Friday, March 07, 2008

Have i told, you lately, that i love you?

Have i told you baby, that i do??
You filled my heart with GLADness (<-- yea yea :s Filled my heart with GLADYS -_-)
Take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles yes thats wat you do.....

XD its an old song with duh lyrics..however, its been a reminder for me about my God! Recently......

It begins on one night while i was in my room. This song then came up to my head. Personally, i kinda like the first line. I thought of how i would say it to someone whom i'd loved ( O you know -_- future plans bout how to do sweet things to ur wife :P i gata have some tricks up my sleeve!)
Then i heard God spoke to me "Son, when was the last time YOU told me that??"
I think... and i Thought HARD...-_- REAL HARD....i cant remember honestly :/
i will ALWAYS tell Jesus how much i love him everynight b4 i sleep when i was younger. Recently, its been so little that cant remember! I thought God and I have a Love affair!! WHY is it such a big deal? The CORRECT answer is because of the 1st commandment.
Mine is this, Its because i love my Lord and my life is in him, around him and about him. Now, if i Do love my King then why the slackness in the expression?
I repented because i took him for granted.

My beloveds, i post this so whomever read may remember the LORD. Be not like me who need to repent of depriving love unto our Lord but check ourselves always! that we always give him our utmost affection :) How? well, OTHER than telling him, these are the few general things i've found that kinda guide me to loving God.

John 14:15 Jesus said "If ye love me, keep my commandments." see John 14:21 too
This 2 verse are quite self explanatory yet this is not to be mistaken as works=favor but its a measure of your love. "Obedience over sacrifice" is the phrase. It aint matter how much you do for God ( sacrifices ) but how much you actually obeys him, his word, choosing him over your will. Obeying leaders even when its tough, not going after that guy/girl, talk to that Guy, DO this Do that, is it all God based OR you based? If Jesus is not LORD then his NOT at all! Does ur life show that you love God? when is the last time where God DIRECTED you and you OBEYED? OR situations happen n you do the "Jesus" thing. Your life as a sacrifice unto God. Do you Love Jesus So much as to Obey him? Let not God be near our mouth but far from our hearts.

The other i hold dear is this verse Psalm 25:14 " The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him and he will shew them his covenant." The word "secret" implicates "intimacy". Things that not EVERYONE will know. But God only tells them that fears him. It means by Loving AND fearing God, we draw nearer to him. You maybe familiar with James 4:8 "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you." wonderful promise! means God moves ten steps when u move one towards him! but check out the 2nd part of the verse " Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded." God will not tolerate sin nor someone or thing who can competes with his Lordship over ur life. He will have all or nothing. When u sang, Take it all, DO U realise wat it means? Or ur just a Singing Zombie? Let our praises be real unto God and not fake. Sincerity is one thing, but the fruits thereof is obedience unto God, which is the summarised explanation of The fear of the Lord. I take Psalm 25:14 as a reward of my "drawing near to God". My reward? The Lord my King! Jesus^^

These are the certain guidelines i live by to draw near to God. To know how to worship and love him. Yes there is more but i don have space now do i ?? Find out from God yourself ^^ Why is it impt to know HOW to worship him? Look up 1 chronicle 13:7-13. The pips of Israel thought they were doing the right thing! they even dance n praised God wholeheartedly YET they didnt know God wanted specifically that the pips carry the ark of God with poles instead of a cart. In the course of protecting the ark from falling off the cart, a non levite, Uzza was stuck dead by God. God was pissed. From a outside View, God would be blamed yet look! They people of Israel did not FIND OUT what God's way was and didnt do it, Which resulted in them profaning the holy God thus in short, they sinned against him. Think about, Does it apply to you? when you do all the christian things but you dont know God nor his ways? as it shows, ignorance will not save you from Judgement. Be careful beloved, you maybe living a lie of "loving" God when ur not. That is dangerous cos you may miss the rapture.

Lets us remember that we wont be perfect till we see the face of our LORD, so if u have a hiccup on the way, don kill urself. Those who are in sin, know that the fact that ur still alive is the fact that God wants you to get that sin out of you. So that he can bring you to another level with him. :) know that the grace of God will strengthen you to move on and try again. However, know that Grace ( NOT CHONG) do not excuse you from Judgement. The Lord will see your heart and understand, sometimes, you don needa try to put it in words. When i cant describe, i just lean on his chest and rest :) n pout..n cry... sometimes..drool... :/

The question then come, Have you Shown God lately that you love him?
Don limit ur time, let HIM decide when do you exit his presence.
If u dread talking to him, don do it. If u dread reading, don do it. No one's forcing you to love him :)

Jesus loves you dearest.

With love,

Silas of Almighty ( shaddai ).

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

THANKS! I needed this :)

11:51 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

oh my goodness. future pastor! haha. but seriously, you're good man.. you have my respect! all hail silas! hahaha. thanks for these words brother. ROCK ON!

9:37 PM  
Blogger Silas.T said...

Wow! thank God! i prayed hard that it will be of his will and that it will be a blessing to someone out there.. God answers prayers! :) as usual :)( no suprise since our God is alive :P )all credit goes to God as he contributed the most xD

1:08 AM  

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