As I journey with the Lord, I started to come to a realisation that I am still very much a wretched person. Those who know me personally for some time will know this very well.My shortcomings, including and not limited to those behavioural patterns I have are not matching with my age, making decision based on my own assumptions without checking more details and being lazy.
I must admit that I know I have to be a matured person but yet I crave to be a child/ teenage still. I must also admit that I bought some very good books and Church has numerous resources for the building up of my spiritual life but I chuck it at a corner somewhere hoping someday I will pick it up and read it. Many a times, the Bible and books that I have could give me the answers but I chose to get spoon-fed…
The recent years, especially last year and now I was constantly being challenged to allow God to take me, break me and mould me [19 Apr 2011 sharing, last paragraph]. I could see that after making those prayers, I am still the same me. Today, I could sense God’s hands are getting heavier and heavier on me and I plead God for mercy and gentleness as He embarks on a renewal and transforming process in me. Seriously, it’s no joke for someone to make the prayer(s) as God will really act upon the prayer(s).
Yes, it is indeed now my desire to allow God to take me and mould me as I do not want to continue sinning against Him. “The parable of the talents” does not only talks about we Christians hiding our talents like music / speaking / sharing / writing talent but also in my case, using my brain power rather than limiting it, using my brain and brawns (again, in my case, is my brain and physical strength to do things, hehe ;P).Matthew 25:14-30, New King James Version (NKJV)
The Parable of the TalentsHi fellow brothers and sisters-in-Christ, please correct me if indeed you find that I did not do things rightly. I also seek your forgiveness for those of you offended by me because of something I said/did which are not appropriate.
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money. After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
“So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’
His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
“Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’
“But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
In Him,
Yit Mun
Aka IP Man
Images taken from:
http://im-realize.blogspot.com/2009/09/im-upset.html
http://regansravings.blogspot.com/2010/09/discerning-gods-will-part-three.html
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