Reflections

Aleph
Joyful are the people of integrity, who follow the instructions of the LORD.
Joyful are those who obey his laws and search for him with all their hearts.
They do not compromise with evil, and they walk only in his paths.
You have charged us to keep your commandments carefully.
Oh, that my actions would consistently reflect your decrees!
Then I will not be ashamed when I compare my life with your commands.
As I learn your righteousness regulations, I will thank you by living as I should!
I will obey your decrees. Please don't give up on me! - Psalm 119 : 1 - 8

Firstly I'd like to thank God for an opportunity to share with some of my crew about easter on sunday night. They were asking me which came first? - Good Friday, Easter, or the Passover.
So I was explaining the passover was practiced before the cruxifiction of Jesus as sacrifices to God for the atonement of sin. (This is still practised by muslims today) So that judgement will not come on to those who obeyed. (The first passover is found in Exodus 12) Frankly speaking, to declare something like that for the first time was a breakthrough for me. Praise God! =)

Anyway I was thinking again what I should be doing for devotion. Sometimes you just find it hard what God wants to tell you. Then i remembered what Teck said on sunday: "Great men take time to reflect". Its not always the case of "Lord, What do you want to tell me today?"
But "Lord, What have you told me before that I should remember?"

I believe it is safer to refer back to the notes taken every week than to flip through the Bible blindly and choose a topic out of convenience. <-- Do correct me if I'm wrong! ;) Know God's Rest - Living Free with the boots of peace. Ephesians 6 : 13 - 15
One of Satan's deadliest weapons is to destroy our relationships with other people. E.g. alienation, suspicion...
Be at peace with God - When we are at peace with God, everything else falls into alignment and harmony. Eph 2 : 12 - 18, Romans 5 : 1
If we are not having a peaceful relationship with someone, it is because we are not at peace with God. Please do not be mistaken. If you are persecuted because of the gospel and thus causing your friend to avoid you (Ps ceasar said during the G12 conference :"When you please God, you will lose friends.") and someone having something personal against you, knowing you are a christian, is totally different.

To end off... In this chaotic world we live in, we can still have the peace that surpasses all understanding. And that is at the centre of God's will --> In the midst of the hurricane, the eye of the storm is peaceful.

You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Isaiah 26 : 3

joshua lau