Day 10 of Reading the Bible: When I was in college, I felt like an outsider because I was an outsider. I went to a private college where most students came from very well-off families. I remember my friend Ike, who sat next to me in some of my classes, had over $30k in his checking account. I saw his ATM receipt. That was back in late 80s. At that time, my fathers life savings has dwindled to not much with no job and 3 kids in college. I heard that Ike inherited about $8-million form his grandmother. Obviously, you can see the contrast here. Writing these post are not meant to tell you how much better I am doing because I am a follower of Jesus Christ. These are meant to show you that life is a journey and I am being purified everyday. In the presence of God, I learn why people without God seems to be having the material blessings that I want from God. When I enter His holiness, I learn about the truth. The Lord disciplines the one he loves. That does not mean that I have to be poor to be a Christian. It means that worldly things are not the goal of my relationship with God. Not that there is anything wrong with worldly things :-). If you have them, praise the Lord. What the goal for my life? To be more like Christ everyday. I have countless blessings and a ton of victories but they are not the evidence of my faith. Faith does not equal spiritual, physical or any other stuff. Someone said sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. By the way, thats my geek self getting in this post. But seriously, sufficiently disciplined Christian should be indistinguishable from Christ. So I am happy to report to you that silver and gold have I none. But such as I have, give I thee. I have a bit of Jesus Christ. I am trying to raise you up if you are a cripple or you need healing. And God is adding more discipline in me everyday. And the disciplining process hurts a bit on someday. Not everyday but yes, on someday, it hurts a lot. My brother in Christ, Andy Firecharger said, the sickness and the enemy will listen to your command when it is difficult for them to distinguish you from Jesus Christ. So how will we be judged when we stand before God? I think He will judge us on our faith and the content of our Christ character. He will say Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. I have been careless about the small amount that I am responsible for thinking that I should be given bigger things. Thats a hard and painful lesson for me. I guess, as I mentioned in previous posts, our small stuff are not small and our big things are not big for God.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 05:53:04 +0000
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