Wisdom

"My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding,
and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
He holds victory in store for the upright,
he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones."
Pro 2:1-8

Wow

posted by iambrianfu [ 5:00 PM ] |

Addicted to Christ.

My walk has been full of ups and downs. Each time I thought I'd stray away, I was being drawn closer. Like a lesson that was constantly being retold. Christ was patient and continued to unravel the epic novel, the story of myself to me. It's confusing and never easy. It's not easy because it's just so hard for this finite human mind to comprehend God's graciousness.

People who know me probably hear me say this many times over. Man is sinful. I'm guilty of trying to 'closet' Christ. By that, I mean that I put Christ in a box, only to take Him out on happy days. When things turn rough, He's back into the closet again. I think i'm just too caught up with the Singaporean form of Christianity. The pragmatic, Sunday-going form. Can you believe it, people just go to church to network. What is this, a marketplace?

"In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, " Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!""
John 2:14-16

So back to my Singaporean Christianity. I wouldn't say it's wrong. It's the the whole social make-up. People need to earn money, to get rich and raise children. They need to get to work at 9 and get home at 6. They need to get the children to school. They need to visit their parents on weekends. No time for other things.
Wanna go church this Sunday? No, cannot, busy.

Busy busy busy.
But exactly, what are we all busy with??
I'm busy too. I CAN be busy. but what for?

Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

This is the second time I'm seeing this verse no. You cannot serve God and Mammon. To tell you the truth, I'm kinda confused. Where does the Prosperity Message that I'm so caught up with fit in.

TBC...

posted by iambrianfu [ 3:36 PM ] |

As per the biblical letters, I guess I'd like to give thanks to God for providing me all the opportunities. It's awesome, and you'll never know how bad your life is till God shows you the bigger picture in life.

The people I meet, the connections, it's almost a fairy-tale. I remembered one Wednesday evening when I was so weary and had to go for small-group. We were sitting on the floor gathered in a circle. Rebi was going through a ppt slideshows. Of images. I remembered a zoomed-in picture of a citrus fruit, a seatbelt, a pencil-head...

The point is.. we only see the microscopic elements of our lives. After a couple of courses in philosphy and countless hours the last three semeseters sitting in my room pondering about the meaning of life; i've come to a conclusion. That human knowledge is constantly evolving, and God is the constant. This is so darn TRUE! Reminds me of the easter celebration where we were talking about Truth, Knowledge, God, Epistemology.

In logical fashion, I conclude that God loves me. (so much for discrete mathematics)

Now now... as I pound furiously on this trusty old keyboard. I can say that God has used the unhappy events in my life to show me how much he wants to use me. I just feel like a gazelle leaping out of a trench. I've nothing to lose now. It's all for God... my mom probably thinks im crazy. But what the hell? do I care? God's gonna touch her some day. And I know it..

I just feel so empowered this summer. Keeping myself occupied and meeting people who matter to me. I guess I dont spend too much time reflecting nowadays. I've been through that phase. It's about DOING things. To be active and not passive. To be engaging and to do things on the snap of the finger. That's how people are empowered, that's how we get things moving, that's what the boss wants, that's what I like to see, so that's gonna be my creed. It keeps me motivated too.

I thank God for the friends I've met. People who have rubbed both positively and negatively on me. These people are just the testimonies to my beliefs, and the truth in the Bible, albeit from my micro perspective. Then again, I dont think i'm wrong to justify these a posteriori beliefs. And if you want IN, I'm more than happy to guide you along and be your friend.

Join the Jesus club. It's the best fraternity with extensive global alumni. =))
And i'm serious.

I'm looking forward to Monterrey this weekend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn28aGYytxs

posted by iambrianfu [ 3:59 PM ] |