Strong Enough...?

Revelation. When I am down, I find myself dwelling on my emotions much more than being still before God.  I listen to what my mind tells me more than believing who He really is. I doubt in my heart that He is able to lift me up. I resort to superficial and temporary fixes to cover up the cuts and the bruises, but I am left empty. Exhausted and weary, I run back to the One whom I was made for. Unnecessary chaos. Unnecessary struggle. But God is faithful to envelope me again even if I have doubted His comfort.

I BELIEVE - HILLSONG

VERSE 1:
You are my light
You are my strength
You are my Rock
On You I stand

I lift my voice
I raise my hands
I lift my soul
With all I am

PRE-CHORUS:
In Christ forever I'll stand
I will believe

CHORUS:
You are strong enough
In my weakness
God be lifted up
And I will sing
Lift Your praises high
Lord be magnified
You make all things new
I will believe

VERSE 2:
So, hear this song
Receive our praise
You are our strength
For all our days

We lift You up
Our voices high
In every storm
Let God arise

BRIDGE:
Oh, Your love
Your love it never fails
Your love, it knows no end
Your love will never fail

Oh, Your love
Stronger than my shame
Greater than my pain
Your love will never fail

I will believe.

Hong Kong

I was thinking about how my summer went and just when I was about to fuss over the things that I wasn't able to do, my disposition quickly changed when I REMEMBERED that I got to travel twice. So, what's going on!? Should I complain about forgetting these blessings in my life or should I complain about how I didn't get to check-off some goals on my To-Do List?

Hmmm.

My family and I went to Hong Kong last month. We stayed in Kowloon City, which quite frankly, made me feel outdated. The people in Hong Kong are mad stylish! From cars to bags to shoes, people have their swag on. Just to make you know how people take fashion seriously, some would wear nerdy glasses without lenses! It looks absolutely silly, but from afar, it completes their look! The women, even sales clerks, look polished from head to toe. Sleek and stylish! Their hair, their make up, their style... Who cares if their bags are fake, they look good!

Overall, I enjoyed my stay. I enjoyed eating, walking, the cool breeze, the shopping, and yes, people-watching. The city also reminded me of New York. Times Square and 5^th Avenue to be specific. 

2013

One Word

Priorities.

What should you value the most but have not prioritized?

Sacrilege

Malachi 1:7, 13 (7) “You placed defiled food on my altar. (13) And you say, ‘What a burden!’ and you sniff at it contemptuously,” says the Lord Almighty.

I pondered upon what would constitute as "defiled food" at my Lord's altar and I can count so many things that I've offered to be found guilty of sacrificing mediocre gifts. A surge of conviction came upon me when I read this verse. I imagined myself face to face with God as he tells me how I have forgotten how it is to truly worship Him and how I have reduced His value to a level that suggests that He is not One to be taken seriously. I have given God my time, but the portion of it was the leftover hours of my day. I have given God my wealth, but I prioritized the bills ahead of honoring him with it. Sometimes, things are done, just for the sake of it being done. 

Today at the GDC (Global Discipleship Congress), Ravi Zacharias quoted G. Campbell Morgan in his definition of SACRILEGE. Sacrilege "is at its worse not when taking something that belongs to God and using it profanely,  but when you take something and give it to God when it means absolutely nothing to you."

This gripped the core of my heart. *uuuuugh* 

Has it come to a point when God’s presence doesn’t move me any longer? Has it come to a point when worshipping Him has become a burden to me? Oh dear, be it far from me.

Our time

Our wealth

Our heart

Our passion

Our intellect

Our will

Our strength… God deserves the BEST. Not “defiled” or leftovers, but our BEST.