Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/2023/10/31/under-gods-wings I think the picture of a mother geese protecting her little goslings from people or animals that come too close to them is an excellent picture of God protecting His people. In Psalm 61, David describes the LORD as a rock that is higher than him, a shelter in His wings, a tent, andContinue reading “Shelter of His wings”

https://odb.org/2023/10/30/smartphone-compassion Nowadays, it is more common to have ratings after a stay, a meal, or after using an e-hailing service. In fact, I watched a movie about people’s lives in the future being determined by their ratings on social media to the extent that it affects their credit, where they could stay, and even theirContinue reading “Compassion and ratings”

https://odb.org/2023/10/29/you-can-trust-god As a believer, the issue of trusting God doesn’t really arise since we can see from the Psalms and the history of Israel throughout the pages of the Old Testament that He is trustworthy. He punished the Israelites for their unfaithfulness and insolence, and yet He rescued them when He saw them suffering tooContinue reading “Trusting God”

https://odb.org/2023/10/27/three-kings If we read the Old Testament books of 1 and 2 Kings as well as 1 and 2 Chronicles, we will see that most of the kings of Israel and later Judah (after Israel was divided into the Southern and Northern kingdoms) were either unfaithful to Yahweh or did evil things. It is bothContinue reading “Kings in the Bible”

https://odb.org/2023/10/26/beauty-for-ashes Under Mosaic law, the Israelites were to tend and cultivate their fields for 6 years and then let it rest for a year as a sabbath. It’s a good law that allows the soil to recover its fertility naturally. In geography, we know that most large river deltas like the Mekong or the IrrawaddyContinue reading “Year of the Jubilee”

https://odb.org/2023/10/25/one-door-for-all-2 At the human level, we find that although churches are at the core multiracial, people do congregate based on language or creed. Thus, in West Malaysia, we have Chinese churches (language) and Chinese dominated churches (race) and Indian dominated ones as well as Tamil churches. In Sarawak, churches are largely of 3 types –Continue reading “One door for all”

https://odb.org/2023/10/24/dont-lose-heart-2 They say two things are unavoidable in life; death and taxes. Another is perhaps ageing and its impact on our lives. When we age, we start to have a myriad of illnesses from high cholesterol to hypertension to diabetes to heart ailments. We need to start taking long-term medication. When we travel, we takeContinue reading “Growing old”

https://odb.org/2023/10/23/i-surrender A phrase that we often hear is that God will help those who help themselves. There is wisdom in that in the sense that we need to act in order for God to act. We need to put in the work to see the results. It is conventional wisdom, but it is not biblical.Continue reading “We belong to Him”

https://odb.org/2023/10/20/in-the-garden-3 Most of us would have heard about the Garden of Eden even if we were not yet in the faith. There is a creation story in most cultures and civilisations. Except that in the biblical one, perhaps the difference is that it shows what it would have been if sin had not crashed in.Continue reading “Garden of Eden”

https://odb.org/2023/10/19/first-on-the-list In Matthew 6:33, Jesus tells us to seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. If you read the preceeding verses, Jesus’s argument is that if God takes care of the birds and the flowers and the grass, will He not take careContinue reading “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God”