Wednesday, February 15, 2006

I guess the principle applies for all. We are all given choices. That means we have the power and authority to choose, to turn the tables around if we have to.

If you have the motivation to want something, definitely the human mind will be determined to get it done, unless the flesh is not willing to achieve it for you. That's why people say always learn to overcome your weak flesh with a strong mind. It's the same for Christianity. The flesh is always the one weakening your will because it would tell you "No, you can't do it, just leave it aside and enjoy yourself", "Learn to relax, don't think so much", "I'll just sleep for 5 minutes more", "Why don't I leave it till tomorrow to finish up what I have today?", "Oh man, what happens if I do this, but what if I don't do it?".

Sounds familiar to you people? Well, it definitely sound familiar to me, especially the "I'll just sleep for 5 minutes more" part as very often I would end up waking up 5 hours later maybe? Haha.. So contradicting.. The flesh would serve as a distraction to what you aim to do, to what you want to accomplish with excellence. A piece of work which seem easy for you to do well may suddenly seem so difficult to do, or you simply can't bring out the excellence to that piece of work. That's what many of us would go through and we would start thinking why this happens. One cause can be we are not determined to do it well enough and the flesh is distracting us from putting our 100% effort into it, hence making it less satisfactory.

How do we solve it then? By reading the Word of God, not applying the Word to our life but applying our life to the Word. It does make a great difference. If we apply the Word to our life, what we are living is just a set of rules and moral principles but if we apply our life to the Word, we start to lead a ZOE life like God's because the Word would seem so enjoyable and lively to live by that it's not a set of regulations or principles, but a way of life for us. We allow the flesh to lose its power to control us, to tempt us and we have the power in the Spirit to overcome it. Definitely.
That's why everyday we should make it a point to read the Word. Not to forget about the Spirit too. Haha.. Besides reading the Word, everyday during our quiet time, we should always pray to seek the face of God, to be completely renewed in our mind and refreshed in His Spirit that we will not grow weary of what we are doing because we are depending on His strength to do the work. In the Bible it wrote " Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
Only when we have the Spirit and the Word together can we grow up, to be more decisive and can accomplish great things with excellence, and not dry up nor blow up.

Anyway that's all for me but I'll shall leave one verse for you readers like I always do!

Psalm 139 (NLT) -

1 O LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.
2 You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my every thought when far away.
3 You chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest. Every moment you know where I am.
4 You know what I am going to say even before I say it, LORD.
5 You both precede and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to know!
7 I can never escape from your spirit! I can never get away from your presence!
8 If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the place of the dead,[a] you are there.
9 If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
10 even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.
11 I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night--
12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are both alike to you.
13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous--and how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
17 How precious are your thoughts about me,O God! They are innumerable!
18 I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up in the morning, you are still with me!
19 O God, if only you would destroy the wicked! Get out of my life, you murderers!
20 They blaspheme you; your enemies take your name in vain.
21 O LORD, shouldn't I hate those who hate you? Shouldn't I despise those who resist you?
22 Yes, I hate them with complete hatred, for your enemies are my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.
24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

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