Passing Away

It won’t make any difference
how much good you are getting
from this world or how much
you like it. This world as we
know it is now passing away.
1 Corinthians 7:31

Who cares if I have a Rolls Royce, or a mansion with a pool, or a beautiful wife, everything is passing away. This pandemic knows no master, it doesn’t bow down to anyone even to the rich and powerful. So, what must we do? We should repent for our sins and turn to God. Eternal Life seems more enticing than ever in these last days, and we should think more about it. When we die, where shall we go?

Bossy

Don’t be like the people of this world,
but let God change the way you think.
Then you will know how to do
everything that is good and pleasing
to him.
Romans 12:2

Don’t be bossy. What I mean is don’t be like Julius Caesar, and you know what I mean. God wants us to serve others, not the other way around. Don’t compare your position in your company to those who are under you. There must be equality among workers, for we are serving the same Master. We need to realize that we need each other for the Lord’s work. And, each has its own part in realizing our purpose. God’s will be done!

Everything Belongs To The Lord

Everything comes from the Lord.
All things were made because of
him and will return to him.
Praise the Lord forever! Amen.
Romans 11:36

Your house, car, phone, money, everything is His. You don’t own the ocean, air, and land, everything in the world was created by God. The food we eat, the water we drink, the oxygen that we breathe are God’s creation. The truth is we just use them to make something that people need, but the raw materials are not ours. The talents to make things are not ours, but came from God. Our life came from God.

Please God

Let it be something you want to do,
instead of something you do merely
to make money.
1 Peter 5:2

I want to please God in all that I do. Amen. Sometimes, it’s hard to please God when you are working to make money. We all know that we can only serve one master and that is our Lord Jesus, but it’s really hard to resist the temptation to do something your best in order to gain wealth. Our priority, when we do our work is God first and income last. We toil everyday to make God happy, and doing so creates the best result.

Human Nature

Let the Spirit direct your lives,
and you will not satisfy the desires
of the human nature.
Galatians 5:16

It is our human nature to be selfish, for we put ourselves first. In this pandemic, you can see people looting malls for their own selfish desires to have more things even if they don’t need it. We put our family first rather than others because that is our nature. But, God’s Spirit urges us to do otherwise. The Spirit wants us to think for others first, and therefore become selfless. This is what God wants and we should live just like how Jesus lived, which is to serve others.

As Sure As The Sunrise

The Lord’s unfailing love and mercy
still continue, Fresh as the morning,
as sure as the sunrise.
Lamentations 3:23

I try to wake-up early everyday to catch the sunrise. It’s wonderful to see this light rise out of the darkness. I feel like every morning there is hope. Hope to have a good life throughout the day. Yesterday is gone, but there is a new tomorrow.

Trust In The Lord

Trust in the Lord.
Have faith, do not despair.
Trust in the Lord.
Psalm 27:14

Trusting in the Lord is believing that God will help you in times of trouble. People are losing hope, as if there is no light at the end of the tunnel. Have faith, and do not despair, for God loves you and cares for you. He will never abandon those who love Him.

Church Of Macedonia

their joy was so great that they were
extremely generous in their giving,
even though they are very poor.
2 Corinthians 8:2

Here, apostle Paul was sharing about how generous the church of Macedonia even though they are very poor. How they gave as much as they could, and even more than they could. This was the time when they were experiencing great trials of extreme poverty, but still they showed “sacrificial giving.”

We are at the time of great trials, and it is the time when we really need other people’s help. It is also the time when we’ll see who we really are and what we are really made of. Just like gold that is purified by fire. God said in Zechariah, “I will test them as gold is tested.”

So, be ready. We are at the crossroads of our faith. Our decision will determine our path, and I pray that people will finally choose “Life.”

God Of Today And Tomorrow

God isn’t just the God of today,
but also the God of tomorrow.
How To Listen To God
Charles Stanley

We can’t see our future. If we did then we would know what to do. Many rich people would pay large amounts to fortune tellers in order to foresee the future. I believe God chooses individuals for Him to reveal our future in order to give warnings. That is why all of God’s prophecies are about bad things going to happen. So, people would change their sinful ways, ask for forgiveness just like what happened to Nineveh in the book of Jonah.

God is not just the God of today, but also the God of tomorrow. He knows what to do, so we must submit to Him in all our decisions in life because He knows everything that is going to happen. Even when it seems like foolishness, and even when it seems so hard. God will empower us to do His will because He is Sovereign.

Life

Those who try to gain their own life
will lose it; but those who lose their
life for my sake will gain it.
Matthew 10:39

We all want to live a hundred, even though it rarely happens. We fight to survive, and we kill to live. This is exactly how to lose your life. To gain life, we must die for the Lord in order to gain life. We offer ourselves as a daily sacrifice to God. We deny ourselves in order to carry the cross and live.

In this pandemic, front-liners have sacrificed their lives for the sake of others. But, despite of their being exposed everyday to COVID patients, God protected most of them in order to save many. They gained life because they denied themselves for the sake of the Lord.