Practical Q&A to living the zoe life of God

Key questions to answer:

1. Is there a creator?
2. Who is my creator?
3. Who am I in my creator?
4. What does my creator wants me to do?
5. Where does my creator wants me to go?

Writing it down

The Just Live by Faith

2 Then the Lord answered me and said:
“Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.

3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,
It will not tarry.

4 “Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the just shall live by his faith.

Thoughts:

Write down the vision that God has given you. Review it, verbalize it, that you may be recharged on a daily basis that though things may not seemed as it should, God is in control and He will make His promises whole.

Original Purpose

Lord, I thank You for the love and grace that you have bestowed upon my life. That even though I have strayed from my original purpose of going into technology, you have not witheld your blessings and have brought people into my life to remind me gently.


People like Audrey, whose love for You and expressiveness reminded me of the those times when I had child-like faith and was obedient and was willing. Nothing was more important than to be validated with your Presence.


It's time to head back to my original purpose. Lord be my guide and steer me towards where You want me to be. Help me use my talents and gifts for your Glory. Just as Paul was a tent maker and a soldier of the Gospel, may You use technology to bless me with resources to be a better musician for You.


Amen.

Don't confuse one-ness in worship with one-ness in expression

So a fellow brother sparked a Facebook thread on "Law vs Grace" or something like that. Felt inspired to share a recent revelation.

While we're on this all important topic, let me digress with a little revelation I had just the other day.

A Jehovah Witness guy came knocking on my door. He was very ernest about sharing the Word of God. Upon discovering that I'm a fellow Christian from another "denomination", he flipped to verses in NT Bible about literally going from door to door to spread the Good News.

Felt prompted by the Lord to share with him what Ravi Zaccharias said when atheistic students confronted him with the tough question on "if God exist why would there be so many different denomination?".

"Don't confuse one-ness in worship with one-ness in expression." was his reply.

So I said,

"I thank you brother for making huge sacrifice in going door to door witnessing Christ. It's the expression of your love towards Jesus and I honor you for that. I belief God has placed in your heart a way to express your worship that'll be central to your purpose and that's gonna be different from another person. The fact that we have so many different churches and denominations is a manifestation of the gathering of these expressions."

He had nothing much to say but I think he got the point. Regretted not inviting him for a drink. That's the least I could do to show kindness to my fellow brother!

Faith, Hope and Love

1 Cor 13:13

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Faith is from the heart.

Hope comes from having a sound mind.

Love is what you do with your hands.

The internal progression would then be faith -> hope -> love.

Otherwise an external stimuli could lead the reverse, love -> hope -> faith.

Interestingly love has always been seen as a heart thing but I would argues that it's really what were do with our "hands" that really manifest love. ie. You could hate someone but choose to love him by praying for the person and blessing him/her.

Love letter to God

Dear God,

My life, is Your song. 

Lord, let your melodies sing through all circumstances -- the good, the bad, the funny and the sad. 

With each victory, though my pride gets lifted up, you are ever so faithful to humble my heart with the gentle stroke of Your love -- reminding me how vulnerable I am to the wiles of the devil.

Lord my strength is found in my love for You, Your revelation to me and the bosom of Your provision. 

Thank You Jesus, thank You Lord, thank You my Abba Father.

In His Love,

Jason

Responsible Happiness

Taken from a comment that I made at my friend's blog. http://defragment.me/thoughts/live-love-and-be-yourself

*Hypothesis*
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Maybe Responsibility and Happiness are not mutually exclusive.

Responsibly happy and happily responsible.

Assuming this box [] is a constraint set up before us.

Responsibility then comes from a commitment to operate within this [].

Happiness is then derived from operating freely within this [].

And then there are []s within [].

Also []s are dynamic except for the outermost.

Understanding what is the outermost [] is the start of the journey towards eternal bliss.

The one who create the [] has authority over it.

Knowing and honoring the who is an act of worship.

Some worship self.

Some worship family.

Some worship tv.

Some worship Apple.

Some worship the Universe.

Some worship God.

*Anecdote*
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A wife brought up 3 kids single-handedly after her husband left her for another women. It was tough because one of them had severe autism. She struggled for years with thoughts of divorce. But because she worships a Christian God, she reads the Bible which mentioned constraints regarding divorce. Little did she know that her understanding of the subject was from a human point of view, which isn't the outermost box when it comes to worshiping God.
It was only when she saw it from God's point of view that she understood - her husband had already divorced her years ago. A profound revelation that allowed her to move on in happiness.

*Summary*
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Worship -> Authority -> [[]] -> Responsibility -> Happiness -> Bliss

*Comments*
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Thanks again to Winnie for a thought provoking post. :]