North C: Like a CHILD, Like a CHAMPION

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Recognizing His Identity

I went online for a few teachings and I thought it would be good to share it with you all..

You know, it's kinda linked to what Pastor Jeff had said last evening during prayermeet and toay, during service. When we're facing problems, more often than not, we ask God to take away the problems, or decrease the level of intensity of the situation rather than asking God to 'level-up' our Faith, Courage, Trust and Reliance on Him.

As soon as you've made the pact with God to serve Him and extend His kingdom, Satan is already scheming and planning on how to make you fall flat on the ground. People may start to not like you, journeys will seem to be so far, dreams are gonna appear to be impossible to fulfill, goals and ambitions are gonna seem like it's out of reach. Then we'll begin to ask God ''Why? Why, of all people, why me?'' .. Then, when we fail, we tell God ''I told you so, God. I told you I couldnt handle it. Why did you send me here? I told you I wouldn't be able to pull through'' instead of taking responsibilites of our faults from our failures.

All of us escape from problems most of the time and unknowingly or knowingly, prefers to maintain and stay in our comfort zone. But the truth is, 'Comfort Zone' is never where God wants us to be. He calls us OUT of our comfort zone. The reason why we're alive is simply 'cuz God is just not done with us as yet and He's gonna pressurized you in many ways to move forward and get going.

We get disgruntled and complain of the absence of God when prayers are not answered rather than focusing on who God really is. Many times, we're just so satisfied with our own 'lil sand pit when all along God had wanted to bring us to the beach.

Seriously,
magnifying the problems doesn't help.
worrying doesn't make things any better either.

For me, I'll choose to just shut up and follow His ways.

-Ariella Joan

North C wrote at ;; 5:13 PM