Hallelujah!
it's so amazing to worship the Lord together with other young people who are also very hungry for His Word. the energy just keeps on going, even if my arms ache because i constantly raise it almost all through out the worship, i didn't mind.
raising our hands to the Lord defines our wholehearted surrendering of our lives unto Him...reaching unto God just like a child wanting her father to carry her. so we can feel comfort. obtain security. know that we're under His wings, safe and sound. be embraced so tightly, strengthen us & wipe away every drop of our tear when despair sets upon us. shout for joy along with us after every victory.
that's how our Heavenly Father is. As we celebrate father's day, nevertheless we should remember the greatest love that we have received from the greatest Father of all generations - Jesus Christ. His love endures, never changes. His love for us today is the same with the love that Noah, Moses, David, & Job have experienced. As honest as it seems, our earthly fathers may once in a while break some of their promises perhaps not only to us, but to the whole family as well; with Christ, His promises are as firm as a solid rock.
we may not in a split second witness His plans for us, but in His perfect timing, with the perfect situation, everything will be revealed if only we will trust in Him. Our earthly fathers may let us go and give us incremental amounts of freedom to do things on our own; but in the case of our Father in heaven, he is in control of our lives. yeah, God gave us free will ever since at the beginning of time but He always redirects our paths whenever we slip our foot on the wrong track. the Lord can do that.
some of you might not feel that you're going easy with your journey right now; it could be a teaching that the Lord wants you to learn, a storm that can make your faith stronger, or simply not asking God to take hold of your life. But then please take in mind: He is the author and perfecter of our faith. God has great, splendid plans for your life and this will all be fulfilled if we totally surrender ourselves, every fiber of our being unto Him, and let Him be the Lord in our hearts...in our lives. Consume ourselves for God's glory. Make the fire burn more for Him. Ask Him for nurturing and preservation of our soul and spirit everytime our faith is being put into test.
The Lord is the only ONE who can change us, hold us steadfastly, and knows every bit about us...if He is accurate regarding the number of the stars in the heavens, how much more the number of strands of our hair? God knows everything about us, i mean, how elaborately can i say that since we all are aware that He created us! if you are caught in the middle of something that you think you cannot get out of or difficulty to make a way through it, He is the Man! Might as well run unto the One Who knows us very well and not to the ones who will give us advices that we only want to hear. Y'know what i mean?
Let's be mindful of every little thing that the Lord has done for us for the past years - ever since we gasped for breath. Be grateful and give praise to our ever-loving Father.
Happy Father's Day!
