Skip to main content

Are you a soldier of the Lord?

Image
By
2 Timothy 2:4
"No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier."

Sometimes I fill my life with too many little things and soon to realise that I have no time for Christ. However, I discover that if I am willing to allow Christ to have the first place in my heart, then all these things will fit in neatly by His grace. I am always encouraged by this verse Matthew 6:33 "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

Reflection:
Am I available to God anytime? Can He mess up my plans without me becoming resentful? Am I willing to give up the right to control my schedule and allowing God to interrupt it whenever He needs to? Do I know Him as the "Elohim", that there is nothing going on in my life that God is not aware of?

He is sovereign over all things . I must learn to see interruptions as divine appointments for ministry and are happy at every opportunity given by Him for me to practice serving.
Labels:

Comments

  1. jean fongNovember 19, 2009 at 1:34 AM

    Hi Iris, this is something quite a no. of people struggle with. Time is not enough - it seems. Sometimes the 'godly' things we do also rob us of our time with Jesus. We must, in our own way, make time for Him alone.

    ReplyDelete
  2. SarahCityNovember 19, 2009 at 7:45 AM

    Hi, Jean,

    Now I have learnt and still learning to take one step at a time ..

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Idle Word

By
Matthew 12: 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. In the past, whenever I read this verse, I am very much afraid because I am always guilty of saying many worthless words. However, now I began to see this verse in a different perspective. This verse is meant for our protection, a reminder and also our guiding principle in the way we talk and relate to people because there are consequences in our spoken words. In Proverbs 18:21 we see that Death and life are in the power of the tongue. There is power in our words, it may either bring life or death to the hearer. The Psalmist also knew there are consequences in men's spoken words and thus they sought God's help:- Psalm 141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. May this be our prayer : "Let my speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that I may know how I ought to answer every man. Col 4:6
1 comment
Read more

New lawyer Darren Tan once spent 10 years in jail PUBLISHED IN ST ON AUG 25, 2014 11:47 AM

By
I love to hear testimonies of God's transforming works in a person's life.  It encourages me & I hope when I post it here, it encourages you too!    Mr Darren Tan with his proud parents - Mr Tan Chon Kiat and Madam Ong Ai Hock. The new lawyer changed the course of his life while he was behind bars.  BY CHANG AI-LIEN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Darren Tan, 35, is finally a full-fledged lawyer. He reached that milestone yesterday when he was called to the Bar during a mass ceremony at Nanyang Technological University. It was a far cry from his shaky start in life when drugs and gang activities led to over 10 years behind bars and 19 strokes of the cane. "This is the culmination of what I've been working towards for the last 10 years," he told The Sunday Times. "It's like waking up from a dream and finding out your dream has become reality." His life of crime began at the age of 14, and he was in and out of prison for offences that ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Doing the work of God

By
As Christians, we desire to please God and would like to do the work of God. However, we may be very busy doing the so called “works” and missed the main point and all the so-called works will not be counted in His sight. In John 6:28 The multitude also asked Jesus the same question, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” In effect, Jesus is revealing to them that there is only one "work" that God now requires and without which no "works" are acceptable in His sight. This work is to take His gift - to believe on His Son. v29 impressed upon me deeply that the work of God is actually all about Jesus Himself, believing in Him whom God sent. I need to live by believing, by receiving, by appropriating God's gift of Christ, in regard to both His person and His work on my behalf. Everything we do must always be in Him, through Him and by Him. Apar...
2 comments
Read more