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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
