Lost

FOREWORD...
"This was written on (21/9/2006 21:16hrs) after I came back from a camp having the theme "LOST". It was a camp that change my life, a experience that meant forever, a calling that is higher than any other. For now I am He's to use and dispose. My life I regard as nothing compare to the glory of God.

saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” Revelation 7: 12

~ A fully Edited on 22/11/2007~

"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." Luke 19: 10

Many of us here are pretty much lost. Yes we... We are so blinding lost that we do not even knew it! Then you would be asking "But how can that be? I have big plans, I have big goals, I know where to go after my education and I know what level of comfort zone in life I would be living in... How could I possibly be lost?

Then here is the catch, ask yourself just one question... Why are you here for?
(The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.) Ecclesiastes 12: 13 (ESV)

What is the meaning of 'fear God'? for in 2 Timothy 1:7
(for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.)
Do you fear Your parents? What kind chemistry is in this fear? A respectful fear I would suggested. Then what about the creator of heavens and earth? A perfectly just and loving Father? A reverential awe would solve the question.
Next then how are we able to keep his commandments unless we first read his words? By doing QT and obey by acting it out.

You see... we are all here for a reason, and that is to serve a mighty and loving god...
(“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,) Deuteronomy 10: 12

God want us to serve Him with all our heart and with all our soul.

I believe one common dreams we have is to earn lots of money and spent as much as we want. But by doing so, you already place your desire into the heart of this world.
(You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. )
James 4: 4

The world we are living in is sinful and dark,
"Our world is scarred by injustice, by increasing disparity in wealth, by fabulous affluence for the few, and increasing poverty for the majority, by rising social violence and the disintegration of communities and societies because of this injustice, insecurity and fear. This is the bondage of SIN." written in memoir of Archbishop Oscar Romero murdered by an assassin's bullet on March 24, 1980.

As Christian we fall into the devil's trap easily because we are so into this world that some times we can no longer hear the voice of God in our life and so we do things without first seeking God. Little traps like keep ourselves too busy to have 5 minutes in our 24hrs a day to even speak to God and to read His words. In return we place our desire on the things of this world without realizing and thurs, we are lost without even knowing it.

But the Lord want us no longer be lost into this world.
(“I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God.
“I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.") Ezekiel 34: 15 - 16

That God, himself would seek us and bring us back.

(“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”) Luke 19: 10

That God, would sent his Son down to seek and save us.

(“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
“And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
“And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’) Luke 15: 4 - 6

That God, would rejoice when he has found any of us that was lost...
This is the heart of our Father...

Peter tells us:
(His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.) 2 Peter 1: 3 - 9

(I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.) Romans 12: 1 - 2

I ask and I pray that we no longer allow ourselve to be lost in the things of this world. But place
But let our only desire is that
(That will I seek:That I may dwell in the house of the LORDAll the days of my life,To behold the beauty of the LORD,And to inquire in His temple.) Psalm 27: 4

For His mercies endures forever...
AMEN

The FatheR GardeneR

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener." John 15: 1

Plants are just like human. It needs water, air, food (Sunlight) , love, care and lots of patience. When it is sick, it needs more love and care, when a part of it is died, it need to be remove to prevent it spreading.

Just like human, We need water to drink, air to breathe, food to eat, love to sense, care to feel and lots of patience to forgive and to be forgiven. When we died, we cannot be left in the open, the germs will spread and the healthy around the corner may fall with illness. We are all plants in god eyes. He show us His love, care and patience, in return we show Him the beautiful flowers we will be. The happest thing a gardener can feel is to see the efforts he put in are showing, but at the same time, it is grieving to see flowers and plants that are dying or already dead.

How would you feel when you put in so much efforts to see them goes down the drain. We are all dying flowers, there are a few reason:

1) Because that we ourselves are sinful in nature, we quench our thirst from the water of this world. Water that brings death, pain, sorrow, hate and everything that is not of God. (Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—) Romans 5:12 (ESV)

2) That we did not reach for the sunlight everyday, we depend on the light that the world shine for us. But the matter of fact is that it is no light but darkest. (I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the darkness.) John 12:46 (NLT)

3) That we no longer see our needs for Him, that we no longer have the passion to bear fruits for Him. (If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.) John 15:6 (NIV)

4) That we doubt our little effort may not be much to Him. We are just small little seed "not even flower yet" (He replied, “Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”) Matthew 17: 20 (NIV)

But God, a loving Father cannot and would not see us perish.

1) “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3: 16 (NIV)

-That is the heart of our Father; for He so loved the "world" "US" that He gave His "one and only Son" "Jesus Christ" that whoever believes in "Him" "Christ" shall not perish but have eternal life.

"The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" John 1: 29 (NIV)

-That now we are free from the bondage of sin because of the blood of Jesus.

2) We should reach out to God everyday, cause He is our sunlight, our souce of living.

(Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.") John 8:12 (NIV)

(One [thing] I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple.) Psalm 27:4 (NKJV)

3) (“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing..) John 15:4 (ESV)

Only remain in Christ, then can we bear fruits for God, without Christ we can do nothing for God

4) (“It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, “yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”) Mark 4: 31 - 32 (ESV)

That is the mustard seed God want us to grow up to...

When you plant a small seed, you will notice it and can't wait to see you grow into a flower. Like how I notice the single small flower on the plants that is filled with other flowers. Is our God eye sight any worst than mine?

He love us so much that He put His ONLY son to death for us. You may be thinking, why He did sent Him down? Most father wound rather kill themselve then to see their son die in the hands others. As Jesus bear the pain, so did He. We are His childrens just like Jesus and He love as just as much!

If you try to reach out to His love, it may seems impossible, but if you just try... Who knows, you might the the next flower in His eyes in no time...

FOR HIS GLORY!

AMEN...