this morning i learnt that the coffee served at the other coffee shop across the road isn't too wonderful.
and earlier this morning i read that,
"'My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they do not know how to do good.'" - Jeremiah 4:22
3 things struck me as i read that.
thing number one is that we may be 'Christians' ("My people") and still not know God.
of course we already knew that. this fact was highlighted by Ps Seng Lee and Joshua.
thing number two is that the ppl were addressed as senseless children. meaning they have no direction, no purpose, no feeling. and were naive, immature, ignorant.
thing number three is that they did not know how to do good, but were abundant in knowledge of the evil stuff. which implies that if u KNOW God then ur supposed to do GOOD.
thing number three particularly resonated within me as i looked into myself. and i thought about human nature. somehow we all love doing evil stuff by nature. we all know that if left to ourselves all the cheekynaughtyevil stuff will come out. cheekynaughtyevil stuff like throwing ice-cubes into the swimming pool. or worse.
we all love evil stuff. or used to.
i hope it is the latter.
today pastor cesar castellanos shared that he used to love drinking but after experiencing an encounter with God, he didn't anymore.
he just didn't enjoy the old stuff as before. it was the past. he was a new man.
and i am thankful that, to an extent, i feel the same too.
i don't enjoy the company of secular friends as much as that of my spiritual family.
i used to be tempted to go clubbing, but now i find the thought absurd, almost ridiculous.
ask ourselves truthfully, now:
do we love doing unrighteous things? do we even have the desire for them?
or maybe, have we done it so much to the extent that we have become skilled at doing it?
are we skilled
in lying?
in slandering?
in gossiping?
in slacking?
in glorifying ourselves?
in judging others?
if we want a life transformed by God, INVITE the Lord for an ENCOUNTER. today.
may he REVEAL our inadequacies not to condemn us but to urge us toward Christ-likeness.
get to KNOW God now, lest the day arrives when he says, "i do not know u."
APPLICATION: i will ask the Lord for an encounter or a revelation of his nature daily.
o Lord, i want to know you! do not hide your face and your voice from me, for i truly desire to know you. reveal to me more and more of your nature, for i love you. i will submit to your bidding, and do your good works. search my heart for anything unclean, and tansform me from the inside out. o that i be a warrior for you!
amen.
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