You, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long? Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
Lamentations 5:19-22
To have lived in this time; where the sins of our fathers would be our punishment. It must've been so hard to live during this time where God's blessings were absent because of the choices of our fathers. But yet the people still turned to a God who was silent to them. They desired for a relationship they knew they could have based off the elders, prophets and other Godly people.
This day in age we are so spoiled. Jesus made everything right by His sacrifice on the cross but we take advantage of it and get fat off our own selfishness. We turn grace into our privilege and soon enough we'll lose it completely due to our greed. This glimpse back into history reminds me that we absolutely need to cherish and desire a relationship with our Father. Once we are stripped of every little thing we have we'll see it clearly.
Do I cherish Jesus this way? If not one more beneficial thing were to come my way would I still call every circumstance a blessing? Where is my heart when things bad happen, especially when they are unfavorable? To see the condition of my heart, all things that make me happy (not to be confused with joy) needs to be stripped away. Only then can I see myself the way God sees me.
I just enrolled at Trinity Seminary yesterday and I can count so many favorable things that has happened. But when God becomes silent will I be able to continue studying? Will I make excuses and stop the course given me? I cannot! I need to remain steady and faithful even if I never hear another word from Him. Mother Theresa was the same way, God rarely ever spoke to her because she knew her path and she remained on it.
Heavenly Father, I don't ever want to get to that point where You are silent to me. But if that were the case You would have already known what my course was and that I'm equipped to take the next step to fulfill it. I trust and have faith that there's nothing You would place me in that isn't covered by Your blessings. Help me to remain true to Your desires. I love you, my King! In the all-knowing name of Jesus, Amen!
Lamentations 5:19-22
To have lived in this time; where the sins of our fathers would be our punishment. It must've been so hard to live during this time where God's blessings were absent because of the choices of our fathers. But yet the people still turned to a God who was silent to them. They desired for a relationship they knew they could have based off the elders, prophets and other Godly people.
This day in age we are so spoiled. Jesus made everything right by His sacrifice on the cross but we take advantage of it and get fat off our own selfishness. We turn grace into our privilege and soon enough we'll lose it completely due to our greed. This glimpse back into history reminds me that we absolutely need to cherish and desire a relationship with our Father. Once we are stripped of every little thing we have we'll see it clearly.
Do I cherish Jesus this way? If not one more beneficial thing were to come my way would I still call every circumstance a blessing? Where is my heart when things bad happen, especially when they are unfavorable? To see the condition of my heart, all things that make me happy (not to be confused with joy) needs to be stripped away. Only then can I see myself the way God sees me.
I just enrolled at Trinity Seminary yesterday and I can count so many favorable things that has happened. But when God becomes silent will I be able to continue studying? Will I make excuses and stop the course given me? I cannot! I need to remain steady and faithful even if I never hear another word from Him. Mother Theresa was the same way, God rarely ever spoke to her because she knew her path and she remained on it.
Heavenly Father, I don't ever want to get to that point where You are silent to me. But if that were the case You would have already known what my course was and that I'm equipped to take the next step to fulfill it. I trust and have faith that there's nothing You would place me in that isn't covered by Your blessings. Help me to remain true to Your desires. I love you, my King! In the all-knowing name of Jesus, Amen!
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