Yearning to share His Secrets…

Chattering of the excited congregation was slowly overwhelmed by the thickening of God’s presence in the sanctuary as the worship service was starting. I still remember that Sunday morning was not a regular Sunday service because the place was packed with people unknown to me. To my curiosity, I asked one of the church advisors who are those new faces and I was told that they are from other university. In the midst of these new faces, there were non-Christians. As usual, I sat down at one corner of the sanctuary and meditated in the Spirit as I committed myself to God over the morning service. While I was eagerly waiting for the service to start, I was prompted by the Holy Spirit to seek God for a word regarding that the unusual morning service. For that reason, I asked God to speak to me while I prayed in the Spirit. By faith, I did believe God will speak to me as I myself had experienced how God can communicate with us as how our earthly fathers do. As I continued to pray, I asked God “Abba, what is the thing that you want to tell me about the church today? The service is going to start soon and I have no idea how are You going to speak to me.” Nevertheless, I continued to wait upon the Lord.

Just before the service started, there was still not a single word from the Lord. I should say I was a bit disappointed because I thought that God might have spoken and I was not tuned in to His Word. But still, I did not give up asking God, for I yearned to know what God had installed for the church. Knowing that the service will commence in a few minutes time, I decided to take a stroll outside the sanctuary, just to give myself a last chance, hoping that God will speak to me. As I was at the verge of giving up, one of the children that were running around the compound bumped into me and in seconds he silently uttered these words from his mouth “John… 6…” By that time, I was totally dumbfounded and rooted to the spot because I knew God had just spoken to me at that very moment. Before I knew it, the boy had sped off. Obviously, I was not very satisfied with the answer and guess what I was after the boy. I stopped him and asked him “what did you say just now?” He kept silence and was trying to wrestle with me, wanting to escape. Again, staring into his eyes, I asked “Do you want to tell me something just now? What is it? What John …what?” The boy replied “John 14:6”. Immediately, I was speechless and could not believe myself that God had just literally sent a 6 years old boy to speak to me. What amazed me the most was God chose to use a young little boy (in the picture) who was yet to experience the reality of life, to speak to me. God told me His Secret in His mysterious way.

John 14:6 “I (Jesus) am the way, the truth and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.”

I told no one what God had revealed to me that day except one of the leaders of the church. Guess what, that morning itself the preacher had emphasized John 14:6, that might had directed to the non- believers. Plus, during one of the prayer meetings, the speaker for the coming Easter event shared to us that His core verse that God wanted him to preach during his sermon on that important day is John 14:6. To add, the main theme for my campus medic cell group that semester itself was John 14:6. No doubt that John 14:6 was the word from God to the church that period of season.

1Corinthians 2:10 But it was to us that God made known his secret by means of his Spirit. The Spirit searches everything, even the hidden depths of God's purposes.

By the time I realized all these, I praised and gave God all the Glory. That moment of encountering with God has surely boosted my faith and without denying, God yearns to make known His Secret to His Sons and Daughters, which include you and me.

All glory to God.

love,

jon

Do we really know about Faith?

La pace sia con voi ( Peace be with you ), my friend…

Again I am here to share some of my journey’s experiences as a Christian which I believe would help some of you to get right with God.

Running through my Bible enthusiastically one particular night after finishing a session of a Bible study material, I was enlightened by the Holy Spirit with new insights and understanding. I was amazed and dumbfounded by what the Spirit had to say to me… it was about FAITH…

Faith. What is faith? As I post a question to you which goes “What do you know about faith?” What will be in your mind pertaining to this question? I believe many of you will come out with different kinds of answer or opinion about Faith… Over the past 8 years of being a Christian, I thought that I had grabbed firmly the meaning of faith until I was proved wrong. Many people who had chosen Jesus as their personal savior had resorted to accept what other people have to say about the word of God instead of reading or going deep into it themselves. I was of no exception. Because of that, we are building our houses on the sand a.k.a partial truth. So, it is crucial for us to spend time alone with God daily, letting the Holy Spirit to speak to us personally about the truth. I am definitely not asking you to stop listening to preachers and do your own study instead I am just urging you all to come back to the word of God always for the confirmation of the truth.

Here I will show you what the Bible says about Faith.

“ So it is with faith: if it is alone and includes no actions , then it is dead.” James 2:17

The moment I saw this verse, I was asking myself “Can Faith be dead?” I only knew that we need faith to please God as what the book of Hebrew states “No one can please God without faith, for whoever comes to God must have faith that God exists and rewards those who seek him.” Instantly, the next question hit me “is my faith dead?” You might also want to ask yourselves this question. It is a crucial question for me as I choose to be a God-pleaser. In my mind I was thinking “Then what is not a dead faith?” As I continued to read the chapter of the scripture, I finally found the answer which I called it as a perfect faith. Yes, a Perfect Faith… It is in the Bible which is stated in James 2:22 .

“Cant you see? His faith and his actions worked together; his faith was made perfect through his action.”

Often as I share with other Christians about faith, some of them thought that as long as they have faith or believe in Jesus they are saved or Jesus can tolerate their sins because Jesus had died for them and the penalty of their sins were paid full, so if they sin also they might still make their way to Heaven. If so, let me show you another verse which says “Do you believe that there is only one God? Good! The demons also believe- and tremble in fear “ James 2:19

Here it says, Demons also believe in God or in order word have faith in God, but they are going to hell. Demons believe in God but they don’t serve God. They serve themselves. So, do you believe in God?

Honestly, I am happy to hear people say that they believe in Jesus as their personal savior but does that mean they are put right with God. I dont think so as the Scripture says we need to put our faith or belief into action which, in other word repentance. That is what matters most…

Hope this portion of sharing might help some of you… God Bless

Love, jon

Nothing more than a Break.

Just thought of giving myself a break by updating my long long unupdated post…

Over these two years, God had been working in me so mightily. What happened in the initial was a renewed heart which God had put in me at the very moment when I truly acknowledged the saving Grace of God and also His marvelous Love that He had showed to me on the cross, which toke place 7 years ago.

However, when it is the time for what that had been done in me , started to work it ways out, it is a totally different experience. I used to think that when I accepted Jesus as my personal Saviour or other word, born again, I will be able to shine brightly for Him and to impact the life of others will be so much easier as long as I do His Will. But how am I going to shine for Him if I take the Grace that He had given for me for granted.

Over the last one year, so much things had taken the life out of me, and was compensated with the Life that will bear more fruits for the Lord. I believe what had happened so far is the very thing that I eagerly asked God to do in my life and that is MORE CHASTENING… Jesus had been faithful in answering my prayer by bringing more chastening into my life. At the end, God is trying to humble me.

Heb 12:6 Because the Lord corrects everyone he loves, and punishes everyone he accepts as a child."

Pro 3:12 The LORD corrects those he loves, as parents correct a child of whom they are proud.

Rev 3:19 I rebuke and punish all whom I love. Be in earnest, then, and turn from your sins.

I thank God for correcting me all this while and rebuking the wrongs that I had committed. I truly give all the praise and glory to God as He had let all these dirty junks in me to surface at this very point of time which I personally believe the worst junk. When it surfaces mean it appears, don’t they? And people acknowledge them… All these punishing had truly and remarkably been hard, but still I thank God for I am being purified by His blood each day and also by the grace that He had given to me…. Surely, God’s grace is always sufficient to me and you. Over this period of time, God had been forced to take away precious things in my life in order that I may learn my lessons."Thanks" to the spirit of rebellion in me. Yes, it does hurt a lot, but it is for my good that this thing should be taken away…

Honestly, I didn’t know the chastening can be that serious and inevitable… Wow, Our precious Jesus Christ is truly a prayer-answering God. I might have gone through much chastenings for now but I do 100% agree with what God had been doing because I absolutely cannot imagine how will those junks in me will appear in the later part of life which I believe will bring more shame to me and not to say, God.

For now, though life is hard, saddening, and traumatizing, I still ask God to bring in more chastening because only by doing it, I will be more pure and shaped into the likeness of Christ. So, I welcome more chastening as this is a hallmark that point to me that Jesus loves me.

All glory, praise and majestic be on to God alone… Amen