Thoughts for another day




September 17, 2010




Today's verse: Ps. 44:8. In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. (KJV)


(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)



What's our boast as we trudge along and in whom do we boast? That is key for it defines our life in the context of God and in a way, gives information about our relationship with Him. God Almighty is always in control; whether it be the universe or our small things like the little coin we lost yesterday. He is always there whether we are at an airport or in our own kitchen and yes, He is even there in our minds for He is able to read our minds and know every thought that comes forth from it, whatever it be.



Sometimes, we're triumphant in life and things look up for us. That's the time we usually forget what's written above, because we're carried away by ourselves and we tend to think that our successes are fashioned by ourselves, after all the adage 'I'm a self made person' seems too attractive to resist and thus we fall into sin. Our sin isn't too apparent because in the process of the game to success, God uses us as the primary apparatus. This brings to mind a rather humble confession of Thomas Alva Edison who invented the bulb which is, 'It's just that God wanted the world to have a bulb and in His mercy, He put me there to reveal the making of it!'



The danger in self boasting is, we make ourselves so 'iconic conscious', that over time, we really believe we're responsible for the greatness that touches our feet and then our feet rise from the ground and reach for the skies and one day, when the air drains off, we're brought back to terra firma. Remember the fall is great, the higher we're seated. Therefore, through every conscious verve of my being, I'd exhort you my friend to always boast in the Lord. Jesus said, 'Without Me you can do nothing.' So let's take that seriously because He knows what He said and let us then repeat what Paul said, 'I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me!' Our boast then will go on for life and the Almighty God of Jacob will shine His light on us with great joy.