Your word is a lamp upon my feet, a light unto my path.
There must be something more… there must be more than this… this cannot just be the life that we are living for…
Deep down on the inside, waiting to explode… many of us are on the verge of a tipping point… a position where we will explode into a point where we are all launched into our destiny, a place where we will feel that we are in our element…
Just because we are doing something good or noble now … does not mean that this is the destiny that we are launched too… many a times, we think that we are living out our destiny, but the underlining question is this… whose destiny are we really living for? Is it our own destiny? Or is it the destiny that the Lord intends for us to live in…
No doubt, we can all be successful in everything… bible clearly says that all things are possible to those who believe… this is a biblical principle which emphasize on the power of focus… like the people who wanted to build the tower of Babylon, God said that those group of people are able to accomplish it… and He had to separate and scatter them. These people were successfully on their way in building one of the world greatest architectural feat that humanity had every embarked, only for it to be stopped. Likewise, we may be successful in certain areas of our life, our careers, our ministries, but is it the destiny that God had called us to…
There indeed must be something more to this life than this… I wager probably 90% of all people don’t realized what is their true element and their true destiny is… but there will always be that yearning on that inside, a call for us to move into it… maybe this is what it means, “deep calling unto deep”, that the spirit is awakening us… moving us towards our real purpose today…
Your Word oh Lord… It’s through the counsel of God’s word that we will have a glimpse of what our destiny will unfold… I must persevere as I believe that I am standing at a tipping point… a position where I will be launched into the destiny I am meant to be in…
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
The Way, the Truth and the Life
After eons of non blogging... I havce decided once again to pick up my lappy and begin to write and type down my thoughts and feelings...
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 14:6 (NKJV)
With the cultural mandate and the marketplace teachings of late, I was just reading through the bible, and a thought came in to my mind as I came across that verse.
Jesus said, "I am the Road, also the Truth, also the Life. No one gets to the Father apart from me."
John 14:6 (Message Bible)
While I am certain that many of us would have come across this verse many many times... When I read it again, God revealed to me a new perspective concerning this... This verse like all good sermons, can be broken up int to 3 points...
1. WAY
The way... or what the message bible considers... the Road... This begins to tells us about the path that you and I travel on daily. I'm sure, many times, people ask the question which way would be the best way or which way is the intended way that God wants me to take.
Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
Psalms 1:1
Do not enter the path of the wicked, And do not walk in the way of evil.
Proverbs 4:14
There are indeed many paths in life, some good adn some not so good. And from the above 2 verses, we can see that there are indeed a path for sinners and the wicked. Hence this brings us back to the salient question... How are we then able to kwow if we are on the right path?
Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
Psalms 119:105
The Word of God, will light the path that we will have to thread upon adn walk upon. Not our own human wisdom... not our own human knowledge, but to be so dependant on the multifold wisdom of God. And thrust God that the Way or Road He have for us is the best for us.
You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore
Psalms 16:11
You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.
Psalms 18:36
So we have to place our trust in God, that He will open and show us the right path. The right modules to study, the right job to take, the right move to make... Lean on God and He will show you the way...
2. Truth
What is the truth? That is the Word of God. The Bible is the truth! Many of us know that the word is Logos, but we can't just stop there and be contented, we have to move on to the RHEMA.
That is the question that many of us should be asking... What is the Rhema that you have for your life? What is the message in which the Lord wants you to carry on for this year? For this season of your life?
This is a very central thing, integral to your spiritual well being... that you must have a message to carry and lead your life upon and not walk around aimlessly, with a vision or purpose...
And you shall know the truth, and the truth will set make you free."
John 8:32
What kind of truth will set you free? What kind of truth will begin to release you in to your destiny? If it only the truth that you KNOW! the truth that you EMBRACE! If you don't know it nor embrace it, it is not a truth in your life yet and you are still in bondage... because you have yet to come to a realization of the power of that word.
Only when you have the revelation of the truth, will breakthrough come in all the aspect of your life... as you would be walking on the right path, way being armed now with the right message, revelation and truth!
The way confirms the truth and the truth confirms the way! There will be no mismatch nor will there be a contradiction in this.
3. Life
We all want to come into the saving grace of eternal life. But let us focus today on the life that we all live on earth here today. Many of us are educated have many degrees, post graduate degrees and we are well versed with science. We know that the basis of life here on earth comes from a few key components. But one of the most important components is this thing called light.
Without light many of the things here on earth will be in ruins and without lifth we would be unable to see and perform many of the tasks that we take for granted.
Notice how you can turn on the light but you can't turn on darkness? How then can you make something darker? It can only be achieved by the removal of light source.. then will a place become dimmer and dimmer.
Likewise in the world that we live in, many a times you and I hare today choose to eschew or evade the reality that as Christians, we are to engage the marketplace, to engage the world that we live in.
We all have a responsibility... a mandate, that this cannot go on! We are all armed with the path that we know we should go, armed with the truth that we have to go into the world and be the light that shines!
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Matthew 5:18
To give light to those who sit in darkness adn the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luke 1:79
A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel.
Luke 2:32
"No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts in under a bed, but set it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light.
Luke 8:16
We don't have the light and just hide it... you and I are the ones to go out... not to be selfish, not to be scared, not to be afraid, not to feel apprehensicve, but to go out and shine like never before.
When you shine, you illuminate the path of your friends standing on your left and on your right... They will begin to see that they are walking on the path of sin and wickedness and they will see your path, and they would want to walk on the same path that you do..and subsequently, once they repent and come to know God, they will have their own path, own truth own life and light to illuminate others!
So get off your feet! And start ILLUMINATING!
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 14:6 (NKJV)
With the cultural mandate and the marketplace teachings of late, I was just reading through the bible, and a thought came in to my mind as I came across that verse.
Jesus said, "I am the Road, also the Truth, also the Life. No one gets to the Father apart from me."
John 14:6 (Message Bible)
While I am certain that many of us would have come across this verse many many times... When I read it again, God revealed to me a new perspective concerning this... This verse like all good sermons, can be broken up int to 3 points...
1. WAY
The way... or what the message bible considers... the Road... This begins to tells us about the path that you and I travel on daily. I'm sure, many times, people ask the question which way would be the best way or which way is the intended way that God wants me to take.
Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
Psalms 1:1
Do not enter the path of the wicked, And do not walk in the way of evil.
Proverbs 4:14
There are indeed many paths in life, some good adn some not so good. And from the above 2 verses, we can see that there are indeed a path for sinners and the wicked. Hence this brings us back to the salient question... How are we then able to kwow if we are on the right path?
Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
Psalms 119:105
The Word of God, will light the path that we will have to thread upon adn walk upon. Not our own human wisdom... not our own human knowledge, but to be so dependant on the multifold wisdom of God. And thrust God that the Way or Road He have for us is the best for us.
You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore
Psalms 16:11
You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.
Psalms 18:36
So we have to place our trust in God, that He will open and show us the right path. The right modules to study, the right job to take, the right move to make... Lean on God and He will show you the way...
2. Truth
What is the truth? That is the Word of God. The Bible is the truth! Many of us know that the word is Logos, but we can't just stop there and be contented, we have to move on to the RHEMA.
That is the question that many of us should be asking... What is the Rhema that you have for your life? What is the message in which the Lord wants you to carry on for this year? For this season of your life?
This is a very central thing, integral to your spiritual well being... that you must have a message to carry and lead your life upon and not walk around aimlessly, with a vision or purpose...
And you shall know the truth, and the truth will set make you free."
John 8:32
What kind of truth will set you free? What kind of truth will begin to release you in to your destiny? If it only the truth that you KNOW! the truth that you EMBRACE! If you don't know it nor embrace it, it is not a truth in your life yet and you are still in bondage... because you have yet to come to a realization of the power of that word.
Only when you have the revelation of the truth, will breakthrough come in all the aspect of your life... as you would be walking on the right path, way being armed now with the right message, revelation and truth!
The way confirms the truth and the truth confirms the way! There will be no mismatch nor will there be a contradiction in this.
3. Life
We all want to come into the saving grace of eternal life. But let us focus today on the life that we all live on earth here today. Many of us are educated have many degrees, post graduate degrees and we are well versed with science. We know that the basis of life here on earth comes from a few key components. But one of the most important components is this thing called light.
Without light many of the things here on earth will be in ruins and without lifth we would be unable to see and perform many of the tasks that we take for granted.
Notice how you can turn on the light but you can't turn on darkness? How then can you make something darker? It can only be achieved by the removal of light source.. then will a place become dimmer and dimmer.
Likewise in the world that we live in, many a times you and I hare today choose to eschew or evade the reality that as Christians, we are to engage the marketplace, to engage the world that we live in.
We all have a responsibility... a mandate, that this cannot go on! We are all armed with the path that we know we should go, armed with the truth that we have to go into the world and be the light that shines!
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Matthew 5:18
To give light to those who sit in darkness adn the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luke 1:79
A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel.
Luke 2:32
"No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts in under a bed, but set it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light.
Luke 8:16
We don't have the light and just hide it... you and I are the ones to go out... not to be selfish, not to be scared, not to be afraid, not to feel apprehensicve, but to go out and shine like never before.
When you shine, you illuminate the path of your friends standing on your left and on your right... They will begin to see that they are walking on the path of sin and wickedness and they will see your path, and they would want to walk on the same path that you do..and subsequently, once they repent and come to know God, they will have their own path, own truth own life and light to illuminate others!
So get off your feet! And start ILLUMINATING!
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