His Promise

The topic yesterday was on the sabbath. Even though this is not a new topic and has been covered previously and discussed during cg as well, it was a timely reminder.

Something pastor said yesterday strike a chord with me, and with most of the congregation as well I believed. He said that many of us couldn't stop working even on the Sabbath day because we had used work to form our identity. It is as if we had to be productive to prove our self-worth. And that is entirely pointless because our identity should come from knowing who we are in God's eyes.

Then he went on to say how setting apart one day as Sabbath was really about trust as well. Do we trust God enough to believe that we can stop working for just one day, out of 7 days a week? I admit that this is a constant struggle for me, 'cause I don't think I can ever do enough.

If we can't trust God with our time
How can we trust God with our life?

That's something to ponder on.

Read in the Masterlife 3 on Friday that faith is believing something even when we can't see it. Like what the future holds.

I don't really like waiting as I can be rather impatient. Yet perhaps that's what I should learn to do. To be patient and wait. Even though I can't see it yet, I know that in the end, it will be worth the wait.

Hymn Of Promise

Author: Natalie Sleeth, 1986

In the bulb there is a flower, in a seed, an apple tree;
In cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free!
In the cold and snow of winter, there's a spring that waits to be,
Unrevealed until it's season, something God alone can see.

There's a song in every silence, seeking word and melody;
There's a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me.
From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery.
Unrevealed until it's season, something God alone can see.

In our end is our beginning, in our time, infinity.
In our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity.
In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory.
Unrevealed until it's season, something God alone can see.