Thx Shelley's convictions, it is very true that we all rushing God's time, especially in Hong Kong, trying to improve "productivity" @@.
God train us during our enduring and longing processes, as His right time, that makes us feel more comfortable and secure, if we would surrender ourself.
Have a good morning too, pray with AI, but I feel a bit cold actually. Today, I would like to copy the whole chapter of Psalm 108 here.
Psalm 108 A song. A psalm of David.
1 My heart, O God, is steadfast;
I will sing and make music with all my soul.
2 Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.
3 I will praise you, LORD, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
4 For great is your love, higher than the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.
6 Save us and help us with your right hand,
that those you love may be delivered.
7 God has spoken from his sanctuary:
“In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah is my scepter.
9 Moab is my washbasin,
on Edom I toss my sandal;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
for human help is worthless.
13 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
(Emphases added)
David is one of those who treasure relationship with God most, and surely learnt a lot in his Psalm.
The Psalm inspires me that when God has rejected David (v11), what and how David responses.
(Actually, I cannot recall which Battle David lose, when fighting other countries, if someone have information about which battle David refers to, please share about it.)
In such situation, David prays and write this Psalm, you can see how proactive David is, trying to do more to have relationship with God. In V1-2, He tries to stay firm to his belief on God's promise, and even make radical quiet time!
Dawn: the first appearance of daylight in the morning (dictionary.com)
He chooses to awake the Dawn (NOT awaken by the Dawn), it just let me think of what Shelley did today, and Brenda's sunrise prayers.
And then in the Psalm, he is sure that God will fulfill his promise!
It makes me reflect on how I react when something I expected for has not been answered and fulfilled. In the first stage, I would patiently wait, then I will wait without any hope, eventually trying to downgrade by expectation and even did not expect for it any more.
eg. Bombs in fdship would downgrade my expectation in the fdship,
or praying for someone n dept will get baptise (I did not expect it anymore),
or praying for personal fruitful eventually becomes "I am grateful if there is one person get baptized in BT",
and the dream of becoming a staff in church (fear to expect about it now)
Is there any dreams, you have dreamed for, but eventually give up?
I would like to imitate David, and try to put back those dreams in my prayer and give it to God, pray back for it!
For God has also promised us, in John 10:10b
"I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."
人子來，是要叫人 (羊) 得生命，並且得的更豐盛。
Also end with a quote in the spiritual book currently reading - The Dream Giver BY Bruce Wilkinson (author of The Prayer of Jabez 雅比斯的禱告)
"I still don't feel worthy on able to do my Dream, but the Dream Giver has promised to help me" <<Ch. 2 Ordinary leaves his comfort zone>>
So he walks few steps forward of getting the Big Dream.
Love in Christ
Andy
