Thank You and I love You.

Amen

“Where then do You get that living water?” —John 4:11

February 27, 2012

What did I learn from this verse?.. Well, what I got from this is that I am responsible for limiting God’s power in my life. Yes, I do go to Him for comfort and to sympathize with me but do I forget that He is also almighty? That nothing is impossible with my God.

When things get hard, I have to be able to fully believe that God can do it. I shouldn’t get stuck with the things He has done in the past and say “that’s all I think…” Just like what the verse says, I am living because of Him anyways. My living water comes from God and for the things I need to live, well God has got that. 

The challenges I face must have the first reaction of God’s got this. If I got full trust in Him, the pain and stress and worry will not even peak it’s ugly head. If I start to take the battle as for myself and not God’s then God I am limiting God from working in my life.

After watching the movie Chronicle:

Others: I want to be able to do that! (referring to telekinetic powers)

Me: I want to be able to do that… in After Effects!

Ugh, having the idea of “I can possibly do that” is like a disease lol.

“Arise from the dead” …—Ephesians 5:14

February 16, 2012

What I learned from this verse is that God has given me life after I took the first step. God can say to me “arise” but without taking the initiative to actually rise up… I won’t arise for God doesn’t force anyone to do anything for Him.

Looking back it does directly apply and prove that this is true… If I didn’t take the initiative and decision to attend back to the youth group and church, I wouldn’t be where I am now. God could call me and I could choose to not listen.

I learned a very valuable yesterday that my mindset should be just do my best and let God control the result. I am fully relying on God but I still have to do work by His name. If I sit here and do nothing, things won’t magically appear and make my life better… just like the woman who was healed from her bleeding of many years - she took the initiative to have faith and touch Jesus’ cloak; just like the centurion that got his servant healed - he too took the initiative to speak to Jesus and with his strong faith that even just Jesus’ words could heal his servant, so it did happen.

Laziness is not relying on God, it is just simply laziness. The spoon will not move itself towards my mouth and feed me, I have to grab and use it.

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.

27 No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

“None of us lives to himself …” —Romans 14:7

February 15, 2012

What does it mean to live selfishly? How can I be the salt and light to the world if I keep God’s grace for myself? How can I be used to transform people if I hide away on my own comfortability? 

What I learned from this verse is that I have to be more and more of a brother’s keeper. As I have been kept and brought up by the grace of God from a brother, I too should do the same to the next. I know I have failed on some people to be a lookout for them as being in this role is still something I need to get used to. 

Overall, do not just focus on ourselves but instead… look around, who needs help? who needs someone to talk to? It doesn’t always have to be treating someone out or giving rides but how ‘bout just plain talking to them? People always got something to say, something to worry about, something to think about… getting them to open up could help them with their problems.

Do not think only about the things I have to do… how could “less of me or more of You” take effect if I thought that way?

“Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops” —Matthew 10:27

February 14, 2012

What I learned from this verse is to be in the right state to talk about what God is saying or has said to other people. Many and even I have fallen to this, speak words of God-filled wisdom and yet… I or we are in the dark. The message becomes hypocritical in a way because how does one tell another “this is how it should be, that’s wrong, that’s right” when we ourselves are not well with God Himself. There is no authority when one is in the dark. Instead of talking, just be quiet and listen… listen and keep listening to God.

I know the feeling because I have been there, “yes I do want to help”, “yes I know what to say” but as the question goes: how can you help others if you can’t even help yourself?

Being in the dark is the time to listen to God. He will tell you things that some of it will be for someone else once you are in the light. 

By the way… Happy Valentines Day to everyone! God bless!

“Samuel answered, ’Speak, for Your servant hears’” —1 Samuel 3:10

February 13, 2012

I admit that there were lots of times where I did not hear God and I usually mistakenly wonder that maybe God is not talking to me and yet maybe it is I not hearing God. Sometimes the temptations, the things I want completely blinds me from hearing God’s voice. Could it be the lack of fear? Distraction being just that distracting?

As a man of God, I am to pursue being in the same walk as Christ and being that, should be hearing God at all times. It is sometimes hard to hear God because I focus on things I am currently busying myself with such as worrying about things, enjoyment, teh interentz?

Have I heard God’s voice last week? Did I miss Him reaching out to me today?

I have to be more aware of God’s presence so when He talks, I hear Him.

“The everlasting God … fainteth not, neither is weary.” — Isaiah 40:28

February 9, 2012

I learned from this that being spiritually exhausted is something I shouldn’t ignore. Being spiritually exhausted is not a sin. It got me thinking now that maybe it is not my lack of faith but spiritual exhaustion is what I am feeling as to why I’ve been down lately. Worry? 

Because of this, it made me realize to look back as to what started my service. Why did I go back to God and commit my life to being His servant? Going back to the reasons, I must reminisce my first love of Him. It is just a tip to nourish my passion back to being able to get in the same level spiritually like I was before.

“We were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened” —Luke 24:21

February 7, 2012

What I learned from this made me question why I pray to God. Why do we all pray? Is it because we want to talk to Him? We have our petitions? We want answers?

I might be reading it differently but the verse even said 3rd day. 3rd day meaning in God’s time and not mine. Not right away because I asked for it. I do have those times where I feel down or sad because I didn’t get answer that I think I needed but the sadness can only be blamed to me because it is the result of a lack of trust in the Lord. I have to keep pushing myself to walk in the same pace that God is and just trust Him that the place He’s taking me to is the place I am supposed to be. More of Him and less of me. I am a servant and as a servant, I should only do what God wants me to do.

“I am already being poured out as a drink offering …” —2 Timothy 4:6

February 6, 2012

This is too amazing personally… I’ve been in a self crisis for sometime now and I admit but at the same time I am lost in a way where I am looking for God. I read my devotion today and this was the explanation at utmost.org:

Are you ready to be poured out as an offering? It is an act of your will, not your emotions. Tell God you are ready to be offered as a sacrifice for Him. Then accept the consequences as they come, without any complaints, in spite of what God may send your way. God sends you through a crisis in private, where no other person can help you. From the outside your life may appear to be the same, but the difference is taking place in your will. Once you have experienced the crisis in your will, you will take no thought of the cost when it begins to affect you externally. If you don’t deal with God on the level of your will first, the result will be only to arouse sympathy for yourself.

“Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar” (Psalm 118:27). You must be willing to be placed on the altar and go through the fire; willing to experience what the altar represents-burning, purification, and separation for only one purpose-the elimination of every desire and affection not grounded in or directed toward God. But you don’t eliminate it, God does. You “bind the sacrifice … to the horns of the altar” and see to it that you don’t wallow in self-pity once the fire begins. After you have gone through the fire, there will be nothing that will be able to trouble or depress you. When another crisis arises, you will realize that things cannot touch you as they used to do. What fire lies ahead in your life?

Tell God you are ready to be poured out as an offering, and God will prove Himself to be all you ever dreamed He would be.

How amazing is my God? How He knows what to tell me at times where I am lost. This answers my questions perfectly. I now understand that I have to go through fire (my current problems) to be formed into the person He wants me to be. I can definitely say that God is in the middle of purifying and separating me from my desires and I have to work harder to trust in Him for He is perfect and His will is perfect.

There were times recently where I felt empty, as if I didn’t feel God but I now know that I just have to look harder for Him.