The Fear of God

We know God is love and He loves us.

What is God's love?

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.

When a husband leave a wife and said that he has enough and he cannot go on...
Has he failed? or his love failed?

On the other hand, he said he can love another woman. That is true love...

What does that mean?

Like all other values, man can choose to define it anyway they want it as long as their heart perceive it to be the truth. The heart of man is deceitful.

Then how can man ensure they don't fall away and sin?

Only by the fear of God. But then it said perfect love cast out fear. True... but which man can achieve perfect love unless it is God's love. If it is God's love then it is all the above and it will never fails.

With the same measure, it will be measure to you.

How can we expect God to love us perfectly and yet we can love others the way we want it?
How can we always expect God to relent and forgive us our sins and we still continue in the same sin?

God loves those in hell too but why are they in hell?

There is a universal principle at work. Man will reap what they sow. Therefore choose wisely.

God still loves us even when we continue in the same sin. It is never a question about God. It is always a question about us. When we continue in the same sin, it shows we do not love God. If we do not repent when we sin, it shows we do not love God. How can we say we love God and continue to hurt Him and disobey Him?

God's judgement is not how much He loves us, that is His mercy. God's judgement is how we follow Him. Partial obedient is not obedient. Partial love is not love. Love that does not forgive is not love. Love that destroys family is not love. Love that leaves love ones is not love.

How can men be so blinded?
Only by asking wisdom from God and learning His word, can theirs eyes be opened.
Only God's light can penetrate into their dark world.
Only God can help them.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

There is no marriage in heaven

Interestingly, when a husband wants to leave a wife, he told her, there is no marriage in heaven.
So?

Sometimes we forget why there is a marriage in the first place.

Why God established the marriage covenant?

There is no marriage in heaven because the need for marriage is no longer needed in heaven.
We will neither be lonely or there is a need to pro-create.
There is no need to learn to be perfect because in heaven we are already in God's perfect love.

That is the reason why there is no marriage in heaven and not an excuse for a husband to leave his wife...

What legacy you want to leave behind?

Surely we leave something behind when we die whether it is good or bad, significant or insignificant.

What is more if we have people who look up to us for guidance on how to live life especially our own children or the generation of young people who follow us.

Imagine that...

I used to think whatever is the circumstances it is alright as long as God is with us, we will get through it.

Then it dawned on me that there are 2 kind of circumstances. One within your control and another is beyond your control.

For circumstances within your control, you are accountable for it. 

For circumstances beyond your control, you learn to live in peace with it.

I was once told by someone that it is ok for children to grow up in a not complete family. For example what if one of the parent or both die in an accident. Their children still grow up alright. They have God and God will take care of them. It is not a complete family unit and yet they will be fine as long as they trust God.

I thought a long time about this... I know it is a wrong statement but I cannot pin point where is the issue until I learn about legacy.

I was reminded of a friend's death. He died to save another man. He had a wife and two very young children. I thought how would his children grow up? Will they be alright? How will his wife cope with life without him?

Then I understood especially after hearing his wife speak on the anniversary of his death. She said "My husband believed... and he had put his life into..."

 

Wow. What a legacy he left behind for his wife and his children. They are in a circumstance beyond their control and they not only live in peace with it, but in faith and passion in what he believed in. His children will grow up richly bless because of their father's sacrifice for another man. They will live in favour with God. Yes! They will be blessed.

Compared that with the above statement from a man who choose to walk out from his marriage...

I learned that circumstances within your control, you are accountable for it. The choice you make will have the consequences and everyone who loves you will bear the consequences.

God said it so clearly in the book of Malachi and yet...

I too believe God is Just, Merciful and Faithful. For the man's children, God will care for them and protect them against the consequences of their father because He is faithful even when we are faithless. But woe to the one who cause such circumstances to come through...

What a legacy? How would you want to leave it for others especially your own?

When we said we believe God is Able and Nothing is impossible with God and yet choose not to walk in that faith... how would our children believe us?

Instead of focusing on God and what is in God's heart, we focus on what we can and cannot do from our own hearts... 

We need to learn to walk our faith even the seen world does not seems to improve because what matter is the unseen spirit world for God is Spirit.

My pastor said it so right. Start Strong, Finish Well...

Remember to finish well. At the end of the day, it is not this life that matter but the eternity life with God.

Learn to put God above self.

If you are being told your purpose in life during birth... how would you view life?

Have you ever wonder, why you are not being told during birth what is your life purpose?
It would be easier for God and definitely easier for us as we will live life according to His purpose from the start.

Why then we are not?

I believe that is because of men's free will. Each of us are given free will. God valued our free will.

If God wants us just to follow Him without question and choices, we will be created differently. But we are created in His image. Why is there a tree of knowledge good and evil in the Garden of Eden?
Coincidence?

Life is about how you journey with God. God will not violate our free will.

In this case, we are responsible for our own sin. No one can cause us to sin regardless what is the circumstance. In every circumstances, we have choices. The question is are we willing to make the choice even to the point of death...

A lot of people including me will think, I can make that choice when the time comes...

The truth of the matter is.., I may not know. I have seen people fall and pick themselves up but I also see people fall away and never come back. I am not talking about those who are weak in faith but strong in faith and yet...

We will never know until we come to that point. I only pray that we will continue to fight the good fight of faith. There is no such thing as once save, always save.

Heaven is real and so is hell.

God loves everyone even those in hell... why then people are still in hell?

Most of us in one point or another will counterfeit God. We tend to remember God as merciful, loving and forgiving. Yes. God is all that but God is more. He is also just, holy, righteous. God hate sin.

Therefore live life pleasing to God. Will it to yourself everyday if you have too. Daily confess your sin and live a holy life because your God is holy.