what’s my birthday wish???
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Hi folks, just coming in to just share my thoughts again… lately… i just celebrated my b day… well sort of.. ha. yup.. the most common thing about b day is this… there is this stuff call cake, and then candles..and then of course friends.
so the most common thing about b day is this.. your friends will tell you..make three wishes… two known and one to yourself… i was asked about three times.. and really i was a little lost in what to wish for…maybe i feel i got what i have already..nothing to wish for… of course….. i can wish for the spiritual stuff la..but then again..i wanted to sound as normal as possible… so a bit stuck….
then i realized that God has been really good to me in all things… i have a small nice house to stay, a great wife, blessed with a car to drive. great friends and ministry leaders to work with..what more can i ask for?? of course i could pray..less stress and all but i guess that is part of life? ya.. so my conclusion is… i am contended what God has given to me..and maybe sometimes when you go through b day… we all want something because we wish for something, we hope for something…that is only natural…it a hope that we all carry… i like to think that is how God wires us… that is .. to HOPE.
bible says..hope deferred makes the heart sick…. in other words..sometimes what we really hoping doesn’t come true and then we feel discouraged and upset with God. Hope with self expectations will only set yourself up for more disappointments.. why? because it may not come from God himself. But Hope upon God is a totally different thing all together. Because we are not basing our own selfish agenda and impose on God but rather we seek God’s heart and mind for our lives and when He tells us.. we hope!
God is not like a genie in the bottle that hears and beckon our call but He is a God who knows everything more than what we can ever imagine..which means to say.. he Holds our future.
when we understand that… our hope will not yield fruitless results but breakthrough in many areas in our lives.
on my b day, i took leave to rest and at the same time seeking God for his promises for my life… somehow i got a sense of what he is trying to say,.and now.. i am hoping… and my hope is not based on my feelings but based on what he has put in my heart.
so maybe if i were to make three wishes.. it will be:
1. Enlarge my area of influence in my ministry
2. Greater wisdom to handle things
3…….. Not supposed to tell you la.. hahahahaha remember??
ok…. so when your b day comes again….. try… seek God and see what promises He has for you!!!!!
love you all! Hugz.