Saturday, June 7, 2008
Finally!!!
Luke 11:24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
030608 was a very special day for me. It was the day when I finally passed IPPT!!! Praise God! To make this day even more special, it was my dad’s birthday! God is so good to me! Hallelujah! I’m very thankful to God. After being confined to stay back for remedial training for quite a few weeks [which caused me to miss out on so many cell group meetings:(], I finally get to book out on a Friday night.
This event greatly encouraged me as it has been something I have been praying about for many years. I have been failing standing broad jump since primary school and no matter how i trained during junior college, I have never crossed the passing mark [Yes, it is a fallacy-not all people with long legs can jump...]. After every physical test and IPPT when i served NS, my self-esteem is always affected when I walked out of the test being a failure. But instead of dwelling in self-pity, I choose to pray: “God, please make me stronger so that I can be a more effective servant for you. I ask for Your help to pass my IPPT." Finally, I passed!
After this, I felt very encouraged as something I’ve praying for finally came to past and I’m looking to greater things ahead. Some of us may be praying for a few years for the salvation of our friends and family members or other issues... at times, nothing seems to be happening on the outside. But on the inside, we must know that the Holy Spirit is mightily at work. In Luke 11:19-24, Jesus cursed the fig tree and the effects were only evident on the next day. Jesus was using this event to teach us about faith and prayer, that even when nothing appears to be happening in the physical realm, God is mightily at work in the background. All glory and honour to God.
As the church embark on 21 days of praying and fasting to seek God, let us come with faith and expectancy; knowing and believing that it won’t be too long before each one of us can say “Finally!!!”
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