Lightness of being #37 Thirst ( 5th March 2014)
Dear...
'....But the rebellious dwell in a dry land."
Psalm 67:6
After the exceptional lovely breezy December, weather has taken a decided turn for the worse right about Chinese New Year. The heat is stifling and this prolonged drought has resulted in an increased proportion of Newater added to our reservoirs to make up for the shortfall.
Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.
Proverbs 26:11
Forbid the thought, but truth is we are literally drinking the discharge of many humans.
Is that a reminder to be mindful that we reap what we sow?
'The earth shook; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God...'
Psalm 68:8
And is the dry weather an indictment of our continued disobedience to God Who has blessed our island nation? Is the lack of rain a reflection of the absence of God in the hearts of many in our nation?
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“when I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the Lord.
Amos 8:11
Sinful and lustful thoughts often look for opportunities to proffer itself to "weak in the flesh" types like me. And with technology, the opportunities to hook up with complete strangers for that quick fling is now the prevalent trend. This is new to me, not the dalliances, but the availability of such social apps, for the closeted dinosaur that is me.
How does one flee from the bewildering array of temptations that floods our daily living?
Submit to God, then can we overcome the devil.
'Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in Your law......My soul is consumed with longing for Your laws at all times.'
Psalm 119:18,20
你是我心里的满足，你是我唯一的喜乐
Indeed, as I take time on a daily basis, to dwell upon the words of God in the Bible, in listening to hymns in Mandarin( part of my efforts to ratchet up my Mandarin proficiency), and just in a quiet moment of communion with our Lord, one's desire for the world pales into oblivion, in the sanctifying presence of our Lord, in His Words.
I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary:
who is so great a God as our God?
Psalms 77:12-13
God blesses
Eng Hieang
5 Mar 2014
An after thought - Take time
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east,
they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
Amos 8:12
The world is in a hurry. Or at least evil is. With the Western Governments keenly imposing gay rights on the rest of the world, be it in Arizona or Uganda, and with US big business providing the economic 'gunboat diplomacy,' we are indeed heralding the inevitable return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God is increasingly absent from the public arena and even more so in the privacy of many lives. Imagine a world without God, or rather not just the lack of the Bible, but an unfamiliarity with the good news of the Bible.
I am not referring to the great indoctrination of the communist regimes of past or the present repressive North Korea. But rather, the insipid but very real indoctrination of the present world, especially our next generation.
The internet and its wares have distorted and numbed many to the value system that defined civil society of past, and created the presentself centered law of the jungle attitude.
Indeed, the mark of the beast is already upon us, for many are manifesting the behavior of the denizens of the jungle.
It is not too late to take time with our Lord. It is not for us to turn this creeping tide of godlessness on our own strength But God will. Question is, which side will you be on?
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee:
my soul thirsteth for thee,
my flesh longeth for thee
in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
To see thy power and thy glory,
so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life,
my lips shall praise thee
Psalms 63:1-3
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