This is my first blog for 2011. It is already Day 4 of the new year, of the new decade. I just finished spending time with God and today I read a passage from 2 Peter 1:3-11. It is basically to challenge the readers to make their calling and election sure - to know who they are!
Do I know who I am? If it is a textbook answer - yes! I am a child of God! Am I living as a child of God? That is where I falter and this is where I want to also improve on.
My walk with the Lord has not been superbly great as I have been struggling with a bit of burning out especially from the home front and also in my service as a chairperson in the Missions Committee.
It is tough dealing with matters at home especially lately. Grandma has been throwing her tantrums and having her mood swings. When she is affected, it gets on to my mum and then my dad and then my brother and of course, Andy Chew! It is tiring physically, emotionally and mentally. It does not help that sometimes the three old folks do not appreciate what my brother and I are trying to do for them.
As for ministry in church, whatever that is happening at home is taking a toll on what I am doing in church. This is not an excuse but a fact. I am sometimes so tired that I have no other strength to deal with the matters pertaining to the ministry I have been put in charge of.
Already at this start of the year, I have to look into a few matters which are urgent and I am praying the Lord will help me through this.
I guess so far in the few journal entries I have made in this blogspot, the attention has always been home, church and me but never on God. I guess by knowing that I am a child of God that I need to turn my attention to Him who is the source of power which I need for life and godliness.
I need to get my act right and I am starting by communing with my Lord and Saviour on a daily basis. Prayerfully from there, I will add to my faith goodness, and to goodness knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love!
I pray by practicing this attributes, they will keep me from being ineffective and unproductive in the knowledge of my Lord Jesus Christ.
Well, praise the Lord for this timely reminder.
There will be great adventures ahead. I pray that when it reaches the last day of 2011 that I have nothing else to say except to praise God for helping me grow deeper in Him, by loving the people around me, and of course by sharing His love to those who have yet to know Him, if they so choose to.
"His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins. There, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ." 2 Peter 1:3-11
