Sunday, May 11, 2008
Our Foundation, Our Destiny

I was pleasantly surprised by this video that was found in youtube. It is a short video showing part of a message titled "How great is our God!" by Louie Giglio. In one section of the video, he talks about Laminin, an amazing molecule in the human body. Through this video, I was reminded clearly that God is the foundation in our lives.

In Colossians 1:15-17, it says ‘He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.’ Truly, our God will always hold us together no matter what situation we are in. There are times in our life that we face hardships in our market place. You might not find favor with people because of whom you are and where you are coming from.

In today’s youth service, we had the privilege of listening to Pastor Tommy Tenney’s message, ‘One Night with the King’ which was based mainly from the story of Esther. The leading character in the story was noticeably Esther, a beautiful Jewish girl whom King Xerxes of Persia chose to be his queen. Throughout his message, Pastor Tenney talked a lot about how favour was the keyword in the book of Esther and how we could gain God’s favour.

I gathered some learning points from pastor’s message:
-You don’t need everyone to like you. Like I mentioned earlier, you might not find favor with people because of what you maybe doing for the Lord. Even Jesus, who is perfect by nature, did not find favor with some of the people that he met. Know that God honors those who do things for Him. One nod from God is definitely far better than the disapproval of men.

-There are some things that you can do to gain God’s favor. For instance, you can use your special talents that God has given you to please Him. It really does help to know what our King likes and what He doesn’t as seen from the story of Esther. Truly, the best way to know what God likes is to read the bible. So would you read your bible today?

- Never underestimate the potential of one encounter. Esther chose to obey God to approach the king of Xerxes even if it means going against the protocol and sacrificing herself for her people. She could have been killed in that one encounter if the king had not raise his golden scepter but nevertheless, her attitude of saying ‘if I perish, I perish’ has showed her approach in obeying the Lord and God honors those who obey Him.

- God has a destiny for me and my destiny is determined by my worship to the Lord. We were created to worship the Lord How I worship the Lord is how I enthroned Him. Worshipping the Lord does not just mean singing songs of praise and worship only. It also includes how we are living our lives, be it spending time with Him or living out a prayerful life, and how we are serving the people in our market place. Do we worship the Lord in everything we do? Do we put God first in all areas of our lives? Do we give our best in doing things for God? Pastor Tommy Tenney reminded us that passion towards God as well as compassion towards humanity are both necessary in our lives. Let us be a ‘Mary’ and a ‘Martha’, to be a God chaser and at the same time serve men. Worship the Lord in everyday of our lives for it pleases Him.

There is no doubt that we serve a wonderful God, may we be the person that God has called us to be…

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