https://odb.org/2025/02/04/a-spacious-place
Psalm 31 NIV – 8 You have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.
The moment we are born onto this earth, we face a narrowing space in terms of our life here on earth. We all have our respective expiry dates as God gives each of us a specific period to live out our lives. During that narrowing space, we will find our place in this world. Some of us get married and have someone close to us for the rest of our lives. As the Chinese say, we grow old together – exploring and discovering life together with its challenges, beauty, and joy. But as each of us are individuals, we have our own narrowing space. It may or may not be aligned even between spouses and loved ones.
We know from the Word of God that our narrowing space is due to the original sin by Adam and Eve deceived by the Devil in the form of a serpent leading to them taking a bite of the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. They only had one rule in Eden, and that was not to eat from that tree, and yet man, with his curious and doubting nature, was taken advantage of by Satan.
God loved us so much that He sent His only son to die for our sins, and as a result, we are now reconciled back to God through our faith in Jesus Christ. The Lamb of God, the Son of Man, redeemed our souls once and for all! From the narrowing space, we now have a spacious space as spoken and sung by David in Psalm 31:8. It is spacious because it lasts forever. It is eternal notwithstanding that our space here on earth is narrowing. It gives us joy and hope instead of hopelessness and despair. No matter what we are facing now, some of us may already be in old age, we have the assurance that we will not fade away into nothingness like the flowers in the field that wither and die. We will return to the earth as dust as God made us from dust, but our spirit will live on forever in Christ, and one day, we will be resurrected in our glorified bodies and live in the new heaven and new earth where God will dwell amongst His people once again. It will be like the Eden at creation again!
Let our countenance be lifted up even if we are discouraged by the circumstances of our lives. Life can sometimes be boring as it may be the same old, same old. Discover and fulfil God’s purposes and plans for our lives and live in the centre of His will! I am sure we will face exciting and exhilarating times! It is Tuesday only today! 6 more days of this week is ahead of us! Make full use of our given narrowing time here on earth to serve and glorify His name in Christ Jesus! Always be reminded that Christ has gone ahead to prepare a spacious place for us as His Father’s mansion has many rooms!
Ronnie's Thoughts 