Thursday, April 08, 2010
Devotion:
Psalm 127: 1
"Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labour in vain
Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain"
Basically this verse taught/reminded me of 2 things:
1.Whenever we do something, make sure God is pleased with it
Humans can build the temple of God all they want,
Solomon could have built 1000 golden temples for God,
but as long as God doesnt dwell in the temple and honour it,
it is worthless as it defeats its purpose.
Why would God not honour the hard work of men?
Well,
humans tend to lose sight of the ultimate purpose time and time again.
for example:
dont you feel that sometimes when you are doing your homework,
you start thinking of other nonsence that has no relation to homework
or improvement of academics?
see, you are sidetracted, you are losing sight of the ultimate purpose of homework.
it isnt about parents, neither is it about for-the-sake-of-it
the true ultimare purpose is to help you improve in your knowledge skills!
likewise,
these men who builds the temple of God might have been doing it for the wrong reason
they might have been doing it to "show" others on how "cool" their religion is
or even to do it because they are ordered/paid to do so.
Remember,
God doesnt only see the actions of men,
but the heart as well.
Like the story of Cain and Abel.
both gave an offering to God, but God only honoured Abel's offering
this is so as Abel did it for God,
unlike Cain who did it for the sake of doing so.
Linking this back to modern times,
okay, maybe we do not build churches due to our young age,
but we do give offering every sunday.
think about this: why do you give offering?!
majority of you may answer: FOD GOD'S KINGDOM,
but does your words reflect your true heart's attitude?!
2. All things are possible through Christ
We are humans, we are flawed.
Thus many times we do rediculous things that God isnt pleased with
As long as God is against your actions, you will not succeed!
Like the story of the tower of Babel.
God was against then, and did they succeed?
No, it was never accomplished,
in fact, God punished them!
Hence, you can spend years building a house,
but without God's support,
it will never be accomplished aka "Good Game"
We are also humans who need God's guidance and protection.
We may see 1km but God sees the entire world at a go.
You may be the watchmen, the "security guard" who watches over the country or city,
but without God's favour upon this nation,
we are equavilent to being doomed.
Psalm 127: 1
"Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labour in vain
Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain"
Basically this verse taught/reminded me of 2 things:
1.Whenever we do something, make sure God is pleased with it
Humans can build the temple of God all they want,
Solomon could have built 1000 golden temples for God,
but as long as God doesnt dwell in the temple and honour it,
it is worthless as it defeats its purpose.
Why would God not honour the hard work of men?
Well,
humans tend to lose sight of the ultimate purpose time and time again.
for example:
dont you feel that sometimes when you are doing your homework,
you start thinking of other nonsence that has no relation to homework
or improvement of academics?
see, you are sidetracted, you are losing sight of the ultimate purpose of homework.
it isnt about parents, neither is it about for-the-sake-of-it
the true ultimare purpose is to help you improve in your knowledge skills!
likewise,
these men who builds the temple of God might have been doing it for the wrong reason
they might have been doing it to "show" others on how "cool" their religion is
or even to do it because they are ordered/paid to do so.
Remember,
God doesnt only see the actions of men,
but the heart as well.
Like the story of Cain and Abel.
both gave an offering to God, but God only honoured Abel's offering
this is so as Abel did it for God,
unlike Cain who did it for the sake of doing so.
Linking this back to modern times,
okay, maybe we do not build churches due to our young age,
but we do give offering every sunday.
think about this: why do you give offering?!
majority of you may answer: FOD GOD'S KINGDOM,
but does your words reflect your true heart's attitude?!
2. All things are possible through Christ
We are humans, we are flawed.
Thus many times we do rediculous things that God isnt pleased with
As long as God is against your actions, you will not succeed!
Like the story of the tower of Babel.
God was against then, and did they succeed?
No, it was never accomplished,
in fact, God punished them!
Hence, you can spend years building a house,
but without God's support,
it will never be accomplished aka "Good Game"
We are also humans who need God's guidance and protection.
We may see 1km but God sees the entire world at a go.
You may be the watchmen, the "security guard" who watches over the country or city,
but without God's favour upon this nation,
we are equavilent to being doomed.
date: 28March, 10.39pm
drinking: liangteh.
eating: nth.
mood: ARGH!.
listening: tv outside
reading: nth.
random: sec 3, term 2 week 2 day 1.