The Safest Place Ever

To be in a place where God puts you is the safest place ever knowing that God is your mighty deliverer despite the outer dangers. One thing I hated about Christianity is the fact that inevitably Christians would suffer. Why do God allow His children to suffer? How could a good God let his children to experience bad? These were some of the puzzling questions I had in mind when I was still a new convert. It's so hard for me to take in the truth that Christians must bear the mark of Christ and that as He suffered, His followers also will suffer. I kept on living within my comfort zone before fearing to go to my danger zone because of the doubts if I could ever endure. But then thank God that in the process of time, He is working on me to make me what I ought to be. I was reminded with the letter of Paul to Philippians in God's Word that talks about remaining to be joyful despite suffering. I have perceived then that the joy of Christians can be found in Christ and cannot be defined through the circumstances we have in this transient world. I have learned to trust God more and more each day of my life and to have a mindset that it's better to die for Christ's sake than to keep a life that is spiritually sick. I like the verse that says, "Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it" (Luke 17:33 ESV).

How I desire to give myself entirely to God. I am praying to be always willing to do hard things for God. I have lot of fears in my life that seem very hard to face and even may take one's life. But then I desire to imprint to my mind that nothing is too hard for God and I am rest assured and fully secured of Him. My godly decisions may seem foolish to the majority yet I believe that God is my company. I know that I can do all things through God's sovereign help (Phil. 4:13). I firmly assert that nothing can separate me from the love of Christ whether by life or by death. I just have to hold my peace in God - having peace of mind and heart - not letting myself be troubled neither be afraid. I may not know what future holds but I definitely know who holds the future. There's no reason to be afraid what this life may bring because God is the ultimate above all things :).

On the Right Track

One very important lesson I have learned this week is that God's will will always gravitate back to you. No matter how you try to escape from what the will of God is in your life, God's plan will always prevail. I have learned form the life of Ambrose how God led him in the path that he ought to follow. His journey was too long but at the end his life was being fully committed  to Christ. The good influence he had from his family had helped him to be a kind of Christian that God wants him to be.

I could still remember the time when I chose to follow my own will and not God's. During my  high school years, I really had a desire to study in a bible school after I graduate. But then when a certain family crisis had showed up, I didn't pursue my commitment to God at that time. I blamed God about the circumstances I had and instead of going to a bible school, I applied a scholarship in a secular school. I thought that God was happy anyway because I was a 2nd-rank passer out of about 300 scholarship takers. But then God stopped me and he didn't let me to study in a secular school. God hindered my plan and after a year, He touched my uncle's heart to support me in my studies in a bible school. I had really thought that I was just dreaming but it's really true and my heart had jumped off, at the moment I have heard that very good news.

At this time, as I can still remember that particular event in my life, it encourages me to keep holding on what God's calling for me is. Presently, I am struggling and it really feels like I am hard pressed on every side. There's a feeling inside me that I cannot able to push through anymore the dream God wants me to achieve. But then on the other side, God is shouting within me that I can do all things through Him who gives me strength (Phil. 4:13). This is my life verse and I really thank God for His presence and always helping me to remember that whatever things I am facing, I have to always run to Him because I am always His and He is always mine. Even though there may be times that I tend to stray away from a godly path, God is keeping me to go back into the right track. God always guides me every step of the way.