Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/09/comfort-on-doorframes If we get to watch Orthodox Jews movies or drama series on Netflix or YouTube like the famous Shtisel, we will notice the practice of the Jews touching something at the doorpost of a Jewish home and saying a prayer before they enter. That ornament, sometimes placed at an angle instead of straight, isContinue reading “The Mezuzah”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/08/proclaim-2 There could be occasions in our lives when we are faced with forces much bigger and much more powerful than us. For example, if we are a government servant, the whole government machinery is quite impossible for us as individuals to take on. Even large corporates, if they are our employers, are beyond us.Continue reading “The Defender of the Defenceless”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/07/never-too-far When I was a younger Christian at my previous church, we had different levels of bible studies, which was a way for the church to gauge spirituality and thus leadership potential. So the basic was ‘Favourite Verse’, and then we were supposed to progress to ‘Four Questions or 4Q’, but at the top, itContinue reading “Returning to Jesus”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/06/all-alone The story of Abram (Abraham) with Hagar and Ishmael and Sarai (Sarah) with Isaac as recounted in Genesis 21 demonstrates God’s love and compassion for humanity despite our human failure and fraility. Sarah couldn’t wait for the child that was promised to Abraham when he was already 75 and thus offered her Egyptian slavegirlContinue reading “God’s Love Extends to Everyone”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/05/god-truly-knows-us Jeremiah 12:3 articulates something I think most of us know. That God knows us. That only He truly knows us. As much as our spouse or parents know us, no one knows us better than the Lord Himself. He knows our deepest desires and thoughts, our dreams, and aspirations. He knows our saddest andContinue reading “God Knows Us”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/03/for-the-sake-of-the-gospel For people who are in a relationship, finding out that your partner is seeing someone else is devastating. It applies to both men and women. I used to think that men cheat more than women as polygamy used to be accepted as a societal norm. However, polygamous relationships were a necessary evil in theContinue reading “True Love”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/02/a-refreshing-oasis When we learnt about deserts in geography lessons in school, we learnt about mirages. It’s an illusion of a body of water in the distance but is actually a naturally occurring phenomenon caused by reflection of light. In the vast and treacherous desert of sand, every living creature is searching for that puddle ofContinue reading “Oasis of God’s Wisdom and Presence”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/03/01/finding-rest-2 Today is 1st March 2023 and marks a full 9 months since I took on my new job. It has been a journey of adjustment as I was at my previous company for many years. Different work cultures from an entrepreneur-driven organisation to a government like entity, for example, with much emphasis on controlsContinue reading “Finding Rest”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/02/28/a-baboon-a-donkey-and-me In Numbers 22, we read the account on Balaam, whose donkey he was riding on, had diverted from the path and was beaten 3 times by Balaam. The donkey then spoke and asked Balaam why he had beaten it when it was the only donkey he had been riding, meaning to say, he wouldContinue reading “God can use a donkey”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/02/27/seeing-a-need The focus on Acts 9 is usually Saul’s conversion (he then became known as Paul) and supernatural encounter with the Lord on the road to Damascus. I’m glad to read today in Acts 9 about Peter raising up Tabitha (also known as Dorcas in Greek) from the dead. This is similar to Christ’s raisingContinue reading “Meeting a need as the Lord prompts”