Be With You by City Harvest Church (Reflection)

Be With You

Savior of my soul
I confide in you
Through all my darkest moment
In you I find my peace
My comfort when I'm weak
I trust in You, through storm and raging sea

Faithful, You're my God
You're the Glory and the Lifter of my head
Your light it fills my days
It leads me in Your ways
Forever I surrender all to You

And I live to worship You
My Jesus You're the only one for me
Nothing will ever take Your place
My precious Savior
Who can stand between my Lord and me

Lord I live to honor You
And I long to bring my life an offering
Take me higher
Draw me deeper
I give all to be with You

To be honest, I went through a dark moment of my life. I lost my passion in serving the Lord because of failures and disappointments with myself and those people who are around me. I was spiritually burnt out. But God is a God of unlimited grace. I struggled to press on to His presence only to find myself making things hard though they weren't have to be. Through the lyrics of this song, Who can stand between my Lord and me?, I was reminded of this Bible verse:

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Romans 8:38-39

I realized that I don't have to give myself a hard time in connecting to the presence of God. It was His job to make the way for me and that is through the cross. All I need is to be truthful and open my heart to Him. Listening to this song, I just knelt down and all the tears rushed from my eyes for a long time. His presence is so full of grace, love and acceptance. His love truly never fails. His love is always fresh and always ready to fill those who hunger and thirst for Him. It melts all impurities of the heart It quiets all the battles of the mind. And all I can do is to cry, cry, and cry... Nothing will really ever take the place of my Lord and Savior. Now, I stand to my ground that in the name of Jesus, I can overcome. I believe that He will make many miracles in my life again just like what He always do before. I believe for fire, focus and freedom that He will intensify in my life!

Justified by Faith (Devotional Entry)

Monday - Sept. 9, 2013

Romans 4:25-5:1-2

"He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God."

Lessons:

1. My sins cost the death of Jesus.

2. Through His resurrection, I am justified, guilt-free, forgiven.

3. Being justified, I am reconciled again with God and now have peace with Him

4. Through Jesus, I gained access by faith into the grace of God.

JUSTIFIED BY FAITH

Reflection:

I learned that whatever I do, I cannot compare it to what Jesus has done for me. My life was so full of shame and sins. I fail a lot. I fall short of His glory most of the time. But whenever I go back to His Word and whenever I go back to His throne, still the same thing I see - HIS GRACE. Freely given. I learned that I cannot live without God. And wandering though only for a day would cause me a lot of trouble. Therefore, I should not dare to live without Him even a single moment. I learned that it is like suice because I go outside the covering of my God. Living my life the way I want is foolishness. Giving the control of my life to God is wisdom. I was reminded that God bought paid the cost to have me once more. And because of that, I should not disregard it again by letting the enemy take hold of any part of me. I am made and owned by my God. For even in the beginning, He purposed to give me a chance to exist and live.