Though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food;
.....yet I will rejoice in the Lord'
Habakkuk 3:17-18
In my times of regression, when I momentarily move my eyes away from the Lord, I find myself plugged back into the circuitous highway of this world, strewn with its array of temporal joy and permanent anguish.
Where despair is fleetingly assuaged by the attainment of what the world holds dear, be it material, power, pride or even fruition of prejudice or envy, it is but a hollow victory.
For down in the heart in all of us, there is still this emptiness, where peace of heart and heartfelt joy is ever elusive.
'My doctrine is not mine, but His who sent me....'
John 7:16
As the world continues to search for that elusive definition of what constitutes joy, out there, many are plying their solutions and concoctions as the balm to our many woes.
'Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts'
James 4:3
The world looks everywhere but never to the Our creator, God.
The song, which some might be familiar with "I am the God that healeth thee" is one that is very dear to me.
For it was the first time, after so many years as a believer that I truly experienced 'proof' of physical healing from God.
One fine day, my left ear started to take on a life of its own. Other than an incessant humming sound, slightly softer than that of the cicada, I couldn't hear very much for a few days.
The doctor couldn't find anything wrong with me(no infection, no symptoms of nose cancer, no nothing), except that my hearing on the left dropped dramatically. A CT scan was recommended.
That night, as i prayed about it, as I entered into corporate worship with my small group members, a very dear friend picked this song(which was new to me) for us to sing in supplication to the Lord.
As we sang the words of the song " I sent My Word and healed your disease...."
the humming in my ears ceased inexplicably and as of today, 1 year later, I only had it coming back briefly and on both occasions, when it happened when I wasn't right with God.
The world looks for miracles. They look for physical manifestations of signs and wonders.
God has never failed to deliver, but when He does, is our faith one of temporary awe or is it truly the laying of a strong foundation of our faith.
Today, as in years past, there are many people who believed in God. Yet, many have never truly broke free from the vestiges of their past bondages, present weal and woes, and future insecurities and desires.
What makes you any different from me and others like me who have seemed to have found the source of joy and peace.
On human benchmarks, we are the same, still our old imperfect self.
The difference by God's grace, is that we have learned to be a follower of Christ and God.
Like the blind, we used to feel our way around, relying on our senses and intuition
When God lifted the blindness in our hearts, when we can truly see the world as it is, what was a mish mash of understanding became a stark reality, that the world is truly dark and evil.
God asked us to be the light of the world. But He doesn't expect us to generate the power. He wants us all to look to Him always.
In coming to the Lord in prayer, in reading His word, in our works of love and in our time of praise, we are allowing ourselves to move out of the secular world's circular route to nowhere, and into the source of all grace, God our Almighty.
Often, men turn to God, only when their life undergoes a short circuit, God will allow such sparks in your lives for He loves you too much to let you continue to digress down the slippery road to Hades and eternal damnation.
Why not reciprocate God's love and grace by taking the first step and see for yourselves, why God is real
'Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you'
James 4:8
God Blesses
Eng Hieang
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