Friday, March 4, 2011

Predestined?

I just wondered if every man has been  predestined for something.  
Take a look around.   You'll see,
A scavenger who satisfies himself with rubbish food yet feels happy to have his fill for the day.  
A jeepney driver who scampers around the streets from early in the morning until midnight to feed his family of five. An office personnel scurrying with the office politics just to get a raise or promotion.  Or a neighbor who early in the morning sits on a stool with his barkadas drinking liquor until dusk. Or all those crime you'll see on tv.


Have you ever thought that some people are just  meant to die young or some people are just ought what they are to be.  Some people no matter how hard they bury their heads at work just won't progress in life.  Or some people no matter how hard they try to be a movie star or a singer just will not get the fame they dreamed of. Has it ever crossed your mind that you are pouring all your efforts on the wrong things because things will never be what you ought them to be? Did you ever thought of wannabes who with a stroke of luck or some "hand of God" suddenly became stars? Or how some people effortlessly just seem to draw luck on their side? 


Does God really has a master plan for each of us? Sometimes i thought that if God has predestined us for something then we don't really have to push or shove our way into life but instead figure out what God has planned for us in the first place so that we have lesser failures, lesser pains. But does God planned that someone could die so young? or Did God planned a son or daughter to become criminals? Or a sister to become prostitutes? Is God happy in my life of poverty? of depression? of pain?




The Word of God says;
"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose" Romans 8:28




God has a purpose for each one of us, a good purpose. And it's our call.  We have a choice to hear His voice  or do our own thing.  The only thing He has predestined for us is that in the end we ought to be in heaven. But it's up to us if we say YES or NO.


Take your pick.





Reaching for Jesus

i'm just so blessed by this song today.
when everything else seems dry,
i come to you O God and drink from your well.
oh pour out your love from heaven o God!
Pull me closer to you.








Reaching For You

Paul Baloche and Lincoln Brewster

© Integrity Worship Music/ASCAP, LeadWorship Songs 


(adm by Integrity Worship Music)/ASCAP and Integrity's Praise! Music/BMI



You created me inside Your great imagination
You're the One who gave me my first breath
You have overseen my life and brought me to redemption
And I know that You're not finished with me yet

I'm reaching for You
I'm singing to You
I'm lifting my hands to praise You
I'm lifting my voice to thank You
I'm reaching for You
Jesus I need You
I'm giving my heart to know You
I'm living my life to serve You
I'm reaching for You

You're the one who spoke the Word of life to light my darkness
You opened up my eyes 'til I could see
Jesus You have promised to complete the work You started
Faithful to fulfill Your grace in me

Pour out Your love from heaven
Fill me until I overflow Lord I want more
Reach down Your hands from heaven
Pull me closer than ever before Lord I want more
Pour out Your love from heaven
Fill me until I overflow 'cause I want more
Reach down Your hands from heaven
Pull me closer than ever before Lord I want more

Oh I'm reaching
God I'm reaching for You


Thirst

tongue in throttle,
lips parched, 
eyes in delusion of moist.
heat hovers my being
as i lie on a pavement 
or a furnace, it seemed
unable to budge a muscle.
it rained, 
water flowed
till i was soaked
yet it could not quench
the groaning.
my soul,
in throttle
parched
delusional
groping
thirsty...