Things that point us to the real thing!

Pastor Jim gave an interesting sermon on Sunday. He claimed to have gotten special revelation from God last week and absolutely had to give us this special sermon before he moves on to his next series of sermons. I forgot exactly what was his main point or the title of his sermon..., but I do kinda remember the main points.

1) Whatever we do, make sure to put God on the top of your priority list. (This is consistent with what bro GD was telling us just last wednesday!)
2) Be persistent, don't give up!
3) Be specific and bold about your request!
4) Be positive, even when circumstances look bad. Have faith!

Anyway, basically he's just saying that most 'things' that happen in our lives or perhaps even miracles are simply 'things' that point to a greater 'Thing'. We ought not to lose focus and start enjoying these little 'things' and forget about the big 'THING'!

For example getting married..., it's not just to get a legal status..., it's not just to be able to live happily ever after with each other..., but surely God gave us these "things" for a greater purpose. At the very minimum, our marriage ought to be able to give the world a good testimony of our God! People around us ought to be able to feel that God given love and joy or something. ;)

Pastor Jim also talked about how the apostles were able to sing praises to God in jail... in the dark, even after being severely flogged!!!

Will I be able to do that?

Will my wife be able to do that with me in toubled times?

Planning a wedding with so much details to cover with so little time can become a 'troublesome' time sometimes... ;)

But thanks be to our God that we were able to create one heck of a DVD! We were also able to finalize our guest/table lists... things are slowly but surly coming together!

And even if something does NOT come perfectly together... so what?

The most important THING is for us to be able enjoy this once in a life time event... and don't allow satan to stress us out un-necessarily. We ought to try our best to cover all the basics... and for things that we couldn't do... or have forgotten to do or whatever..., may the Lord our God provide for us. Just as He provided a ram for Abraham to sacrifice instead of sacrificing his son..., just as Jesus made water to wine... when wine ran out at a wedding!!! :)

I also told the love of my life that we ought to start practicing singing or at least playing instruments to our God on a daily basis. Pick whatever songs she enjoys... and if she can't find any, then write a new song for our God. We are going to do this not to sell any CDs... or not to perform infront of human audience, but to simply sing praises and thanks to the PERSON that's of the Most importance.

May God be with us... and may we become not only His beloved son and daughter, but also be well pleased by Him! :)

2 John
6 我 們 若 照 他 的 命 令 行 ， 這 就 是 愛 。 你 們 從 起 初 所 聽 見 當 行 的 ， 就 是 這 命 令 。

(1 John 1-2,2 John,3 John)