tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594466655926701168.post2495502240327365071..comments2024-01-20T06:33:12.603-08:00Comments on Created to Give God Glory: Can You Honestly Pray, "Not as I Will, But as You Will?"Created to Give God Gloryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17298394573836878999noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594466655926701168.post-85030457126653895642015-01-13T09:40:23.913-08:002015-01-13T09:40:23.913-08:00Your testimony is something that everyone should r...Your testimony is something that everyone should read. God is indeed wonderful. He never leaves your side even when you can't see Him. God bless you.<br />PrentisCreated to Give God Gloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298394573836878999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594466655926701168.post-68496691491460384562015-01-12T13:03:48.236-08:002015-01-12T13:03:48.236-08:00This one is a tough one; don't we struggle wit...This one is a tough one; don't we struggle with it! Yes, we do; I do. <br /><br />A couple of years back I was like I was "larger" than many, perhaps, seen as one, even over some full-time workers, yet in the recent year or two, things have slided to such low level that I wonder if there is still any use of me downplaying other aspects of life like career and so on, to supposedly devote time and energy to pursue the ministry that I thought I was (am still?) called to. <br /><br />Just before that period, I was riding high on my secular career, but I sought the Lord to find the ministry I could serve in. "Hell broke loose!" I lost my job, stayed unemployed for considerable time due to market's financial crisis, and to top it all, my wife filed to divorce me, and wanted to take my children from me and migrate to far away Europe. It was terrible. I was divorced and went into a 4 years + legal battle for my children. It was most painful and difficult. But the time that the world collapsed on me, was the time The Lord came and sustained me by letting me partner Him in healing ministry, ministering to people, touching many lives, and seeing signs and wonders happening through the ministry. It was a most difficult period and yet a most wonderful period; difficult because of the long drawn and costly divorce proceedings, wonderful because The Lord's moving through me.<br /><br />Not trying to compare to Jesus, But can't help noticing that Jesus who served God as a man, suffered greatly, while He had God moving through Him in most wondrous ways.<br /><br />The bad that happened to me was not the work of God, but part of the enemy's snare, and so, there is often a price to pay, because the enemy won't let us have it easy, when we are serious to walk in the will, God has for us.<br /><br />But the encounters with God do often change us. On the one hand, we want more of the walking in the will of God where we find satisfaction and fulfillment, on the other, dark principality would step up its effort to make us pay. I am NOT saying that a godly man cannot be wealthy and prestigious, but such are mostly part of what belongs to the worldly culture, which the enemy has perpetuated and still perpetuating, and so, the very things the evil one can give, it will try to deprive you of them, if it can. <br /><br />Does not God step in, and thwart all of these deprivation? At His discretion, He may opt NOT to shield every fiery dart from the enemy. One thing for sure, God needs to refine us; it is for each, the settings God uses (NOT necessarily He caused it) vary. If you have more, thank God, I mean really thank God for it; if you have less, thank God too, for God knows best; besides, Scripture said that when more is given (or not allowed to be taken away), more is expected.<br /><br />When I had it good, referring to experiencing God moving through me, I wanted more, and so, since a few years back I decided I would pursue the more meaningful thing - having God move through me. Despite the slide I referred to, at beginning of this comment, I still want more, and had given up, a few months ago, my full-time career. Maybe foolish, maybe not; to experience God moving through me would make it all worthed it; only I have to keep my heart right, and truly to be a blessing to others.<br /><br />Surely, the Word stays true, that the righteous or his children do not need to go a-begging. As side, I fought my divorce battle on ground of righteousness, and the Court did eventually give the care and control for my children, over to me.<br /><br />The will of God and that of the world is in conflict; want the will of God, expect challenges from the world and from the enemy.<br /><br />Anthony Chia, high.expressions<br /><br />high.expressions (Anthony Chia)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15796568536820239102noreply@blogger.com