Thoughts for another day

Nov. 4, 2009

Today's verse: Lev. 10:10. And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

Moral values before God are excellent. God said, ‘Be ye holy as I AM holy.’ He exhorted thus, because He wants us to enjoy all the things that’re with Him. It’s our impurity that blocks His presence in our lives. When He is not present, His power is absent and we find no power in our lives. Our lives become dry; nothing seems to give us peace or inner satisfaction.

Real joy is present only in the Lord’s presence. If you take the richest men, somewhere down the course of their lives, they discover that ‘real’ joy is missing in their lives, for they realize that all along they’ve lived pseudo lives and chased wealth, which is akin to chasing wind! That’s why people like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, have decided to use their massive wealth for charitable purposes. This in management terms is called ‘self actualization’. Self actualization is simply feeling the joy of being something meaningful to the underprivileged of the world for in that alone is the real sense of achievement. In that alone is the atmosphere of holiness where God’s presence is felt. Without real joy, life is but an assortment of thrills and when the show is over there’s a bottoming out. Vanity of vanity, says the writer of Ecclesiastes for everything is meaningless.

Many are driven by false ambitions; to amass more money or have more things or indulge in more luxuries. But the peace and satisfaction which take us to heavenly realms are elusive. One reason could be we’re still to decipher between what’s right and wrong. Or shall I in biblical terms say, what’s holy and what isn’t. Sometimes the devil deceives us so we hardly can decipher between the two, for the line distinguishing the two is often, very thin. Yet, God is asking us to be clear of the difference between the holy and the unholy and etch it in our hearts so our actions correspond accordingly; so when we want to take (steal?) that pen from our office, our hearts tell us it’s wrong; or when we want to tell a lie why we’re late to work, we just tell the truth. I feel the sooner we learn the difference between the holy and the unholy, the sooner we’ll experience God’s presence and in effect His power.