The right to do something, doesn't mean doing it is right?

It is interesting that we are living in a world where self-rights are very important.

Have you heard these statements?
It is my right!
I have the right to do whatever I want.
It is between me and God, who are you to tell me what I can or cannot do?
I have the rights to clean air, to education, to my expression of my opinions.
It is my right to die whichever way I want.

And the classic of all, Jesus came and die for my sin, I can live the way I want because I have already been forgiven... He understands. There is no sin He cannot pardon. Jesus has free me and I live as free man... who are you to judge me!

The truth of the matters, I once believe all that. I believe Jesus paid for my freedom therefore I am no longer under law but under grace. He will understands what I am going through, therefore I am permissible to do whatever I want in the name of the truth.

Interesting enough, that my salvation begins when I saw this statement:
God is Love.

I asked Him, God? Who are you? You are love? What does that mean?
Imagine seeing that statement since you were 10 years old and kept seeing it almost everyday on the way to school. I was curious who is this God? And He pursues me... Imagine that a God who pursue His creation. Amazing....

I told God, why should I surrender my life to You? What will you do for me? What can you give me?
Talking about lack of knowledge :-P this is really *tsk *tsk *tsk..

But He is gracious and merciful, He promised me that I will live life to the fullness. I will not live in regret and He will never leave me nor forsake me.

I take that literally and live life so proudly. I am my God's daughter, who dare to touch me...
:-P

I wake up everyday eagerly anticipate what lessons I will learn today... I begin to neglect people and pursue God in the way I think it is right... people are too troublesome. Full of problems... why they cannot seek God on their own? Why they always need to be prayed for?

God answers my prayers, gives me revelation before things happen. Warning and forewarning before certain event happens. I struggle and I fight with God for the things I think is good for me... I use scriptures to answer Him. *Talking about using knowledge and use it to our advantage even deep down knowingly that words come from God? Really ignorant to the max......

That is me. That is my right in God... so I thought...
I settle to pursue my education and fly high... it never cross my mind to build family. I settle to conquer the world with God :-D  * the reckless youthfulness...
I already have the image of who I want to be... I am not afraid of hard work, just live life to the fullness. I really thought that is the way to go... it is unfortunate for me or rather fortunate for me, that God thinks otherwise...

Today, with the situation that I am going through, I told God, you see... this is the reason why we should not put hope in man... You should not punctuate my life like this? What for? This is the promise You gave me? Life to the fullness? Which part? I already prayed and asked You, Lord if it is not your will, do not let me go through it when I am 22 years old. Is it because I am disobedient that you let me walk this path? Every major decisions I make, I pray and ask You, You answered... Why?

God just reminded me again the statement that started it all....
God is Love.

Something struck me deep within.... suddenly there is a deep revelation within my innermost being...

I can only smile and thank God. It is amazing how God works...

If I am god, I would have kill "me" so many times in the name of truth... It is good that I am not god.
If I am god, I would have not bother with "me"... don't even talk about salvation.
If I am god, I would not have love "me"... and even create me.

What is love? When He first formed me in His thought, He has designed me to be who I am in Christ, taking all the risks of who I can turn out to be and yet patiently guiding and loving me all the way till I reach where I should be...

God is Love. Yes truth is important. Because Jesus answered "I am the way and the truth and the life".. But what is truth? if it is not done in love....

Despite my circumstances, I thank God, I still live a fulfilled life because now this life does not depend on others and it does not depend on circumstances... it depends on my being.

When we meet God face to face, He will not ask us how important we are in the world or how much good work we did for others but rather individually who are you in Christ?

It has and always be.... about being... about who we become in Christ.

I thank God that He did not give up on me when others do. Because of that reason alone, it is worth living.

Get our perspective right, align it to God's perspective.... You will see the world in a whole different way.

I begin to love people, they are no longer troublesome... they are souls so loved by God.
I begin to learn to forgive those who hurt me... that is a process I am so convince that it pleases God :-D
I begin to pray for my enemies that they should choose life rather than death... that God of love will awaken them from within and they receive word of revelation from God. That I truly believe is love from God.

I would like to correct the title of this posting as below:
The right to do something, doesn't mean doing it is right if it is not done out of love.
Do not love like how the world love, love like God.

So blessed to be alive again :-D

It is indeed a fulfilled life, I am witness to it.
Daily I will wake up and find myself learning new things again from God. This time I am not alone, with me are 2 young souls that God placed under my care so that I can demonstrate this principle to...

*Stress.. in a way. I don't always understand ler....
But I have faith in my God, He will never leave us and forsake us even if others do.

I am excited to learn to bring up a generation that focus on love for God and for souls despite any circumstances with GODLY love which will never fail.

They will never forsake their love ones and will not depend on their own feelings but rather on promises of God.
*WAH..... stress ler.... Holy Spirit please lead me. I need all the wisdom to do this right.

Why I feel a test is coming? *sweat....

This is God's way, after learning, there is a test, pass the test with flying colours then continue learning new things... fail the test... learn and resit again!!!  Thank God, we have Holy Spirit to teach us, the best teacher :-D

Have faith in God means have faith in mankind... regardless how the world turn out to be and how hard are the circumstances that life presents to us, know this...Jesus said in John 16:33 (NIV)

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world".

We are over comers in Christ... and the promises are in the book of Revelations.

"He who overcomes...." focus on that and live life to the fullness.

Amen!

Learn to suffer well...

Is it true that Christian does not suffer well?

Are we under the notion that Jesus came to give us life and life abundantly therefore we do not need to suffer?

Interesting isn't it. How we can be deceive that when we suffer we are not in God's will. For He is love therefore He will not allow His children to suffer but always be happy.

Are we that delusional?

Even Jesus came to do the will of the one who sent Him. He has a purpose to fulfill so are all of us.

Having said that... what actually happen when we suffer?

We grow into maturity.

We grow from someone who only know how to take take take from God into someone whom can understand God's heart. Our hearts will break when God's heart is breaking, what He is concern about, we too will be concern.

This is how we know we have grown and how we love Him when we choose to walk through suffering in obedience. When we be better instead of bitter.