Separate

On MC today. Physically, very tired. Woke up and within seconds would fall back into sleep. Like not within my control to wake up kind of a thing. And I knew I was reali reali very tired. So went to see doc jus to take MC. The doc knows that when I'm off Thyroxine this will happen so he kindly gave me 2 days MC. If I still feel this way tmr, I will even be taking urgent leave on Fri. But I will be fine by next Thu/Fri. PTL. :)

Yesterday, we had leaders' mtg again. The mtg started as usual with worship and then praying. As we were praying loud and strong in the spirit, I just felt that God spoke into my heart, "Do not strife with Me." I don't know if it sounded correct but yielded. I prayed softly but still engaging in the spirit. And began wondering what was God trying to say to me. And as that word kept repeating in my mind, tears just welled up. In my mind, I didn't quite understand. But in my spirit, I felt God was doing a work. After praying in the spirit for quite some time, I looked into the Bible in my HP. And it was brought to my attention on Abram and Lot.

Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left." - Gen 13:8-9

As I read the verses, the words just burnt within my heart. "no strife between you and me... for we are brethren... separate from me."

Abram had referred to Lot as his brethren. He wasn't referring to brethren as an enemy nor an evil companion. Lot was a brethren to him. But yet, he asked that Lot be separated from him.

There are many things in our lives that are considered "our brethren", good things, desires and interests. But yet these things can strife within us for the place of the purpose of God in our lives. And if we are to step into that purpose and the promise of God, we got to learn to SEPARATE from those good things in our lives. Being separated from the bad is not good enough. In lives, there are choices that bring us from bad to good, from good to progress, progress to excellence. That little more in our separation work determines where we will go on to or stay.

It goes deep down to, "What do you really want in your life?"

If you really want success in your life, you got to learn to make choices to not just circumcise yourself from the bad, but even from the good. :)

Then I went to another verse.

You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it. You prepared room for it, and caused it to take deep root, and it filled the land. - Ps 80:8-9

Some people think that they are useless and worthless before they came to Christ. But yet the Bible says that God has brought a VINE, a potential of growth and value, out of our sins.

God had done the "casting out" work, planted us, prepared for us, empowered us. Now, it's in our hands to fill the land the potentials in this vine. 

There are truly many good things our lives that we have. But if we are dreaming of success, something greater than ourselves, we got to discipline ourselves and separate ourselves from even the good things that will hinder us in going onto excellence. It's a circumcision work.

What do you do with the excess time that you have in the morning or at night?

- Read to gain knowledge?
- Or nap, when you are already having more than 7hours of sleep?

- Sign up for a course to expand yourself?
- Or be a couch-potato in front of the TV for nites?

- How about waking early to exercise for the Temple of the Holy Spirit?
- Or just too tired from yesterday's late night online games and movie?

- What about going to office/school earlier to pray for your colleagues and friends?
- Or revival is just a sound-nice desire to you?

We are not poor. We have the currency, "Time", to learn and expand.

We are not weak. We have the strength, "The power of the Holy Spirit", to execute what God has put into our hearts before the foundation of the earth.

What do you really want in life? C'mon, do something with what you already have.