Wednesday, October 10, 2007
pressing in and listening.
hello! hahs. you know
God just works so wonderously=)
while praying, i asked God if i could hear him. to tell the truth, sometimes i wonder if its my voice or God's voice or some random voice in my head. so i'll always ask for some confirmation. Like "God if you can hear me.. say ..hmm.. yes?" hahs. But now i know, when you hear God its hard to explain but
you know that you know that you know that you know that you know that you know when He speaks. amazing! :D and He said: " you already know that
I love you. The Holy Spirit that i have placed in you helps you to talk to me.
I am always here. "
and i asked if the Holy spirit could teach me how to pray again. and he gave me this.
Matt 6:6 "but, you, when you pray, go into your room and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly"
and He showed me a frog and
warned me. i was confused then. but now i know, frogs are:
- Frogs are most noticeable by their call, which can be widely heard during the night or day, mainly in their mating season.
- Their feet allows the frog to grip smooth surfaces, and does not function when the pads are excessively wet.
- All toads have large poison glands
- life cycle: egg -> tadpole -> frog
this means that:
- you'll able to 'hear' temptations especially during your busy moments (and have forgotten all abt God!)
- sin is able to grab you smoothly but it cannot do so when you know what's right and your thristy for God's righteous.
- sin is poisonous!
- when the frog(sin) is at 'egg' stage, sin is actually quite smart even when it so young! do you know that the eggs of some frogs laid out of water can detect vibrations of nearby predatory wasps or snakes(people trying to interfere to help you from your sin) , and will hatch early to avoid being eaten.
- when it is at a tadpole stage, they have this 'tail' to swim around. Tadpoles are highly vulnerable to predation by fish, predatory diving beetles. the 'tail'(sin) makes it noticable and can be stopped by your will (and God's help and sometimes the help of frens)
- when the frog becomes a full-grown frog, it undergoes a lot of changes. they'll no longer have their tail and sin have already become a part of us. it's harder to spot it too.
however, we all know that we have a sin-detector (God) to help us! And his grace is sufficient for us and He loves us nevertheless! so dont let sin grab you today! :D sooooo.. take the first steps to recognise them and dont let it dwell in you because it will become bigger and it's harder to spot. small sins and big sins are the same. they are still sin. let's all be strike to be pure and holy towards God. and hate what God hates. -sin!
amen!
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