First week of term 4.

What a first week! *Wipes sweat off*

But thank the Lord its not a negative sigh of relief! In fact, I praise the Lord for this blessed week. Not because of circumstance, but because the Lord is good, and has been great. He bestowed on me, peace and blessedness, and that I may claim on His promise, "The name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous runs to it and are safe." In fact, what looms ahead is something like an impossible mountain to mount. Yet, what I read in a book called, "Spiritual Discipleship" really encouraged me. "Let us go on.. to maturity" as the theme verse for the Chapter on the Disciple's Maturity. He tells of how one should become so dependant on Christ and then independant of his circumstances. As Paul was, "to be contented in whatsoever state" that he finds himself in, whether be in want or whether be filled. Yet the Lord has encouraged me that His way is perfect, despite whatever circumstance I find myself in. I find the Lord's grace so sufficient when I feel so insufficient myself to study. He has blessed me with dilligence which I cannot understand how humanly is possible.

The Lord taught me something this week that I wanna share. When I read Darrell's devotional on Simple Offerings, it only deepened the lesson in my heart. It is on the total dependancy we should have on the Lord, for "His grace is sufficient for us". "Let every man who thinks he stand take heed, lest he fall." "God resists the proud but giveth grace to the humble." "For when I am weak, then I am strong". "Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me". "My strength is made perfect in weakness". Verse after verse, the same resounding theme echos in my heart. A lesson of humility, of submission fully to the Lord, a life learnt to trust and hope only in God, not in self or man. May we each learn this lesson that the Lord offers to each and every one of us. To be utterly weak in ourselves, to confess our inability each morning to guard our own minds, to do any work, to serve Him or even to breathe without Him, to be very strong in Him, for He promises we can be, when we are weak in ourselves. So commit each day, anew, every morn into the hands of the Almighty God that His grace may empower us to live lifes holy and acceptable, fully pleasing to Him. For when we try to do so ourselves, we fall flat. Let us rest our hope fully upon the grace of the Lord, that we may "be holy as He is holy".