Tuesday, January 31, 2006

 

"The devil makes us believe the opposite of what God intends for us to be." Discuss.

This statement, quoted from Emay jiejie, made me think a bit.

Anyway, this statement just spoke straight to my heart about sins, and how we are made to feel guilty, shameful and unworthy of God's love. We are forever unworthy of God's love, cos we are so sinful and God is so holy. But we should also remember that God's grace and love is beyond what we can ever imagine, and nothing is too itsy bitsy teeny weeny (yellow polkadot bikini!) or too overwhelmingly humongous for God's forgiveness.

However, we should also be wary of the "do first, repent later" syndrome where we take God's grace for granted. For example, sinning first while asking for forgiveness, cos we know that we will be forgiven, and with the full intention of subsequently sinning again. True repentance should come with the conviction of 'abolishing' the sin and the determination to stay holy. We should always focus on Him and realise and appreciate that every single second and minute that we are alive is the will and act of God. It's not easy, but we should learn to strive on.

We should be the 'salt' of the world. Just as salt preserves and adds flavour to food, we also should preserve the goodness and add flavour to the world. What good is salt if it loses its 'saltiness'? What good are we to the world if we cannot represent Christ in the world?

"Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?" (Luke, 14:34)

How "salty" are we?

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