i will soar...
i will run...
i won't grow tired...
when on His Name i call
everytime i lose almost all my energy after a whole day's work, it's really comforting to realize the promises we behold from the Lord Jesus.
"He is our strength when we are weak..."
"For the Lord is never weary...His ways are beyond my thoughts..."
"He will NEVER leave us nor forsake us..."
"He has come to bring hope to the hopeless..."
...especially that i know, i am His child; He has given me the right to become a citizen of God; to be included in His Body - the church that i belong to.
di talaga naiiwasan na mapagod sa super dami ng inaasikaso ko, i think God has brought me to a point of realization that being in a ministry could be tiresome, lalo na kung hindi ka spiritually equipped for what God can ask of you to do. kung puro ministry ka lang and you're not backing it up with your personal time and deep relationship with the Lord; you'll drown. you'll be having a hard time catching up with the work God is doing in your life or in your church.
tama yung isa kong friend sa church. mahirap din pala ang ginagawa ng mga full-time workers ng Lord. actually, lahat naman tayo full-time Christians; anywhere we can be a living testimony of what the Lord Jesus has been doing in your lives. yung gusto ko lang i-point out yung mga nagwowork mismo sa churches, yung ministry talaga ng church yung inaasikaso nila. pero un nga eh, para sa kanila kahit na nakakapagod, fulfilling din lalo na't they know they're doing this for the Lord alone.
sa case ko kasi, nakakaramdam ako ng pagod kasi physically exhausting din siya; youth ministry pa man din ang hina-handle ko...siyempre dapat full of vigor ka kasi that's what the young people are mostly described with. i have a strong passion for the young people and i want them to live their lives at an early age for the Lord...gusto ko nakikita sila na ginagamit nila yung energy nila that has an eternal purpose. sayang lang kasi yung ine-exhaust nila kung pointless rin yung ginagawa nila.
so ayun. napapagod ako; dumadating din ako sa point of weariness. ito na nga ba yung sinasabi ko eh....ganito yung nabasa ko sa Heavenly Man. he came to a point na puro ministry yung ginagawa niya kasi nakasanayan na niyang ganun ang gawin niya; though he knows it's for the Lord's Name, napapabayaan na niya yung personal time niya with the Lord. well, sa morning i do read a few scriptures to strengthen and keep my day in line with the Lord's will pero sa gabi...yari...inaantok na ako, nawawalan na ako ng time to do such things. i do read my bible, i reflect on it pero di ko na gaano nakakausap ang Lord. nakakahiya.
the Holy Spirit is speaking to me that at this early stage of my commitment to the Lord, i must make it to a point that i am balancing my life with everything that revolves around me. it's quite overwhelming especially that our youth ministry is enlarging its territory and impartation as well (glory to God).
i believe God has called me in this ministry and i will continue asking our great Lord to refresh me, anoint me, and strengthen me as i walk in His glorious path.
hallelujah! praise Him for His love and faithfulness endure forever!
God's servant blogged @ | 10:32 PM
I LOVE TEACHING THE WORD OF GOD!!!
kanina after ng cell group na pina-handle sakin ng youth pastor namin, i could almost feel my voice wanting to stretch out my vocal cords and scream my heart out that it's a great feeling sharing God's Word to young people. inalis na ni Lord sa heart ko yung hiya...kahit na may sumisilip-silip na tao sa pintuan nung bahay, ayos lang sakin. God did not give us the spirit of timidity and all praises unto Him kasi God is faithful with His Words.
as in nung pauwi na ako sa jeep, gusto ko na talagang sumigaw sa tuwa and i-express kay Lord that the joy in my heart is overflowing. super! truly that what i am feeling right now can NEVER be compared pag tinext ako ng taong nag-iinspire sakin or kahit ano pang iharap sakin na karangyaan sa buhay. don't get me wrong, but, i also love my job. it's like doing the same work of the Lord but in a different marketplace. yung isa kasi, sa church mismo...sa youth; the other one sa hospital...deals with patients wherein their hopes have been deflated.
it seems that God is working on what He has spoken to me. it's a verse that really struck me and the very moment that i read it, i knew it is what God wants me to envision my life with. here it goes:
Acts 20:24
But my life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about God’s wonderful kindness and love.
by the time na nabasa ko for the very first time 'tong verse na 'to, i was just starting to be inclined in handling young people and deep in God's Word. it's like hearing God's voice na parang ito dapat ang maging buhay ko. kaya nga kahit na wala pa akong confirmation from other people, particularly mga pastor sa church namin and other leader, to go to a Bible school, sabi ko sa big bro ko sa church i-train niya muna ako; mentor ko siya kumbaga...ako ang kanyang padawan (Jedi term). haha.
hay. now i realized ang dami pang gustong ipagawa si Lord sa akin. saka na talaga muna yung ibang bagay-bagay jan. madali na yun, kilala na kasi ni Lord kung sino...i just need to put my trust in Him para ma-reveal Niya sa akin according to His own perfect moment. God works in mysterious ways. but for now, ito muna. i need to focus first on my personal spiritual growth and ministry kasi super nagsisimula pa lang akong mag-enjoy gawin ang work of God to manifest His glory to others.
may i find joy and regain strength each day to fulfill His purposes as i continue to press on, keep the faith, and be driven by the love of the Lord Jesus Christ.
God's servant blogged @ | 11:19 PM
hay grabe...spontaneous to promise...di muna literary-ish.
san ba ako magsisimula? ah, lam ko na...
nakakapagod pala mag-trabaho. one fear na talagang pinagpe-pray ko kay Lord is that i won't get weary and bored one day sa work ko. tipong maging routine na lang sa akin na wala nang joy. ayoko ng ganun. kasi i have a tendency to be like that. example yung mga boybands (nung high school ha..kadiri kung hanggang ngayon, ka-mown!) and chinovelas noon (meteor garden addict...as in), super andaming ininvest kong money for that...and unknowingly, i'm putting all of my efforts and some of my major savings just for that! very temporal. walang kwenta. not pleasing to the Lord. eh sabi nga sa Bible, "..whatever we do, whether we eat or drink, do it all for the glory of God." kaya nga yung iba, they do things that they think would make them fulfilled as they reach the end of their lives pero...di nila iniisip kung ano ang mangyayari talaga sa kanila with their life after death - which is the most important FACT to ponder upon. the reality. we do have a choice actually kung san tayo pupunta. if you believe in the Bible, which is God's Word, then i would love to tell you that it stated these Scriptures:
Rom 10:9-10 - 9 For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.
Rom 10:13 - For “Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Eph. 2:8-9 - 8 God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.
di tayo pwedeng magmayabang or magmalaki kay Lord that we did this and that without confessing through our own mouths that we accept Him as our Personal Lord and Savior. it's not enough to believe that amazing truth. we must fully declare this and tell to God straight out that we cannot do all these things alone. we need God. we need Him to rule over our lives. to live a life that is worth pleasing to Him all the time. we may act, think, or speak things that are sometimes out of His ways but His love is so deep and unfathomable...that we can still ask for His forgiveness and yet we can be cleansed with all of our unrighteousness - though we seem undeserving to receive that.
1 John 1:9 - But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong.
isn't He great?
...so i encourage you guys to please...please think about this certain choice. life is short...and death is certain. i'm not scaring you. but what we must think of is our final destination..where we will be spending eternity. lahat naman kasi dito sa earth will fade eh. kaya we should be investing, focusing on doing things na may eternal value. and we must start by confessing with our mouths that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior and that we sincerely ask for His forgiveness.
God said in Rev 3:20 - “Look! Here I stand at the door and knock. If you hear me calling and open the door, I will come in.."
God's death on the cross doesn't end there. salvation to everyone who is willing to receive it is what the Lord would want us to see through that Cross. His love is wonderful. unconditional. He continues to knock on the doors of our hearts, waiting to be entertained and finally have a personal relationship with us. That's what God longs for each of us - to re-establish His connection with us since we were born sinners in this world.
our religion, philosophy, or good works alone wouldn't bring us to heaven. only the Lord Jesus Christ. John 14:6 - Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me."
kaya hindi totoo na walang nakasisiguro kung saan tayo pupunta after we die. it's all in His Word...maybe we have our own reasons kung bakit di natin alam ang mga bagay na'to but, here it is...we have now read this, and we now have a choice.
John 1:12 - "But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God"
automatically we get to become His very own child once we decided to receive the gift of salvation that our Lord has been offering to us ever since He gave His life for us at the Calvary. and with that, i would like to encourage you to follow this very simple prayer and sincerely say this to the Lord.
"Lord, thank You for dying on the Cross for me. Thank You for Your unfathomable love that we can receive eternal life with You in heaven. I ask for Your forgiveness for every sin that I have done and I receive the free gift of salvation from You. Lord, I open this door of my heart and I ask You, God, to let You in and be my personal Lord and Savior. Please rule over my life and I completely declare my full dependence on You. Thank You, Father God for everything. This, I pray, in Jesus' precious Name, Amen."
actually what's great about it is that, hindi scripted and prayer na ito. you can even get the gist of this prayer and gawa kayo ng sarili niyo. please take in mind that God is more delighted when we utter prayers unto Him that really come from our heart. mas ok yun di ba?
thank you for taking time in reading this blog. i know it is not an accident when you read this..or even scan through this entry. lahat may reasons...right now we may feel lost, troubled, worried about anything...to put all those matters in order, we need God. He's the only God that can decide and know things that are best for us - far better than we can imagine.
God bless!
God's servant blogged @ | 11:17 PM
