Total Submission

God’s grace is not dependent on the things we do. He sends rain both to the just and the unjust.

May consequences na tinatawag, oo. Being active sa church is not an assurance para safe ka sa trials. It’s wrong to believe that doing God’s work would exempt you from pain, and is certainly wrong to believe otherwise.

Living outside of God’s will has a consequence, it’s not God’s fault either for one to suffer. Adam and Eve died because they ate the fruit forbidden to them.Adam and Eve died because of the choices they’ve made not because God wants them to be dead.

God deals with us individually.

God isn’t impersonal. Job insisted at first that he doesn’t deserve any of those trials kasi nga daw siya ang pinakamatino sa buong lupa sa panahon niya. Even God testifies to that in contending with Satan. Pero bakit sa dulo, sinabi ni Job na siya ay mangmang at nagsasalita ng mga bagay na hindi niya nauunawaan? One thing i’ve learned, Job was brought to a higer level of understanding, na di niya naabot kung di niya naranasan yung trials na yun. And God caused Job to grow in His wisdom. God even replaced everything ng doble.

Everything God does have a purpose.

It’s just a matter of setting all things right before God. Kung minsan, it’s not the act that destroys us. But our attitude towards the things we do and the way we count our blessings. A believer needs to learn total submission to God’s will. It’s not about doing all things right, but submitting all things to God. In the process, we need to have patience. Patience shows our confidence in God. Kung nagiging impatient ka, then you doesn’t trust God. Faith in God is trusting He will do it and even if He don’t, you would still trust that He will do something.

God moved the people of

Israel

from the land of bondage to the Promised Land for 40 years when they could make the trip in 3months, because they’re too stubborn to believe that God is able to deliver them. Minsan din, hinahanapan natin ang Panginoon ng bibilanging biyaya na sandamukal na biyaya ang sa harap natin ang hindi pa nabibilang.

There’s no use crying over spilt milk. No need ng sisihin pa ang nakaraan

Lay EVERYTHING down before the Lord and move on. God is a God of second chances and new beginnings. When He forgives, He forgets. Only Satan reminds us of our past to crush us. But we could remind him that we’re washed by the blood and that he should be worried of his future, because he is doomed.

If God calls it sin, then it is sin. I would tell God its sin, and that i don’t want to do it on the first place. Acknowledging our wrongs is not easy. To confess and ask for forgiveness is hard.  To be submissive to God in everything is much harder, lalo na pag ayaw pumayag ng puso mo at walang kang nakikitang happy ending in doing it. It’s hard to give up someone you love, much more giving up to the unknown.

I’ve learned to give up to God everything and everyone that matters to me. It ain’t easy, and it’s a daily struggle. Give up to God what you want to keep, and He will let you have it ten folds.

You see, it’s not the things i do that makes me worthy of the blessing am enjoying this years. Kaya siya tinatawag na faith kasi malaking chunk ng trust natin sa Panginoon ay hindi nakikita.

I always try to bring before the Lord that things i did – both right and wrong. I bring questions too… And in my prayer, i always insist for His will and not mine… kahit meron pa akong gustong-gusto.

I believe He has power over all things. I believe He can always intervene. I believe He can heal our hearts. And not until we will learn to trust him and submit our whole self to Him,that we can enjoy the blessing that comes with it.

God loves us. And nothing can separate us from that love. Yes kawalan ka kung kinukwestiyun mo ang iyong halaga before Him… He doesn’t want to lose you, even to the point of sending His own Son to death just to have you back.

In everything, what matters is a right relationship with him. Both in good and in bad times.