Laying Down My Life for Christ: October 2006

From the Oct 10, 2006 post ...

As a 'young' person in Christ, I am still have so much to grow.

I believe we actually will never stop growing, the level of growth maybe different, inside our body, regardless our age, our body is still renewing and regenerating, cells are being replaced daily.

I still have much learning to do, continuously giving myself to be mold into the person God wants me to be.
Often then not, during these times of growth, I struggle with questions like: -

Who am I?
Who am I that You want to choose me for?
Who am I that I can serve you?
Why You not picking someone else?
Why are you not calling someone else?
Why me?

A few days back, I was in that familiar phase again feeling small and insignificant. And while being caught up in hecticness of this world, I did not manage spend as much time with Him as I would love to. When the end of the week draws near I was just so thirsty and hungry for His Word, I longed so much to hear from Him. I cried out to Him for His forgiveness and poured out my desire to hear from Him.

Then, through these Words of Deuteronomy 7:7-10^[1], I heard Him say: -

My Beloved Child,

I did not choose you for what you have.
I did not choose you for what you can do.
I have never chosen you for how 'big' you are.
I have never chosen you for how famous you are.
Not for how influential you are.
Not for how well verse are you with the Bible.
Not for how many bible classes you went or how many schools you have attended.
Not for how much you know what to do and how to do.
Not for how able you are.
It's not about your ability.

I chose you simply because I love you.
I chose you simply I honour the promises I have made.
I do not turn back on the Words I have said.
It's My desire and My promise to bless you.
I want you to have the very best because I love you.
I want you grow.
I want to see you be the person I know you can be.
There is nothing else I rather have than seeing you happy.
You know that I want all to flourish and none to perish.

I chose the weak to shame the strong. I love those who are willing, humble and avail themselves. So that you will bring glory to My Name. (1 Corinthians 1:26-31^[2])

There will be times when you will face the giants in your life.
I will be with you.
I will use that tiny ability you have, that tiny stone in your hand to bring the giants down.
There will be times when you feel that you are trapped inside enemy's stronghold and you struggle to get out.
I will come to your rescue.
I will deliver you from your entrapment and free you.
There will be time that you feel that the enemy is against your every move.
Know that I am with you always.
And know I Who is in you is greater that the one who is in the world. (1 John 4:4^[3])

Know that I am indeed your God. I am above all things and nothing is impossible for me.
And know that I am a faithful God, who will keep My promise.

Child,

Take heart, I will bless and shower my love onto you and your generations to come.
Just stay close to me.
Seek me with all your might.
Love me with all your heart.
And obey my commands with all your will.

Love,
Daddy

He chose us simply because He loved us.
He promised He will redeem us.
He will continue to bring us through our personal struggles.
He will see us through refining fires which will purify us, the fire which will burn till we are of without impurities.

Thanks Dad!

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... there's only one voice I'd listen to ... the Voice of Truth

Voice Of Truth
Lyrics by Mark Hall and Steven Curtis Chapman
Music by Mark Hall and Steven Curtis Chapman
Performed by Casting Crowns [web|review]
From the album Casting Crowns [review]
Song based on 2 Corinthians 12:7-1^[4] and 1 Corinthians 1:20-2:4^[5]

Oh what I would do to have
The kind of faith it takes
To climb out of this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves

To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown where Jesus is
And He's holding out His hand

But the waves are calling out my name
And they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
Time and time again. "Boy, you'll never win!"
"You'll never win!"

Chorus:
But the voice of truth tells me a different story
The voice of truth says, "Do not be afraid!"
The voice of truth says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

Oh what I would do to have
The kind of strength it takes to stand before a giant
With just a sling and a stone
Surrounded by the sound of a thousand warriors
Shaking in their armor
Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand

But the giant's calling out my name
And he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The giant keeps on telling me
Time and time again. "Boy you'll never win!"
"You'll never win!"

But the stone was just the right size
To put the giant on the ground
And the waves they don't seem so high
From on top of them lookin' down
I will soar with the wings of eagles
When I stop and listen to the sound of Jesus
Singing over me

I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

here for the original post.

Bible References:

Deuteronomy 7:7-10 [back to top]
⁷The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. ⁸But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ⁹Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.

1 Corinthians 1:26-31 [back to top]
²⁶Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. ²⁷But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. ²⁸He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, ²⁹so that no one may boast before him. ³⁰It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. ³¹Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."

1 John 4:4 [back to top]
⁴You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

2 Corinthians 12:7-1 (NLT) [back to top]
⁷even though I have received such wonderful revelations from God. So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud.

⁸Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. ⁹Each time he said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. ¹⁰That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

1 Corinthians 1:20-2:4 (NLT) [back to top]
²⁰So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish. ²¹Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe. ²²It is foolish to the Jews, who ask for signs from heaven. And it is foolish to the Greeks, who seek human wisdom. ²³So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense.

²⁴But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. ²⁵This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength.

²⁶Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you. ²⁷Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. ²⁸God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. ²⁹As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.

³⁰God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. ³¹Therefore, as the Scriptures say, "If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord."

2:¹When I first came to you, dear brothers and sisters, I didn’t use lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God’s secret plan. ²For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified. ³I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling. ⁴And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit.

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