Walking By A Blessing

https://odb.org/MY/2022/05/12/walking-by-a-blessing

I think some of us tend to think that if we give our lives to God, not only accepting Christ but fully surrendering our lives to Christ which is actually the same thing, we will lose out in terms of what we could achieve in the world. So we either refuse to enter into a relationship with God or we have one foot in the Kingdom of God and another in the world. Perhaps some of us feel that spiritual standards are just too high for us to be successful in the world since in the Kingdom of God, we pursue God and His purposes for our lives and not riches or fame.

But have we thought that our lives might actually be better off with God on our side while living in accordance with His percepts? For example, the Israelites need to be in Israel for the Messiah to come. And so God arranged for someone to overrun the Babylonians and free the Israelites in order that the prophesy in Micah 5:2 may be fulfilled. In history, that person was Cyrus the Great of Persia who invaded and defeated Babylon and gave permission for the Jews to return to their promised land. In Isaiah 48, God thus commented that wouldn’t it have been better if they had listened to Him earlier and thus would not need to be exiled to Babylon in the first place?

The point to ponder today is that perhaps our lives would have been better if we had listened to God and had given our lives to Him earlier. Maybe we need not go through all the challenges in making a living and charting a career on our own steam? Maybe we like the Israelites had walked by a blessing that has been staring in our face all this while like that little rock of gold in today’s ODB’s life story?

What is gone is gone. The past is the past. Crying over spilled milk will not bring back the milk. What’s important is the future and the road ahead. Repent and give our lives to God and step fully on to this side of the line. Don’t be half hearted but live our lives fully for God and His plans and purposes for our lives! We need to be like Peter and jump into the water to Jesus, can’t remain one foot on the boat and one foot on the water. Just not possible.