Friday, April 04, 2008

ready to meet God at anytime?

Adam and Eve were called to "be fruitful & multiply", they had a big lobang from God Himself, to work as a King & Queen of the animals, land and everything on Earth. S, for their first full-time job as a gardener and ruler, were they sucessful? Not too bad I say, Adam managed to name every animal God gave to Him at first. But Eve screwed it up after seeing the supposedly juicy and delicious fruit the serpent showed her.

An average joe'll spend a large part of his time & effort on either studies or work, depending on which life station he's in. doing a simple calculation, i may well be spending half my "awake" time for studies, going lectures, doing tutorials, etc etc. It's really not easy being fruitful, the challenges of a student is not less that Adam..You face the teacher who cant teach well, or rather, dont even know if he know what he's talking about..you face peers who mug 24/7 and tells you that he didnt study enough..you've tutorials, projects and assignments that never seem to cease for some reasons..

BUT, while we try our best in whatever we can, excelling in all that we know best..an important question to ask ourselves amidst all these..are we consistently, continually walking right with God?

When the Creator "happen to walk in the garden", which state are we often ccaught in?
1) in the act of sinning, such that we had to hide when we hear His footsteps
e.g. compromising on the standard of our Christian faith in face of the serpent, we give in too easily to the easier way out, to do the things that does not require us to sacrifise..only to find so much guilt within that we cannot face God, sometimes even man..

2) standing firm in our faith, such that we're all-ready to jump on Him and say a big "HI GOD!! whazzup yo?"
(imagine the serpent being so angry he evaporated into the air..weessh..)

What is the BIG juicy fruit in our lives that we're likely to give in to?
C.A.P. 5? handsome man to marry us off? (I know the bros wont look at the exterior rite? ;p) spectacular resume to show to our future employers? Slacking and watching TV all day long if we're not required to take on any responsibilities?

just as it is a constant struggle for all of us, we can be assured that God's grace and love is all-abounding and ever so deep and great, we can be granted full forgiveness. But let us not take His grace for granted. seriously, it hurts God most whenever we compromise on our faith. it's like a father who told a child not to jump around in the garden..the child refuses to because it's really fun! when the child knocks into a pot of flowers, toppling the soil and destroying the flowers and evrything..the father rushes to catch the child and hug him, "boy, are you hurt?" As he says these words, the father was feeling hurt and worried, "you shouldnt have jumped around like that.."

Submit yourselves, then to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. (James 4:7-8a)