From: novita menawan
Reflections
Hi friend - I want to write these things out to you - cause it helps me process
what God's doing in my life, because often it's only when I write down how I'm
feeling or what I'm thinking through that I actually work out what it is that
God is saying to me or what he wants to say.
I'm reading a book at the moment which talks about the importance of being
thinking people as Christians and people who will chew things over. He argues,
well as I see it, that it's not just intellectuals in God's kingdom that should
be thinking but ordinary day-to-day Christians. I agree. Part of that process
for me is thinking these Biblical principles through in prayer and reflection.
We have to take time out to think about why we do the things we do and why
they're important. I took some time out this morning to stop and pray and talk
to God, and that was really good.
A preacher made the point recently which really challenged me that if we were
speaking to a person and kept looking over their shoulder at something else
we'd offend them or make them think that they're not interesting, yet that's so
often what we do with God. We get so easily distracted and can spend so little
time with Him, that we actually show by our actions how important he is to us.
That's why this morning was good. Just taking out time to talk with Him and
read the bible - chew things over. You know, with friends, you rarely say,
okay you've got 1/2 hour, what do you want to do, but you spend time with them
as needed. Yet we do this with God. This morning was good because I didn't
set a time, I chatted with God and read the Bible and chewed things over until
I felt it was a convenient time to stop. I don't think my future quiet times
will live up to how I feel after this morning, but they should.
And about sharing the gospel, that statistic is so encouraging that if no-one
in the world were Christians, and 1 person told 1 other person in the world who
would then do the same, the whole world would become Christian in only 33 years
(Jesus). So when I consider the couple of people that I meet with who want to
go further I feel encouraged. What an impact it could have on the world.
I remember the story of a campaign organised in America with much time going
into preparing talks and seminars. When the appeal went out to see if any had
become Christians, only 1 really responded. They were expecting dozens given
the size of the campaign, yet only got 1. That 1 was Billy Graham. God used
him mightily to transform America and Britian. Our thoughts are not God's
thoughts. He works in ways we certainly don't expect - what is sometimes
success to us, is not to Him and vice versa.
Love in all-seeing God,
- a letter of encouragement sent from a friend.-
your sincerely, Novi
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