Notes from sermon by Rev Gerald Tan
Verse:
Heb 11:5 (cf Gen 5:21)
Lesson:
1. There is an interesting thing about Enoch. We know that he was a person who pleased God and walked with Him. He was the seventh generation after Adam. Enoch probably talked to Adam about what is was like in the garden of Eden, how he walked and talked with God. The Bible says he walked with God at 65 for 300 years.
2. As Christians we should desire to do that. We need to walk intimately with God. As a child of God we can walk intimately with God.
3. James 4:1-10. These verses were written to the churches in Jerusalem. They give truths about how we can grow in intimacy with God.
4. Point 1 - we must be a friend of God. In order to be a friend of God, we must believe God. But today, we believe what the world tells us - through the media etc. See vs 4, 5. Friendship is about dedication and commitment. To be a friend of the world is to let its things tie us down and take precedence over God. We have to be concious of God and His friendship. His friendship is more important that that of this world.
5. Point 2 - we must have the fear of the Lord. Ps 111:10, it is the beginning of wisdom. We must take time to know God and walk in obedience. Obedience is sometimes taken as a set of rules and regulations. This is wrong. These are not the goals but the by products of loving God. Haggai 2:10-11 tells us that holiness must be cultivated. We must also understand the reverence of God with honour and respect.
6. Point 3 - we must walk in humility before the Lord. This is an important posture we must take in order to grow into an intimate relationship with God. Pride can be disguised as humility or hum-bug. We confuse humility with walking with authority. 1 Sam 15:22 says to obey is more important, this is the key to humility. It is about a complete dependence on God. It took God 40 years to teach Moses complete dependence on Him. True humility is to have a right perspective of ourselves. 1 Cor 15:9-10 was how Paul saw himself.
7. Steps to grow in intimacy, James 4:
a. Submit to God. Align to the will of God.
b. Resist the devil. This goes beyond temptation but his lies and systems
c. Draw near to God - in greek it refers to making a u-turn to the world and drawing near to God.
Most Meaningful Statement :
In order to be a friend of God, we must believe God.
Thoughts :
1. Enoch's son was Methusela, the longest living human being. Remember that if you honor your father and mother, you will live long, see Eph 6:2-3.
2. I wonder what Enoch would have asked Adam? I also wonder what Methusela thought when he couldn't find his dad?
3. Isn't a great experience to know God and walk with him? Remember that we are eternal beings today, created in the image of God, and for His pleasure.
4. How do we achieve intimacy with God?
5. Is God our friend, and are we His friend? Who was known as a friend of God? In order to be His friend, we must spend time with Him. Build trust. We must get to know Him. What is eternal life? John 17:2-3.
6. What does fear of the Lord, and beginning of wisdom mean to us?
Sunday, October 17, 2004
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Vital Intercession
Verse:
Ephesians 6:18
"... praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit ..."
Lesson:
1. As we continue on in our intercession for others, we may find that our obedience to God in interceding is going to cost those for whom we intercede more than we ever thought.
2. The danger in this is that we begin to intercede in sympathy with those whom God was gradually lifting up to a totally different level in direct answer to our prayers.
3. Whenever we step back from our close identification with God's interest and concern for others and step into having emotional sympathy with them, the vital connection with God is gone. We have then put our sympathy and concern for them in the way, and this is a deliberate rebuke to God.
4. It is impossible for us to have living and vital intercession unless we are perfectly and completely sure of God. And the greatest destroyer of that confident relationship to God, so necessary for intercession, is our own personal sympathy and preconceived bias.
5. Identification with God is the key to intercession, and whenever we stop being identified with Him it is because of our sympathy with others, not because of sin.
6. It is not likely that sin will interfere with our intercessory relationship with God, but sympathy will. It is sympathy with ourselves or with others that makes us say, "I will not allow that thing to happen." And instantly we are out of that vital connection with God.
7. Vital intercession leaves you with neither the time nor the inclination to pray for your own "sad and pitiful self." You do not have to struggle to keep thoughts of yourself out, because they are not even there to be kept out of your thinking. You are completely and entirely identified with God's interests and concerns in other lives.
8. God gives us discernment in the lives of others to call us to intercession for them, never so that we may find fault with them.
Most Meaningful Statement :
It is not likely that sin will interfere with our intercessory relationship with God, but sympathy will.
Thoughts :
1. When we intercede for people, it may cost them dearly because God is going to do a deeper, and often painful, work in their lives. Chances are we will begin to sympathize with them emotionally, which in turn impacts the way we pray for them and related to God. This is not good as it is a rebuke to God.
2. To do intercession means with have no time or inclination to continually look at our oen situation. We become completely identified with God's interest.
Ephesians 6:18
"... praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit ..."
Lesson:
1. As we continue on in our intercession for others, we may find that our obedience to God in interceding is going to cost those for whom we intercede more than we ever thought.
2. The danger in this is that we begin to intercede in sympathy with those whom God was gradually lifting up to a totally different level in direct answer to our prayers.
3. Whenever we step back from our close identification with God's interest and concern for others and step into having emotional sympathy with them, the vital connection with God is gone. We have then put our sympathy and concern for them in the way, and this is a deliberate rebuke to God.
4. It is impossible for us to have living and vital intercession unless we are perfectly and completely sure of God. And the greatest destroyer of that confident relationship to God, so necessary for intercession, is our own personal sympathy and preconceived bias.
5. Identification with God is the key to intercession, and whenever we stop being identified with Him it is because of our sympathy with others, not because of sin.
6. It is not likely that sin will interfere with our intercessory relationship with God, but sympathy will. It is sympathy with ourselves or with others that makes us say, "I will not allow that thing to happen." And instantly we are out of that vital connection with God.
7. Vital intercession leaves you with neither the time nor the inclination to pray for your own "sad and pitiful self." You do not have to struggle to keep thoughts of yourself out, because they are not even there to be kept out of your thinking. You are completely and entirely identified with God's interests and concerns in other lives.
8. God gives us discernment in the lives of others to call us to intercession for them, never so that we may find fault with them.
Most Meaningful Statement :
It is not likely that sin will interfere with our intercessory relationship with God, but sympathy will.
Thoughts :
1. When we intercede for people, it may cost them dearly because God is going to do a deeper, and often painful, work in their lives. Chances are we will begin to sympathize with them emotionally, which in turn impacts the way we pray for them and related to God. This is not good as it is a rebuke to God.
2. To do intercession means with have no time or inclination to continually look at our oen situation. We become completely identified with God's interest.
Thursday, August 19, 2004
The Supreme Climb
Verse:
Genesis 22:2
"Take now your son ... and offer him ... as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."
Lesson:
1. A person's character determines how he interprets God's will (see Psalm 18:25-26). Abraham interpreted God's command to mean that he had to kill his son, and he could only leave this traditional belief behind through the pain of a tremendous ordeal. God could purify his faith in no other way.
2. If we obey what God says according to our sincere belief, God will break us from those traditional beliefs that misrepresent Him. There are many such beliefs which must be removed — for example, that God removes a child because his mother loves him too much. That is the devil's lie and a travesty on the true nature of God!
3. If the devil can hinder us from taking the supreme climb and getting rid of our wrong traditional beliefs about God, he will do so. But if we will stay true to God, God will take us through an ordeal that will serve to bring us into a better knowledge of Himself.
4. The great lesson to be learned from Abraham's faith in God is that he was prepared to do anything for God. He was there to obey God, no matter what contrary belief of his might be violated by his obedience.
5. Abraham was not devoted to his own convictions or else he would have slain Isaac and said that the voice of the angel was actually the voice of the devil. That is the attitude of a fanatic.
6. If you will remain true to God, God will lead you directly through every barrier and right into the inner chamber of the knowledge of Himself. But you must always be willing to come to the point of giving up your own convictions and traditional beliefs.
7. Don't ask God to test you. Never declare as Peter did that you are willing to do anything, even "to go ... both to prison and to death" ( Luke 22:33). Abraham did not make any such statement — he simply remained true to God, and God purified his faith.
Most Meaningful Statement :
Abraham .... simply remained true to God, and God purified his faith
Thoughts :
1. We often have some preconceived beliefs about God or about His vision for us. The devil can use this to prevent us from rising up to the next level in knowing God.
2. That is why God needs to take us through an ordeal to break the moulds of our minds (which are shaped by the world's perspectives) and lead us to a greater knowledge of Him.
3. Are we devoted to our convictions? How about our traditions? Our beliefs? Sometimes we can't tell the difference between that and devotion to God.
Genesis 22:2
"Take now your son ... and offer him ... as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."
Lesson:
1. A person's character determines how he interprets God's will (see Psalm 18:25-26). Abraham interpreted God's command to mean that he had to kill his son, and he could only leave this traditional belief behind through the pain of a tremendous ordeal. God could purify his faith in no other way.
2. If we obey what God says according to our sincere belief, God will break us from those traditional beliefs that misrepresent Him. There are many such beliefs which must be removed — for example, that God removes a child because his mother loves him too much. That is the devil's lie and a travesty on the true nature of God!
3. If the devil can hinder us from taking the supreme climb and getting rid of our wrong traditional beliefs about God, he will do so. But if we will stay true to God, God will take us through an ordeal that will serve to bring us into a better knowledge of Himself.
4. The great lesson to be learned from Abraham's faith in God is that he was prepared to do anything for God. He was there to obey God, no matter what contrary belief of his might be violated by his obedience.
5. Abraham was not devoted to his own convictions or else he would have slain Isaac and said that the voice of the angel was actually the voice of the devil. That is the attitude of a fanatic.
6. If you will remain true to God, God will lead you directly through every barrier and right into the inner chamber of the knowledge of Himself. But you must always be willing to come to the point of giving up your own convictions and traditional beliefs.
7. Don't ask God to test you. Never declare as Peter did that you are willing to do anything, even "to go ... both to prison and to death" ( Luke 22:33). Abraham did not make any such statement — he simply remained true to God, and God purified his faith.
Most Meaningful Statement :
Abraham .... simply remained true to God, and God purified his faith
Thoughts :
1. We often have some preconceived beliefs about God or about His vision for us. The devil can use this to prevent us from rising up to the next level in knowing God.
2. That is why God needs to take us through an ordeal to break the moulds of our minds (which are shaped by the world's perspectives) and lead us to a greater knowledge of Him.
3. Are we devoted to our convictions? How about our traditions? Our beliefs? Sometimes we can't tell the difference between that and devotion to God.
Monday, August 16, 2004
Do You Worship the Work?
Verse:
1 Corinthians 3:9
"We are God's fellow workers ..."
Lesson:
1. Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him. A great number of Christian workers worship their work.
2. The only concern of Christian workers should be their concentration on God.
3. This will mean that all the other boundaries of life, whether they are mental, moral, or spiritual limits, are completely free with the freedom God gives His child; that is, a worshiping child, not a wayward one.
4. A worker who lacks this serious controlling emphasis of concentration on God is apt to become overly burdened by his work.
5. He is a slave to his own limits, having no freedom of his body, mind, or spirit. Consequently, he becomes burned out and defeated. There is no freedom and no delight in life at all. His nerves, mind, and heart are so overwhelmed that God's blessing cannot rest on him.
6. But the opposite case is equally true — once our concentration is on God, all the limits of our life are free and under the control and mastery of God alone.
7. There is no longer any responsibility on you for the work. The only responsibility you have is to stay in living constant touch with God, and to see that you allow nothing to hinder your cooperation with Him.
8. The freedom that comes after sanctification is the freedom of a child, and the things that used to hold your life down are gone. But be careful to remember that you have been freed for only one thing — to be absolutely devoted to your co-Worker.
9. We have no right to decide where we should be placed, or to have preconceived ideas as to what God is preparing us to do. God engineers everything; and wherever He places us, our one supreme goal should be to pour out our lives in wholehearted devotion to Him in that particular work.
10. "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might ..." (Ecclesiastes 9:10).
Most Meaningful Statement :
The only concern of Christian workers should be their concentration on God.
Thoughts :
1. Sometimes in the midst of serving God, we begin to worship the work and not the Lord of the work. We must beware of any work or even service that prevents us from concentrating on God.
2. Any Christian worker who serves but does not concentrate on God is prone to becoming over burdened, burnt out. If we do this, we become slaves to our own limits. Always overwhelmed and not experiencing God's blessings.
3. Those who have God as their primary focus will be the ones that last.
4. It is interesting that the moment we concentrate on God, all the limits on our life are free. That is because our life now comes under the mastery of God alone.
5. The best thing is that we no longer have any responsibility for the work. The only responsibility we have is to stay in constant touch with God, and to see that nothing hinders our cooperation with Him.
6. Many times we ask God to place us where we would like. We also have preconceived ideas of what God is preparing us to do. Whatever or wherever He wants, He engineers. All we need to do is to pour our lives out in devotion and obedience to Him.
1 Corinthians 3:9
"We are God's fellow workers ..."
Lesson:
1. Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him. A great number of Christian workers worship their work.
2. The only concern of Christian workers should be their concentration on God.
3. This will mean that all the other boundaries of life, whether they are mental, moral, or spiritual limits, are completely free with the freedom God gives His child; that is, a worshiping child, not a wayward one.
4. A worker who lacks this serious controlling emphasis of concentration on God is apt to become overly burdened by his work.
5. He is a slave to his own limits, having no freedom of his body, mind, or spirit. Consequently, he becomes burned out and defeated. There is no freedom and no delight in life at all. His nerves, mind, and heart are so overwhelmed that God's blessing cannot rest on him.
6. But the opposite case is equally true — once our concentration is on God, all the limits of our life are free and under the control and mastery of God alone.
7. There is no longer any responsibility on you for the work. The only responsibility you have is to stay in living constant touch with God, and to see that you allow nothing to hinder your cooperation with Him.
8. The freedom that comes after sanctification is the freedom of a child, and the things that used to hold your life down are gone. But be careful to remember that you have been freed for only one thing — to be absolutely devoted to your co-Worker.
9. We have no right to decide where we should be placed, or to have preconceived ideas as to what God is preparing us to do. God engineers everything; and wherever He places us, our one supreme goal should be to pour out our lives in wholehearted devotion to Him in that particular work.
10. "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might ..." (Ecclesiastes 9:10).
Most Meaningful Statement :
The only concern of Christian workers should be their concentration on God.
Thoughts :
1. Sometimes in the midst of serving God, we begin to worship the work and not the Lord of the work. We must beware of any work or even service that prevents us from concentrating on God.
2. Any Christian worker who serves but does not concentrate on God is prone to becoming over burdened, burnt out. If we do this, we become slaves to our own limits. Always overwhelmed and not experiencing God's blessings.
3. Those who have God as their primary focus will be the ones that last.
4. It is interesting that the moment we concentrate on God, all the limits on our life are free. That is because our life now comes under the mastery of God alone.
5. The best thing is that we no longer have any responsibility for the work. The only responsibility we have is to stay in constant touch with God, and to see that nothing hinders our cooperation with Him.
6. Many times we ask God to place us where we would like. We also have preconceived ideas of what God is preparing us to do. Whatever or wherever He wants, He engineers. All we need to do is to pour our lives out in devotion and obedience to Him.
Friday, July 09, 2004
Yielding
Verse:
Romans 6:16
"... you are that one's slaves whom you obey ..."
Lesson:
1. The first thing I must be willing to admit when I begin to examine what controls and dominates me is that I am the one responsible for having yielded myself to whatever it may be.
2. If I am a slave to myself, I am to blame because somewhere in the past I yielded to myself. Likewise, if I obey God I do so because at some point in my life I yielded myself to Him.
3. If a child gives in to selfishness, he will find it to be the most enslaving tyranny on earth. There is no power within the human soul itself that is capable of breaking the bondage of the nature created by yielding.
4. For example, yield for one second to anything in the nature of lust, and although you may hate yourself for having yielded, you become enslaved to that thing. (Remember what lust is — "I must have it now," whether it is the lust of the flesh or the lust of the mind.)
5. No release or escape from it will ever come from any human power, but only through the power of redemption.
6. You must yield yourself in utter humiliation to the only One who can break the dominating power in your life, namely, the Lord Jesus Christ.
7. "... He has anointed Me ... to proclaim liberty to the captives ..." (Luke 4:18 and Isaiah 61:1).
8. When you yield to something, you will soon realize the tremendous control it has over you. Even though you say, "Oh, I can give up that habit whenever I like," you will know you can't. You will find that the habit absolutely dominates you because you willingly yielded to it.
9. It is easy to sing, "He will break every fetter," while at the same time living a life of obvious slavery to yourself. But yielding to Jesus will break every kind of slavery in any person's life.
Most Meaningful Statement :
You must yield yourself in utter humiliation to the only One who can break the dominating power in your life, namely, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thoughts :
1. I am responsible for yielding to whatever controls me. If I obey God, it is because I yielded myself to Him.
2. Selfishness and lust are one of the most enslaving control over us. Their hold over us cannot be broken by anything we can summon ourselves. No release or escape is possible by human power.
3. Only Jesus can break any dominating power in our lives. By living in total humilty to Christ, He will break any slavery we have.
Romans 6:16
"... you are that one's slaves whom you obey ..."
Lesson:
1. The first thing I must be willing to admit when I begin to examine what controls and dominates me is that I am the one responsible for having yielded myself to whatever it may be.
2. If I am a slave to myself, I am to blame because somewhere in the past I yielded to myself. Likewise, if I obey God I do so because at some point in my life I yielded myself to Him.
3. If a child gives in to selfishness, he will find it to be the most enslaving tyranny on earth. There is no power within the human soul itself that is capable of breaking the bondage of the nature created by yielding.
4. For example, yield for one second to anything in the nature of lust, and although you may hate yourself for having yielded, you become enslaved to that thing. (Remember what lust is — "I must have it now," whether it is the lust of the flesh or the lust of the mind.)
5. No release or escape from it will ever come from any human power, but only through the power of redemption.
6. You must yield yourself in utter humiliation to the only One who can break the dominating power in your life, namely, the Lord Jesus Christ.
7. "... He has anointed Me ... to proclaim liberty to the captives ..." (Luke 4:18 and Isaiah 61:1).
8. When you yield to something, you will soon realize the tremendous control it has over you. Even though you say, "Oh, I can give up that habit whenever I like," you will know you can't. You will find that the habit absolutely dominates you because you willingly yielded to it.
9. It is easy to sing, "He will break every fetter," while at the same time living a life of obvious slavery to yourself. But yielding to Jesus will break every kind of slavery in any person's life.
Most Meaningful Statement :
You must yield yourself in utter humiliation to the only One who can break the dominating power in your life, namely, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thoughts :
1. I am responsible for yielding to whatever controls me. If I obey God, it is because I yielded myself to Him.
2. Selfishness and lust are one of the most enslaving control over us. Their hold over us cannot be broken by anything we can summon ourselves. No release or escape is possible by human power.
3. Only Jesus can break any dominating power in our lives. By living in total humilty to Christ, He will break any slavery we have.
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Obedience to the "Heavenly Vision"
Verse:
Acts 26:19
"I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision."
Lesson:
1. If we lose "the heavenly vision" God has given us, we alone are responsible — not God. We lose the vision because of our own lack of spiritual growth.
2. If we do not apply our beliefs about God to the issues of everyday life, the vision God has given us will never be fulfilled.
3. The only way to be obedient to "the heavenly vision" is to give our utmost for His highest — our best for His glory.
4. This can be accomplished only when we make a determination to continually remember God's vision.
5. But the acid test is obedience to the vision in the details of our everyday life — sixty seconds out of every minute, and sixty minutes out of every hour, not just during times of personal prayer or public meetings.
6. "Though it tarries, wait for it ..." (Habakkuk 2:3). We cannot bring the vision to fulfillment through our own efforts, but must live under its inspiration until it fulfills itself.
7. We try to be so practical that we forget the vision. At the very beginning we saw the vision but did not wait for it. We rushed off to do our practical work, and once the vision was fulfilled we could no longer even see it.
8. Waiting for a vision that "tarries" is the true test of our faithfulness to God. It is at the risk of our own soul's welfare that we get caught up in practical busy — work, only to miss the fulfillment of the vision.
9. Watch for the storms of God. The only way God plants His saints is through the whirlwind of His storms. Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no seed inside? That will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of the vision you have seen.
10. Let God send you out through His storm, and don't go until He does. If you select your own spot to be planted, you will prove yourself to be an unproductive, empty pod. However, if you allow God to plant you, you will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8).
11. It is essential that we live and "walk in the light" of God's vision for us (1 John 1:7).
Most Meaningful Statement :
If we do not apply our beliefs about God to the issues of everyday life, the vision God has given us will never be fulfilled.
Thoughts :
1. If we do not have spiritual growth, it is not likely that we are able to achieve the vision that God gives us. Without a vision, the people perish.
2. We need to apply our beliefs to the issues facing us on a daily basis, especially when the rubber hits the road. Otherwise, we believe one thing but do another when it comes to daily living.
3. The only way we can live out the vision of God is to always do our best for Him. We need to have a determination to remember that vision.
4. The acid test of our faithfulness to the vision God has given us is obedience to the vision in all details of our everyday life. Not just during our quiet times or church services and events.
5. We cannot fulfill the vision through our own efforts. It is also not something that is instant. We must live out our lives under its inspiration until it fulfills itself. This may take years, but we must tarry and wait. All this tarrying is a true test of our faithfulness to God.
6. We need to let God use storms in our lives to plant us where He wants us to be. If we select our own spot to be planted, we will prove ourself to be unproductive. We also find ourselves in the wrong place and out of the will of God.
7. However, if we allow God to plant us, we will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8).
Acts 26:19
"I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision."
Lesson:
1. If we lose "the heavenly vision" God has given us, we alone are responsible — not God. We lose the vision because of our own lack of spiritual growth.
2. If we do not apply our beliefs about God to the issues of everyday life, the vision God has given us will never be fulfilled.
3. The only way to be obedient to "the heavenly vision" is to give our utmost for His highest — our best for His glory.
4. This can be accomplished only when we make a determination to continually remember God's vision.
5. But the acid test is obedience to the vision in the details of our everyday life — sixty seconds out of every minute, and sixty minutes out of every hour, not just during times of personal prayer or public meetings.
6. "Though it tarries, wait for it ..." (Habakkuk 2:3). We cannot bring the vision to fulfillment through our own efforts, but must live under its inspiration until it fulfills itself.
7. We try to be so practical that we forget the vision. At the very beginning we saw the vision but did not wait for it. We rushed off to do our practical work, and once the vision was fulfilled we could no longer even see it.
8. Waiting for a vision that "tarries" is the true test of our faithfulness to God. It is at the risk of our own soul's welfare that we get caught up in practical busy — work, only to miss the fulfillment of the vision.
9. Watch for the storms of God. The only way God plants His saints is through the whirlwind of His storms. Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no seed inside? That will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of the vision you have seen.
10. Let God send you out through His storm, and don't go until He does. If you select your own spot to be planted, you will prove yourself to be an unproductive, empty pod. However, if you allow God to plant you, you will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8).
11. It is essential that we live and "walk in the light" of God's vision for us (1 John 1:7).
Most Meaningful Statement :
If we do not apply our beliefs about God to the issues of everyday life, the vision God has given us will never be fulfilled.
Thoughts :
1. If we do not have spiritual growth, it is not likely that we are able to achieve the vision that God gives us. Without a vision, the people perish.
2. We need to apply our beliefs to the issues facing us on a daily basis, especially when the rubber hits the road. Otherwise, we believe one thing but do another when it comes to daily living.
3. The only way we can live out the vision of God is to always do our best for Him. We need to have a determination to remember that vision.
4. The acid test of our faithfulness to the vision God has given us is obedience to the vision in all details of our everyday life. Not just during our quiet times or church services and events.
5. We cannot fulfill the vision through our own efforts. It is also not something that is instant. We must live out our lives under its inspiration until it fulfills itself. This may take years, but we must tarry and wait. All this tarrying is a true test of our faithfulness to God.
6. We need to let God use storms in our lives to plant us where He wants us to be. If we select our own spot to be planted, we will prove ourself to be unproductive. We also find ourselves in the wrong place and out of the will of God.
7. However, if we allow God to plant us, we will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8).
Obedience to the "Heavenly Vision"
Verse:
Acts 26:19
"I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision."
Lesson:
1. If we lose "the heavenly vision" God has given us, we alone are responsible — not God. We lose the vision because of our own lack of spiritual growth.
2. If we do not apply our beliefs about God to the issues of everyday life, the vision God has given us will never be fulfilled.
3. The only way to be obedient to "the heavenly vision" is to give our utmost for His highest — our best for His glory.
4. This can be accomplished only when we make a determination to continually remember God's vision.
5. But the acid test is obedience to the vision in the details of our everyday life — sixty seconds out of every minute, and sixty minutes out of every hour, not just during times of personal prayer or public meetings.
6. "Though it tarries, wait for it ..." (Habakkuk 2:3). We cannot bring the vision to fulfillment through our own efforts, but must live under its inspiration until it fulfills itself.
7. We try to be so practical that we forget the vision. At the very beginning we saw the vision but did not wait for it. We rushed off to do our practical work, and once the vision was fulfilled we could no longer even see it.
8. Waiting for a vision that "tarries" is the true test of our faithfulness to God. It is at the risk of our own soul's welfare that we get caught up in practical busy — work, only to miss the fulfillment of the vision.
9. Watch for the storms of God. The only way God plants His saints is through the whirlwind of His storms. Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no seed inside? That will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of the vision you have seen.
10. Let God send you out through His storm, and don't go until He does. If you select your own spot to be planted, you will prove yourself to be an unproductive, empty pod. However, if you allow God to plant you, you will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8).
11. It is essential that we live and "walk in the light" of God's vision for us (1 John 1:7).
Most Meaningful Statement :
If we do not apply our beliefs about God to the issues of everyday life, the vision God has given us will never be fulfilled.
Thoughts :
1. If we do not have spiritual growth, it is not likely that we are able to achieve the vision that God gives us. Without a vision, the people perish.
2. We need to apply our beliefs to the issues facing us on a daily basis, especially when the rubber hits the road. Otherwise, we believe one thing but do another when it comes to daily living.
3. The only way we can live out the vision of God is to always do our best for Him. We need to have a determination to remember that vision.
4. The acid test of our faithfulness to the vision God has given us is obedience to the vision in all details of our everyday life. Not just during our quiet times or church services and events.
5. We cannot fulfill the vision through our own efforts. It is also not something that is instant. We must live out our lives under its inspiration until it fulfills itself. This may take years, but we must tarry and wait. All this tarrying is a true test of our faithfulness to God.
6. We need to let God use storms in our lives to plant us where He wants us to be. If we select our own spot to be planted, we will prove ourself to be unproductive. We also find ourselves in the wrong place and out of the will of God.
7. However, if we allow God to plant us, we will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8).
Acts 26:19
"I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision."
Lesson:
1. If we lose "the heavenly vision" God has given us, we alone are responsible — not God. We lose the vision because of our own lack of spiritual growth.
2. If we do not apply our beliefs about God to the issues of everyday life, the vision God has given us will never be fulfilled.
3. The only way to be obedient to "the heavenly vision" is to give our utmost for His highest — our best for His glory.
4. This can be accomplished only when we make a determination to continually remember God's vision.
5. But the acid test is obedience to the vision in the details of our everyday life — sixty seconds out of every minute, and sixty minutes out of every hour, not just during times of personal prayer or public meetings.
6. "Though it tarries, wait for it ..." (Habakkuk 2:3). We cannot bring the vision to fulfillment through our own efforts, but must live under its inspiration until it fulfills itself.
7. We try to be so practical that we forget the vision. At the very beginning we saw the vision but did not wait for it. We rushed off to do our practical work, and once the vision was fulfilled we could no longer even see it.
8. Waiting for a vision that "tarries" is the true test of our faithfulness to God. It is at the risk of our own soul's welfare that we get caught up in practical busy — work, only to miss the fulfillment of the vision.
9. Watch for the storms of God. The only way God plants His saints is through the whirlwind of His storms. Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no seed inside? That will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of the vision you have seen.
10. Let God send you out through His storm, and don't go until He does. If you select your own spot to be planted, you will prove yourself to be an unproductive, empty pod. However, if you allow God to plant you, you will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8).
11. It is essential that we live and "walk in the light" of God's vision for us (1 John 1:7).
Most Meaningful Statement :
If we do not apply our beliefs about God to the issues of everyday life, the vision God has given us will never be fulfilled.
Thoughts :
1. If we do not have spiritual growth, it is not likely that we are able to achieve the vision that God gives us. Without a vision, the people perish.
2. We need to apply our beliefs to the issues facing us on a daily basis, especially when the rubber hits the road. Otherwise, we believe one thing but do another when it comes to daily living.
3. The only way we can live out the vision of God is to always do our best for Him. We need to have a determination to remember that vision.
4. The acid test of our faithfulness to the vision God has given us is obedience to the vision in all details of our everyday life. Not just during our quiet times or church services and events.
5. We cannot fulfill the vision through our own efforts. It is also not something that is instant. We must live out our lives under its inspiration until it fulfills itself. This may take years, but we must tarry and wait. All this tarrying is a true test of our faithfulness to God.
6. We need to let God use storms in our lives to plant us where He wants us to be. If we select our own spot to be planted, we will prove ourself to be unproductive. We also find ourselves in the wrong place and out of the will of God.
7. However, if we allow God to plant us, we will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8).
Saturday, July 03, 2004
Being an Example of His Message
Verse:
2 Timothy 4:2
“Preach the word!”
Lesson:
1. We are not saved only to be instruments for God, but to be His sons and daughters. He does not turn us into spiritual agents but into spiritual messengers, and the message must be a part of us.
2. The Son of God was His own message — “The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63 ). As His disciples, our lives must be a holy example of the reality of our message.
3. Even the natural heart of the unsaved will serve if called upon to do so, but it takes a heart broken by conviction of sin, baptized by the Holy Spirit, and crushed into submission to God's purpose to make a person's life a holy example of God's message.
4. There is a difference between giving a testimony and preaching. A preacher is someone who has received the call of God and is determined to use all his energy to proclaim God's truth.
5. God takes us beyond our own aspirations and ideas for our lives, and molds and shapes us for His purpose, just as He worked in the disciples’ lives after Pentecost.
6. The purpose of Pentecost was not to teach the disciples something, but to make them the incarnation of what they preached so that they would literally become God's message in the flesh. “... you shall be witnesses to Me ...” ( Acts 1:8).
7. Allow God to have complete liberty in your life when you speak. Before God's message can liberate other people, His liberation must first be real in you.
8. Gather your material carefully, and then allow God to “set your words on fire” for His glory.
Most Meaningful Statement :
God takes us beyond our own aspirations and ideas for our lives, and molds and shapes us for His purpose.
Thoughts :
1. God doesn't save us to be His agents or servants. He has angels to do that. God saved us to be His sons and daughters. We then become His message, not just messengers.
2. In what state must we be in order to become Holy messages of God? We need to be crushed into submission to God's purpose. There is no other way to do this.
3. Sometimes we have preconceptions of what our lives should be. Sometimes God shows us a vision for our lives and again we mentally put that vision into our own mould, our own mental framework.
4. However, God wants to take us beyond our own aspirations and ideas for our lives, and shapes us according to His purpose.
5. The purpose of Pentecost was not to teach us something, but to make us the incarnation of what we preached so that we would literally become God's message in the flesh.
Only then would His message be powerful to the people we touch daily.
2 Timothy 4:2
“Preach the word!”
Lesson:
1. We are not saved only to be instruments for God, but to be His sons and daughters. He does not turn us into spiritual agents but into spiritual messengers, and the message must be a part of us.
2. The Son of God was His own message — “The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63 ). As His disciples, our lives must be a holy example of the reality of our message.
3. Even the natural heart of the unsaved will serve if called upon to do so, but it takes a heart broken by conviction of sin, baptized by the Holy Spirit, and crushed into submission to God's purpose to make a person's life a holy example of God's message.
4. There is a difference between giving a testimony and preaching. A preacher is someone who has received the call of God and is determined to use all his energy to proclaim God's truth.
5. God takes us beyond our own aspirations and ideas for our lives, and molds and shapes us for His purpose, just as He worked in the disciples’ lives after Pentecost.
6. The purpose of Pentecost was not to teach the disciples something, but to make them the incarnation of what they preached so that they would literally become God's message in the flesh. “... you shall be witnesses to Me ...” ( Acts 1:8).
7. Allow God to have complete liberty in your life when you speak. Before God's message can liberate other people, His liberation must first be real in you.
8. Gather your material carefully, and then allow God to “set your words on fire” for His glory.
Most Meaningful Statement :
God takes us beyond our own aspirations and ideas for our lives, and molds and shapes us for His purpose.
Thoughts :
1. God doesn't save us to be His agents or servants. He has angels to do that. God saved us to be His sons and daughters. We then become His message, not just messengers.
2. In what state must we be in order to become Holy messages of God? We need to be crushed into submission to God's purpose. There is no other way to do this.
3. Sometimes we have preconceptions of what our lives should be. Sometimes God shows us a vision for our lives and again we mentally put that vision into our own mould, our own mental framework.
4. However, God wants to take us beyond our own aspirations and ideas for our lives, and shapes us according to His purpose.
5. The purpose of Pentecost was not to teach us something, but to make us the incarnation of what we preached so that we would literally become God's message in the flesh.
Only then would His message be powerful to the people we touch daily.
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
The Discipline of Hearing
Verse:
Matthew 10:27
"Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops."
Lesson:
1. Sometimes God puts us through the experience and discipline of darkness to teach us to hear and obey Him.
2. Song birds are taught to sing in the dark, and God puts us into "the shadow of His hand" until we learn to hear Him (Isaiah 49:2).
3. "Whatever I tell you in the dark ..."
pay attention when God puts you into darkness, and keep your mouth closed while you are there.
4. Are you in the dark right now in your circumstances, or in your life with God? If so, then remain quiet. If you open your mouth in the dark, you will speak while in the wrong mood
darkness is the time to listen.
5. Don't talk to other people about it; don't read books to find out the reason for the darkness; just listen and obey.
6. If you talk to other people, you cannot hear what God is saying. When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message for someone else once you are back in the light.
7. After every time of darkness, we should experience a mixture of delight and humiliation.
8. If there is only delight, I question whether we have really heard God at all. We should experience delight for having heard God speak, but mostly humiliation for having taken so long to hear Him!
9. Then we will exclaim, "How slow I have been to listen and understand what God has been telling me!" And yet God has been saying it for days and even weeks.
10. But once you hear Him, He gives you the gift of humiliation, which brings a softness of heart
a gift that will always cause you to listen to God now.
Most Meaningful Statement:
'darkness is the time to listen'
Thoughts :
1. Many times when we get put into the dark, we take it negatively and feel that God is punishing us or has 'left us' alone in a dark place.
2. However, God sometimes puts us through the experience and discipline of darkness to actually teach us to hear and obey Him.
3. We should actually pay attention when God puts us into darkness, and keep our mouth shut while we are there. How can we hear God when we keep complaining or moaning?
4. The other thing is we should not just talk to other people about it; or read books to find out the reason for the darkness; we should just listen and obey.
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
The Devotion of Hearing
Verse:
1 Samuel 3:10
"Samuel answered, ‘Speak, for Your servant hears’."
Lesson:
1. Just because I have listened carefully and intently to one thing from God does not mean that I will listen to everything He says.
2. I show God my lack of love and respect for Him by the insensitivity of my heart and mind toward what He says.
3. If I love my friend, I will instinctively understand what he wants. And Jesus said, "You are My friends ..." (John 15:14).
4. Have I disobeyed some command of my Lord's this week? If I had realized that it was a command of Jesus, I would not have deliberately disobeyed it.
5. But most of us show incredible disrespect to God because we don't even hear Him. He might as well never have spoken to us.
6. The goal of my spiritual life is such close identification with Jesus Christ that I will always hear God and know that God always hears me (see John 11:41).
7. If I am united with Jesus Christ, I hear God all the time through the devotion of hearing. A flower, a tree, or a servant of God may convey God's message to me.
8. What hinders me from hearing is my attention to other things. It is not that I don't want to hear God, but I am not devoted in the right areas of my life. I am devoted to things and even to service and my own convictions.
9. God may say whatever He wants, but I just don't hear Him. The attitude of a child of God should always be, "Speak, for Your servant hears."
10. If I have not developed and nurtured this devotion of hearing, I can only hear God's voice at certain times.
11. At other times I become deaf to Him because my attention is to other things
—things which I think I must do. This is not living the life of a child of God. Have you heard God's voice today?
Most Meaningful Statement:
If I am united with Jesus Christ, I hear God all the time through the devotion of hearing.
Thoughts :
1. Often we make ourselves too busy to hear God. That is why the devotion of hearing is so important to us in this modern age.
2. We don't hear because our attention is drawn to the cares of daily life. Our hearing gets clouded by the din of our busy lives, and we totally miss the point. Why busy ourselves with the temporal when we are supposed to pay attention to the eternal?
Friday, May 21, 2004
Look Again and Consecrate
Verse:
Matthew 6:30
"If God so clothes the grass of the field ... , will He not much more clothe you ... ?"
Lesson:
1. A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us because we are often not simple.
2. How can we maintain the simplicity of Jesus so that we may understand Him?
3. By receiving His Spirit, recognizing and relying on Him, and obeying Him as He brings us the truth of His Word, life will become amazingly simple.
4. Jesus asks us to consider that "if God so clothes the grass of the field ..." how "much more" will He clothe you, if you keep your relationship right with Him?
5. Every time we lose ground in our fellowship with God, it is because we have disrespectfully thought that we knew better than Jesus Christ.
6. We have allowed "the cares of this world" to enter in (Matthew 13:22), while forgetting the "much more" of our heavenly Father.
7. "Look at the birds of the air ..." (Matthew 6:26). Their function is to obey the instincts God placed within them, and God watches over them.
8. "Consider the lilies of the field ..." (Matthew 6:28). They grow where they are planted. Many of us refuse to grow where God plants us.
9. Therefore, we don't take root anywhere. Jesus said if we would obey the life of God within us, He would look after all other things.
10. Did Jesus Christ lie to us? Are we experiencing the "much more" He promised?
11. If we are not, it is because we are not obeying the life God has given us and have cluttered our minds with confusing thoughts and worries.
12. How much time have we wasted asking God senseless questions while we should be absolutely free to concentrate on our service to Him?
13. Consecration is the act of continually separating myself from everything except that which God has appointed me to do.
14. It is not a one-time experience but an ongoing process. Am I continually separating myself and looking to God every day of my life?
Most Meaningful Statement :
A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us because we are often not simple.
Thoughts :
1. Life should be simple. Our problem is we make it too complicated. We allow ourselves to be sucked into the cares and complications of the world.
2. So how do we simplify our already complicated lives? We do that by trusting God for who He is. We must remember that we are eternal beings created by God to have fellowship with Him.
3. Lillies grow where they are planted. Do we grow where we are planted? Birds live according to God's plan for them, and they soar freely. Do we?
4. Often we worry and take things into our own hands. How nice if we lived according to God's plan and remain carefree.
5. We spend too much time asking God too many senseless questions and asking for too many useless things. Instead we should be concentrating on knowing Him more.caught up with the concerns of this lifetime.
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Recall What God Remembers
Hi guys,
This is another look at some of my thoughts whilst I was thinking about what God really wants from us. My next chapter of the Purpose Driven Life will be held back till the next posting.
Verse:
Jeremiah 2:2
“Thus says the Lord: ‘I remember ... the kindness of your youth ...’.”
Lessons:
1. Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me?
2. Does everything in my life fill His heart with gladness, or do I constantly complain because things don't seem to be going my way?
3. A person who has forgotten what God treasures will not be filled with joy.
4. It is wonderful to remember that Jesus Christ has needs which we can meet — “Give Me a drink” (John 4:7).
5. How much kindness have I shown Him in the past week?
6. Has my life been a good reflection on His reputation?
7. God is saying to His people, “You are not in love with Me now, but I remember a time when you were.” He says, “I remember ... the love of your betrothal ...” (Jeremiah 2:2).
8. Am I as filled to overflowing with love for Jesus Christ as I was in the beginning, when I went out of my way to prove my devotion to Him?
9. Does He ever find me pondering the time when I cared only for Him? Is that where I am now, or have I chosen man's wisdom over true love for Him?
10. Am I so in love with Him that I take no thought for where He might lead me?
11. Or am I watching to see how much respect I get as I measure how much service I should give Him?
12. As I recall what God remembers about me, I may also begin to realize that He is not what He used to be to me.
13. When this happens, I should allow the shame and humiliation it creates in my life, because it will bring godly sorrow, and “godly sorrow produces repentance ...” (2 Corinthians 7:10).
Most Meaningful Statement:
Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me?
Thoughts:
1. In our relationship with God, we tend to forget to treat Him kindly and well.
2. We have not learnt how to consider His feelings for certain things.
3. Our relationship with God tends to be one sided as we constantly expect to receive from Him. What about giving to Him?
4. Life in Singapore tends to be full of hustle and bustle and quite materialistic. Often we see God as a material provider. Does He ever find us pondering about what He cares for?
5. We should ask ourselves what is God passionate about.
This is another look at some of my thoughts whilst I was thinking about what God really wants from us. My next chapter of the Purpose Driven Life will be held back till the next posting.
Verse:
Jeremiah 2:2
“Thus says the Lord: ‘I remember ... the kindness of your youth ...’.”
Lessons:
1. Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me?
2. Does everything in my life fill His heart with gladness, or do I constantly complain because things don't seem to be going my way?
3. A person who has forgotten what God treasures will not be filled with joy.
4. It is wonderful to remember that Jesus Christ has needs which we can meet — “Give Me a drink” (John 4:7).
5. How much kindness have I shown Him in the past week?
6. Has my life been a good reflection on His reputation?
7. God is saying to His people, “You are not in love with Me now, but I remember a time when you were.” He says, “I remember ... the love of your betrothal ...” (Jeremiah 2:2).
8. Am I as filled to overflowing with love for Jesus Christ as I was in the beginning, when I went out of my way to prove my devotion to Him?
9. Does He ever find me pondering the time when I cared only for Him? Is that where I am now, or have I chosen man's wisdom over true love for Him?
10. Am I so in love with Him that I take no thought for where He might lead me?
11. Or am I watching to see how much respect I get as I measure how much service I should give Him?
12. As I recall what God remembers about me, I may also begin to realize that He is not what He used to be to me.
13. When this happens, I should allow the shame and humiliation it creates in my life, because it will bring godly sorrow, and “godly sorrow produces repentance ...” (2 Corinthians 7:10).
Most Meaningful Statement:
Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me?
Thoughts:
1. In our relationship with God, we tend to forget to treat Him kindly and well.
2. We have not learnt how to consider His feelings for certain things.
3. Our relationship with God tends to be one sided as we constantly expect to receive from Him. What about giving to Him?
4. Life in Singapore tends to be full of hustle and bustle and quite materialistic. Often we see God as a material provider. Does He ever find us pondering about what He cares for?
5. We should ask ourselves what is God passionate about.
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
What on earth am I here for?
After friends introduced me to the book entitled "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren, I found that I couldn't stop reading it. Sometimes I would go over the same set of pages several times just to make sure that I have absorbed the essence of the passages.
What's the book all about ? Well, it concerns "What on earth am I here for?". Therefore, I thought I'll start a BLOG to capture my thoughts about this very important topic and share these with all the world.
Here goes ..........
Chapter One: It all starts with God.
Thoughts:
1. It's not about you.
2. The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness.
3. You were born by HIs purpose and for His purpose.
4. Contrary to what many popular books, movies, and seminars tell you, you won't discover your life's meaning by looking within yourself.
5. You can usually succeed in reaching a goal if you put your mind to it. But being successful and fulfilling your life's purpose are not at all the same issue.
6. God's purpose for our life predates our conception.
Thinking about my purpose
Point to ponder:
It's not about me.
Verse to remember:
Everything got started in Him and finds its purpose in Him, Col 1:16.
Question to consider:
In spite of all the advertising around me, how can I remind myself that life is really about living for God, not myself?
What's the book all about ? Well, it concerns "What on earth am I here for?". Therefore, I thought I'll start a BLOG to capture my thoughts about this very important topic and share these with all the world.
Here goes ..........
Chapter One: It all starts with God.
Thoughts:
1. It's not about you.
2. The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness.
3. You were born by HIs purpose and for His purpose.
4. Contrary to what many popular books, movies, and seminars tell you, you won't discover your life's meaning by looking within yourself.
5. You can usually succeed in reaching a goal if you put your mind to it. But being successful and fulfilling your life's purpose are not at all the same issue.
6. God's purpose for our life predates our conception.
Thinking about my purpose
Point to ponder:
It's not about me.
Verse to remember:
Everything got started in Him and finds its purpose in Him, Col 1:16.
Question to consider:
In spite of all the advertising around me, how can I remind myself that life is really about living for God, not myself?
The Voice of the Nature of God
In between reading the next chapter of the Purpose Driven Life, I was set to think about the call of God. How do we hear the voice of God in order to know what is His calling for us ?
Verse:
Isaiah 6:8
“I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?’.”
Lessons:
1. There are many things calling each of us today. Some of these calls will be answered, and others will not even be heard. When we talk about the call of God, we often forget the most important thing, namely, the nature of Him who calls.
2. The call is the expression of the nature of the One who calls, and we can only recognize that call if that same nature is in us. The call of God is the expression of God's nature, not ours.
3. God providentially weaves the threads of His call through our lives, and only we can distinguish them. It is the threading of God's voice directly to us over a certain concern that makes it useless to seek another person's opinion of it.
4. The call of God is not a reflection of my nature; my personal desires and temperament are of no consideration. As long as I dwell on my own qualities and traits and think about what I am suited for, I will never hear the call of God.
5. But when God brings me into the right relationship with Himself, I will be in the same condition Isaiah was. Isaiah was so attuned to God, because of the great crisis he had just endured, that the call of God penetrated his soul.
6. The majority of us cannot hear anything but ourselves. And we cannot hear anything God says. But to be brought to the place where we can hear the call of God is to be profoundly changed.
Thoughts :
1. One of the most significant concepts here is that God calls us based on His will and His nature. It has got nothing to do with our nature, what we are, and what talents we have. As long as we keep having the impression that our call is based on what we are suited for, we will never hear God's call.
2. We have to be in the right relationship with Him and be in the same condition as Isaiah. We must be changed.
Verse:
Isaiah 6:8
“I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?’.”
Lessons:
1. There are many things calling each of us today. Some of these calls will be answered, and others will not even be heard. When we talk about the call of God, we often forget the most important thing, namely, the nature of Him who calls.
2. The call is the expression of the nature of the One who calls, and we can only recognize that call if that same nature is in us. The call of God is the expression of God's nature, not ours.
3. God providentially weaves the threads of His call through our lives, and only we can distinguish them. It is the threading of God's voice directly to us over a certain concern that makes it useless to seek another person's opinion of it.
4. The call of God is not a reflection of my nature; my personal desires and temperament are of no consideration. As long as I dwell on my own qualities and traits and think about what I am suited for, I will never hear the call of God.
5. But when God brings me into the right relationship with Himself, I will be in the same condition Isaiah was. Isaiah was so attuned to God, because of the great crisis he had just endured, that the call of God penetrated his soul.
6. The majority of us cannot hear anything but ourselves. And we cannot hear anything God says. But to be brought to the place where we can hear the call of God is to be profoundly changed.
Thoughts :
1. One of the most significant concepts here is that God calls us based on His will and His nature. It has got nothing to do with our nature, what we are, and what talents we have. As long as we keep having the impression that our call is based on what we are suited for, we will never hear God's call.
2. We have to be in the right relationship with Him and be in the same condition as Isaiah. We must be changed.
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