Tag: God

Is that you, Lord?

As sons and daughters of God, we are led by the Holy Spirit. This is a promise of Christ when he went to the Father. He guides us to our God-given destination. Don’t make a mistake waiting for one big revelation. Let him guide you on a daily basis. Believe it and make no room for doubts in your mind because doubt is fear based and will cloud your decisions.

When I heard a voice from my heart we sometimes call gut feelings and received an outward sign, I asked, Is that you, Lord? I asked myself what if this is not God’s will. I realized now I have little faith. The faith that I already have need to grow so I’ll have confidence that whatsoever I asked in prayer and believe in my heart, then it shall come to pass. I remember a time when I was desperate for God’s confirmation and God being so faithful sent me a message so huge that I didn’t miss it. It brought relief to my weary soul and washed away my fear, and made me smile realizing He is truly a good God.

Why do we doubt? God promised the Israelites a land with milk and honey. All they have to do was to possess the land from the inhabitants. This was easy for Joshua and Caleb who have strong faith. But the other 10 spies saw threats of giants. Their fear made them forget the miracles they witnessed just weeks ago. They should have the confidence that the people in the promised land are fearful of them because of news about the plagues in Egypt, and split of Red Sea brought by the God of Israelites. You see, God setup our success before we go to our destination. We should be thankful all the time because gratitude stamp out fear. In Deu 31:8 “It is the Lord who goes before you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or abandon you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

How do we know the prompting is from God? If the intentions and results are parallel to Gods promise then it is from God. Ruth was prompted to abandon her idol loving people and go with Naomi and later on married Boaz. That’s a God-given destination. On the other hand, if you are prompted to seduce a married man, then that is not Gods will.

Don’t be self-guided. Allow God to guide you one step at a time and you won’t get lost. Hallelujah!

Heavenly Benefits

We hear it all the time, why me? Why did it happen? Why, why? If you’re not careful, you might start blaming God. Our Heavenly Father has only good things for us. The problem is we are so focused on our problems and living our every day life that we lose sight or worst have no knowledge of the promises of Christ. You have to step away from your situation. Pick up your Bible and discover the good news…and bad news. Yes, there are bad news. You will see many “If you do this, you can have this. ” The good news is…that is the old covenant. God replaced it with a new covenant. We no longer have to rely on ourselves. We can’t do it anyway so just accept Jesus as your lord and savior. What’s so amazing is we automatically become righteous. Many of us including me thought only the holiest are righteous men and women. But no, the minute we accepted Jesus we were elevated to be in right standing with God or in other words we became righteous. And it comes with benefits Psa 103:2-5. Remember when we started a new job, we always asked HR when do we get paid, when our health insurance kick-in, how many vacation and sick leave do we get. In God’s Kingdom, Jesus paid for our soul 2000 years ago. It comes with the whole package of healing, wisdom, prosperity and blessings. Let God do his job of supplying all our needs. You’ll be surprised your wants may not be God’s best. Trust him. You’re in good hands. Till next time.

How I came to love Jesus

I know Jesus since I was a little girl. My parents used to bring my siblings and I to church every Sunday. We are Catholics and participated in all traditions. My favorite is attending Christmas midnight mass. In retrospect, I like it because I knew in short hours I’ll be opening my gifts. This pretty much tell you that my faith in early years was robotic or guided by my worldly desires. In a way, my parents did a great job instilling in me that there is God. After I left my family home and moved to a different city, I always looked for a church.

Fast forward, I was working in a company where it was allowed for supervisors to threaten their direct reports on getting fired, to play blame games instead of focusing on teamwork. Everyday as I walked to the entrance, I prayed to God to remove this boss or myself away from this toxic environment. A series of events happened and lead me losing my job. I didn’t cry. I was relieved that I got an answer to my prayers. I did question, why me and not him. Immediately God showed me the scripture John 3:17 you may not realize what I’m doing but later you will understand. Trust in God. And so I rested my mind and body for a week cause I was exhausted from the pressures in the past months. I cut down all unnecessary expenses in my household. One of them is tv cable. I do have an Apple TV which I bought thru a gift card. In between sending out job applications, I watched YouTube. One day I came across a video from Discovery Ministry explaining Nathan’s vision on end of times. This opens up my thirst for information about end of times. I started watching videos from Christians. It was not enough and I looked for a book I have not touch for a long time. I found my dusty old bible and checked out the scriptures they were quoting. At first, I got scared when they speak about the last days. I am not ready so I watched more Christian teachings and even found a Bible based Catholic Group The Light of Jesus. And as my faith grows stronger, my fear was replaced by my love for Jesus. I developed this deep longing for his second coming. I prayed he’ll give me signs or dreams so I know I am closer to him.

I love Jesus because he gives me peace and hope that all the desires of my heart will come to pass. Everyday I have a revelation while reading the Bible and I want to share it for the glory of our Heavenly Father. This will be the theme of my blog and I hope we will journey together in seeking the kingdom of God. Till next time.