Wednesday, March 5, 2008

From the ends of the earth, i will praise You

yo! Anyone miss me? Sorry havent been posting because have been really tied down with school work. anyways, here's some update, more will come soon since it's school hols next week ;)

Psalm 61

Verse 1-2 are very nice and comforting. From the ends of the earth, i call to You. David may be chased out of his nation, away from the temple of God where he always went to. Which is why he said from the ends of the earth, far away from the place of God. But this is an assurance that not matter where we are, in church or not in church, God is with us and can hear us!

In verse 2, there is also a picture of God lifting us up to the rock with is higher than us. The rock is symbolic of God, stability, firm, never changing... We can find our security and stability when we stand upon the foundation of God. It is also a picture of Him lifting us up to where He is. When we are lifted to Him, we are also lifted from our problems! So cool right. One action, two purposes, to get away from our problems and to get nearer to God.

God promised us so many things and He will make them come true, because He is faithful. We ought to learn to be faithful too. Remember any promises you have made to God? For david, he promised to praise God everyday, something we should learn to do too. When we praise Gd, we can find our hearts lifted from distraction and growing deeper in love and faith in God!

Psalm 62

Prayers can release our tensions in times of emotional stress. Feeling tired, negative, emotional, stress? Pray!

If we trust in the Lord to be our Lord of all, the way we look and live our lives will change. We will have the stability in life. Doesnt mean that we wont face any problems, but it means when problems come, we can stand firm and not fall emotionally, physically or spiritually.

So, let's live our lives for God. The world says to live our lives to build our power, fame, wealth or honour. But will they last? Sadly no. Look at lydia shen, she has $200k? i think. cant rmb, but my mu was saying she left a huge fortune for her daughter. left... u cant bring ur fortune to eternity. And God says, these are not important. What is important to Him is our faithful work for Him, which will last!

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