Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Expect the Unexpected



I just had a great church camp. I had learnt many things. So many that at certain sessions of the camp, i was in deep thoughts. So deep that i couldn't be myself for that day. As i looked back on my life, there has been so much time wasted and so many opportunities gone by. Should i have grabbed upon them, I would have done great things which God had planned for me.

Why do i say " Expect the Unexpected?" Many people expect themselves to be successful and influential. Likewise, many Christians expect themselves to be holy Christians and not backslide. In fact, every Christian has this expectation. Isn't this expectation good in spuring us to practise what God has taught and be the "light" that He wants to be in this world? To a certain extent, this logic works. Only in this world.

Once we have expectations, we are bound to encounter disappointments. No one is perfect, sinless. No one taught us to lie, to be selfish, to lust, and these are the signs of sin. Sin is present since the day of our birth. Therefore, we can never be sucessful in getting rid of sin in our lives.

However, Romans 8:2 says that " The law of spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death."

If we continue to expect ourselves to be holy Christians, we are bound to fail. This is because our main focal point on us. Its on me, Jeremiah Teo Han Shen, and not on GOD! So how can i become a holy Christian when my focus is not on Jesus Christ?

We can't understand everything in this world. God had made us imperfectly wise so that we will seek Him for wisdom and establish a relationship. This is what He wants. Lets imagine. God, the highest being to be present saying that " I want to be friend with you." , " I will be by your side always". Even God initiates a relationship with us, so why should we not reciprocate? We can do so by acknowledging that Christ is the Saviour whom God had sent to cleanse our sins and give us a chance to enter the Heaven. Even when the people expected a Messiah to be their King, they faced disappointments when Jesus told them that He will the king of the Heaven and not the King of the world. If they had listened carefully to what the prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah had prohesised regarding Jesus in the Old Testament, they would have accepted. But thats not the case.

Lets not live up to our expectations in life. Rather, lets have the courage to pursue the expectations given to us in the Bible. Only then can we experience God's grace and mercy

Posted by Hans En at 10:39 PM