Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:16-19)
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En esto se mostró el amor de Dios para con nosotros, en que Dios envió a su Hijo unigénito al mundo, para que vivamos por él. (1 Juan 4:9) Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. (Hebrews 4:1) Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young— a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God. (Psalm 84:3) But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. (Habakkuk 3:2, KJV) This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. (1 John 3:19-20) I quote from the Breaking Dawn Preface: When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so wuold hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give you beloved, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved? In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling. (Exodus 15:13) In America,
Knowing that swine flu has now reached Puerto Rico raises bars on my eyes. Knowing that death(s) are now confirmed wants me to take my hopes off. Knowing that there are 686 cases in Maryland up-to-writing? Lord, we have problems… This is just a reminder that Christ is coming. As a believer, I have a hard time choosing between YEAH!!! WELCOME BACK!!! or NO!!! NOW, I’LL NEVER GET TO DO ANYTHING!! This tells me: will I be able to acomplish anyone of my goals? Praying, I told God about this. He already knows my dreams, so I’ll skip that part. I came to the moment of surrender. Will I want to give up all my dreams, singing, leading, studying, realizing that at every moment God will want to come pick up a holy, clean, special church? No. I told Him No. Then the guilt-o-meter clicked in. I thought that I had denied Christ by saying no. I thought that you can’t say “No” to God, or He’ll smite you with a lightning bolt. Not that I denied Him; I wasn’t ready to give up all my dreams. I am not yet. But it shed some light for me: I can do everything through him who gives me strength. (Phillipians 4:13) God lets us dream, even though we have our personal mountains, flus, death, even financial crisis. God knows, mind you, that He has known us since before our mothers’ wombs (Jeremiah 1:5), and being the most important part of the creation, we also have the privilege to dream with Him, about Him and for Him.
That “no” to surrender my dreams for Him, I have already done it with recognizing Jesus as my God. All of our dreams are His, and He knows what to do. So I CAN be a normal, human being. Where time is running out, He glorifies and gives me time enough to pick up all my dreams. Thank You, Adonai, for my repentance became Your beginning. |
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