Thursday, May 27, 2010

Completely Done



Reflection of the song by sovereign Grace Ministries "Completely Done".
This song reminded me that Jesus did everything that is needed to be done to fix my broken relationship with God. I dont have to do anything else to fix it! I sometimes wonder whether Jesus is really all i need to be able to be safe and the answer is YES he is enough!!!
Romans 3 talks about how we all sin against God and we dont meet his standard (v 23). The punishment of sin is death (romans 5:12) and to show his justice and love, God poured out the punishment on Jesus thats why he died on the cross in our place. We dont have to do anything else to be safe from death because all that is needed to be done is completely done in Jesus on the cross. All we need to do is just to believe in Jesus and his death and resurrection! Does this sound too good to be true?? it certainly is and that is the beauty of grace.

Are you personally convinced that Jesus is really enough??


"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus" (Romans 3: 23-24)

Friday, May 21, 2010

Identity in Busyness

Check out this post about where your identity rely as a christian here. The answer is Jesus! Most of you would know this answer already, but when you say your identity rely in Jesus, do you really mean it?? I sometimes say it without knowing what it really means to me. I would say my identity rely on Jesus but then my action doesnt reflect on it. I would make myself busy with helping out at church, helping my friends, and work hard in my study because all those things give me identity (identity that can be seen by people too). My life would be surrounded with so many things but Jesus.

That post reminded me that i dont need to do anything to find my identity because it relies on Jesus. It relies on Jesus because he bought me with his blood. It is so easy to fall into temptation like this. So busy with all the things that i have to do and eventually shifting my true identity away from Jesus. I know that Jesus died for me to save me, but because im so busy, my work is much more important than Jesus and this is what defines me. If i fail in completing my work, i would mean nothing. My life becomes me centered instead of jesus centered.

I belong to Jesus now, so my identity would rely on Jesus too. It is like the identity that i get from my parents because i belong to my parents.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

100% Satisfaction in Life

"What would you request for if a genie pops up and you get to ask for anything you want but only 1?"

A girl in the bible study said "More Genie." I 100000000% agree :D:D I didnt think of that until she said that. I was trying to think of one thing that will satisfy me for the rest of my life and found one. I would ask to not have to worry anymore for the rest of my life. Comparing my answer with the answer that my friend said, make me change my mind straight away! More genie means more wishes that i can request. Then i thought to myself, if everytime a genie pops up, i ask for another genie, i would ended up with asking a genie and none of my wishes would be granted.

I am still not satisfied with having no worry in life. I am never satisfied and will never be. I am too greedy to feel satisfy in life. I will always look for more and more and more. What can i achieve after i get a pass, move up to credit, move up to dinsctiction then move up to HD...whats after HD?? im sure more HD! (sadly enough i havent been getting HD but i know that when i get HD, i will not feel satisfy and look for more things that is greater than getting a HD in my transcript!)

John 4 says that Jesus offers living water. A water that will make people who drink it never go thristy again. A water that will gives eternal life (John 4:14). The water that Jesus is talking about is salvation. Salvation that leads to eternal life and that can only be receive through Jesus because he is chosen by God and God is pleased with him ( Colossians 1:19-20).

How does salvation gives me full satisfaction in life:
  • Full assurance to have eternal life
  • I get to have a relationship with God
  • It is given to me hence i can stop wondering around looking for something that is pointless
  • It is what i need! To be saved from my sin

Have you find antyhing that give u complete satisfaction yet??
Do you wanna receive the complete satisfaction that Jesus offers or would u rather wondering around seeking out other things that can give u full satisfaction??

Thursday, May 13, 2010

A little reminder

Life gets busy as the time goes by. We started the busi-ness of life from kindy to primary school to high school then uni and then ended up in work where its for a lifetime until retirement age come. If you have been a christian for a while, there is a tendency to forget or ignore the message of the gospel so easily because we are busy with other things. It feels like we have no time for God because we have many other things that needs to be done as soon as possible.

Life has been busy for me these pasts few weeks primarily because i've been lazy with assignments thus i have to do them last minute. With exams coming up in slightly more than a month, life is not gonna get any easier/ less busy either. Too many things going on at the same time and its just so easy for me to forget the fact that I have salvation in Jesus and to live my life around it. Im too caught up with the things i have to do and i forget that my life is rely on Jesus.

Bible study, testimonies and sermons has been very helpful in reminding me that in Jesus i have life not in this world i have life! Last weekend at the women conference i was reminded that i should not be lazy to live a godly life because Jesus already paid for my ticket to escape. I shouldnt want to go back living ungodly life again because im no longer belong to it thus i should live out the new life i have in jesus.

Setting aside a time to reflet on God's word and seeing how he has been working in me is a great way to get me back on track not being caught up with all the things i have to do. Yes i still have to do my job but then my purpose in doing the job is different. I dont live to do my job but i live to make God's name known among people through doing the job i am given.



"Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"
(2 Peter 1:10-11)