Saturday, October 20, 2007
God never wants to hurt us
I was at work today and I was thinking about God and the things he does for us and the questions i hear from people who don't know God or Christians who ask why does this happen to me? why? why God why?
I remember i was so angry with God when i was playing Golf, and i think i was blaming God for my golf... and i said I hate you God... and sometimes i use to blame God about this and that...
The thing is...God Never wants to hurt us... God always wants to help us... God loves us so much...
But then people will ask questions like if he doesn't want to hurt us? then why did God put me in this hard decision? why did God put me in this ? why? why?
You see we might be lacking in something, or we might need to feel it to learn and to realise it... God will never just put us in that situation randomly... there is always a purpose... we just can't see it small but look at the big PICTURE...
Well i will tell you a story... hehe when i was younger =p I remember that my dad asked me to read a story book and i was reading a bed time story... I was lazy to read the story... and it actually was a short story,then a little while later... I told my dad that i have finished reading it and he asked me what it was about. There were pictures of a bears on that page... so i made up the story using the bears... then when my dad read it... HEHE it was not about what i said at all... so CONCLUSION: BERNIE LIED! my dad was so angry with me... he locked me out at the back of the house- cant's remember how long i was there for but yeah it wasn't the whole night hehe... So there I was at the back of my house... and I was so sad... thinking WHY DOES MY DAD DO THIS TO ME... WHY!!! he is so mean! horrible... BUT u see the lesson i learned from it... was DON'T LIE... don't make up stories that aren't true... if that was too never happen... I may not learn that lieing is so bad... Even though it caused sadness in my heart and abit of suffering which was being lock outside the house... if you see the BIG PICTURE... THAT WAS never to hurt me... but to teach me which would then lead to making me a better person... Sometimes when i was younger... i get so angry at my parents on why they have to spank me haha =p yES YES i got spanked =p hahaha and i would be so angry with them but now when i look back... It's cause they want the best for me... BUT questions might be asking... how can that be the best for you when it involves spanking? the big picture is that it is a step closer to learning to be a better person... but people might say? but why be a better person when i can break rules and live wild?Who cares about how we treat people? it's not like they care about me too... This world is in a mess anyways...
My parents... they want the best for me... they would sacrifice so much for me... Like my mum... she is the best mum I could ever ask for... when we go shopping... she would try to meet my needs more than her needs... she thinks of me first... she wants the best for me... she cooks the best for me... she tries to make me happy... but yet she is strict and draw lines for me in what to do and what not to do... but it's not to pull me down and make me unhappy but it's to avoid me from danger, from getting stuck in temptation that may harm me...
so when we relate this to God... he does so much For us... he sent his ONLY SON FOR US... HOW AMAZING IS THAT? his ONLY SON... All the things God does... is not to hurt us at ALL... not to make us in trouble at ALL... not to put us in a mess AT ALL... God is always there to hear us... 24/7... God is here to help us 24/7... God is here to listen to us 24/7 God is here to lead us and teach us 24/7... God is here to protect us 24/7... nothing he DOES IS TO HARM US...we have to put our faith and trust in him... God wants a relationship with us... He never condemns us... he forever LOVES US... he just wants us to speak to him.. he just wants us to say God I love you... God I want to serve you... People may say... why do we have to serve God? why do we have to honour God? the answer is that because God is almighty... he is the KING OF KINGS... yet God is so humble... he bless us with so much... he brings miracles to our life... he is not the snobby king up in heaven but he is the king who wants to help us... he is the God that is friendly... he is the God who is funny... HE IS THE GOD who wants the BEST FOR US... THE BEST FOR US... he is FIRST CLASS... He is not the king who does NOTHING ... but HE IS THE KING WHO WILL FOREVER GUIDE US, WHO WILL FOREVER WATCH OVER US...who is forever doing something and not just sitting up there... HE WILL FOREVER listen to us... He will forever never BREAK his promises... and MOST IMPORTANTLY HE WILL FOREVER LOVE US... HIS LOVE IS SO STRONG... THAT NO ONE ON THIS EARTH can Loves US AS MUCH AS HOW GOD LOVES US... He is not the king who just sees everyone as the same and not valueable... but he IS THE KING THAT SEES US AS VALUEABLE AND SPECIAL..We serve him because he is our awesome KING.....
Remember whatever we encounter in our life whether it is good or bad... THERE IS ALWAYS A PURPOSE AND THAT PURPOSE IS NEVER BAD... it may seem bad because our heart would feel like it's being torn... but LET'S ALWAYS LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE... God is always teaching us something... like in this verse it says : For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
God knows the plans for us... no matter what type of situation it is... IT IS NOT TO HARM YOU... AND PROSPER... just like my lieing story... locking me out - at that moment seems like it was harming me... BUT it wasn't because it was actually letting me feel how what i did was bad and made me not want to repeat. If my parents decided not to punish me... I could be adapting that as my habit... but then ppl might say but you were still young... well it starts from young doesn't it? if i continued... that would grow which would lead to a mess... which would lead in to who I would turn out to be... To also answers the question earlier about why should i be a better person if i can break rules...it would be because we will never get forever happiness by breaking rules and living wild it strongly brings temptaion to win over us, it WOULD lead to Sin and it would lead US to be friends with the devil AND LETTING THE DEVIL WIN over us from God... and WHO WANTS TO BE WITH THE DEVIL WHO BRINGS SUFFERING? and it would make US a step closer to HELL! who wants to GO TO HELL? not me!!!!!!!WE CAN'T LET THE DEVIL DEFEAT US!
That's why God sometimes brings hard experiences for us to feel because it will then lead us in to GOODNESS AND dependence on him...Sometimes God gives me different situations yet the things i get out of these situations are the same lessons i learn... he gives these to me because I am probable repeating it so he wants me to really put that stop to it forever and not just for the presence... THE BEST PART IS... he doesn't leave us alone... but he provides all that we need to succeed this which will help us to have a closer relationship to GOD... gOODNESS AND liviNG For God WILL LEAD US to FIRST CLASS... WHICH WILL then make God happy... which will then be a step closer with a GRAND ENTRANCE to Heaven...IT WILL ALSO IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES through the way we live and be able to Show God's love through this... God is a God who is GREAT... HE LOVES US that he blesses us with so MUCH... HE is our provider... he will never leave us.
For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. This is the NLT VERSION
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Bernie Tan praised Jesus at 2:21 PM
