To fear God is to believe God.

To fear God is to believe God. To believe God is to obey Him.

So if we do not obey Him, it means we do not believe in His words or His promises. If we do not believe in His words or His promises, why would we fear Him?

When we say we believe in Him, what do we mean? Do we believe certain things about Him, about what He said or do we believe in all that He said?

If we believe in Him, we believe in who He says he is and what He says he will do. The more we believe in Him, the more we believe in who He is and what He says he will do. The more honour, respect and reverence we will give to Him for he is so great and awesome. The more assurance we get to trust in Him and to follow His instructions and ways.

Initially when I thought about the coming church camp theme, Heros, I thought what can I learnt from the Heros. There is always something to learn but how is that applicable to me. Not that I am godly but rather what can I really benefit from these teachings.

Incidently I was reading a book called "The Fear of the Lord" and in this book, a number of bible characters are mentioned and commended for their revere fear for the Lord. And deeper insight are given to how these heros' deeds reflect their fear for the Lord and their desire for His presence.

One example is Moses. He denied royalty and chose to retain his identity as Israelite. He obeyed God to perform the miracles and led the Israelites out of Eygpt. He chose to stand firm to his calling despite of the complaints and insults from his people. He would not want to be away from His presence (Exodus33:15), he rather not go to the promised land if God is not going.

I have been praying to have breakthrough in my fear for the Lord and this book inspired me to learn from these Heros in the bible. I am sure I can learn from them in this camp and now I am really looking forward for the rhema word that He will speak to me thr this camp. =D

"How happy are those who fear the LORD-all who follow his ways! You will enjoy the fruit of your labor. How happy you will be! How rich your life! Your wife will be like a fruitful vine, flourishing within your home. And look at all those children! There they sit around your table as vigorous and healthy as young olive trees. That is the LORD's reward for those who fear him." Psalms 128:1-4(NLT)

Do you fear man?

If you desire the praise of man, you will fear man. If you fear man, you will serve him- for you will serve what you fear.

The seeds among the Thorns

Has been procrastinating this blog for a long time. My excuse is no time to go online to update blog. haha typical excuse.. but I have time to go online to read comic!!!

Anyway I shared this with my cg before. God spoke to me through this verse.

"Other seed fell among thorns that shot up and choked out the tender blades so that it produced no grain" Mark 4:7

It speaks clearly from the verse that if the spiritual seed is to grow among the thorns, it will bear no fruit. Fruit here could mean fruit of the Spirit- love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self control. We will not have these lasting fruit in us if we are choked up by these thorns. In simple terms, this could be the hearts of worldly christians. They still do christian activities but their heart are choked with thorns.

These thorns could be distraction, worries, addiction, negativism etc that we have. It's seed may appear harmless at first but it can grow to something thorny and choking in our heart. So we have to be careful of what we are sowing in our heart.

What seeds are we sowing in our heart? Will these seeds grow to be like thorns or will they grow to bear spiritual fruits? With the thorns, there wouldn't be space for spiritual seeds to grow and bear fruit.

What inputs are we allowing ourselves to receive? What habits are we cultivating? Are they beneficial, are they destructive or distracting? What are our values and priorities in our lives, are they thorny?

In order for spiritual seeds to grow better and bear fruit, we have to remove those thorny plants rooted in our heart. It will be painful and difficult. We need God's help to remove them and we have to replace that leftover void/space with spiritual seeds or else other seeds will take over.

We are recognised by our fruit. So are we thorny or fruitty?