to be filled with new wine, burning with fresh fire, and charged up with divine power!! All that comes from God alone :) No one else can satisfy except Him, and nothing else can compare to Him!
Just as i was heading to work today, i didn't feel like going because of the other million things i had to do that were on my mind, and also because i was feeling pretty tired.. God just hit me! it felt like i was struck out of no where and He just consumed me. my thoughts, emotions, feelings, and everything gone. It was just pure worship from there on! I don't know how it happened, but i sure want that to happen to me everyday, coz i sure didn't do anything.. Amazing how when all else fails, He never does.
Current status: Rising from the dead!
1 Thess 4:11-12 [NKJV]
11 that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, 12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.
[NIV]
11Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, 12so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
i'm not too sure about the part where it tells us to aspire to lead a quiet life. what does 'quiet' in this context mean? like a low profile? something simple? To mind our own business is a definite must that i think everyone still has to learn from, and to work with our own hands is what lazy people hate the most. i know because i use to like taking the shortest route possible, some say its called being smart, but to others its just called taking short cuts.. we all want to get something from doing nothing, but i dont think such a thing is possible in this world. I like the 2 different translations of the second part of v12. to lack nothing, and to not be dependent on anybody. So then the question is, is it wrong to depend on others for things? And interestingly the start of v12 says that our daily lives should win the respect of outsiders.. which i think everybody wants, but might be doing it the wrong way. Should such a thing like winning the respect of others from our life be something that we must work towards and to purpose to win their respect? or does it come naturally from believing in Jesus and wanting to be more like Him?
Just as i was heading to work today, i didn't feel like going because of the other million things i had to do that were on my mind, and also because i was feeling pretty tired.. God just hit me! it felt like i was struck out of no where and He just consumed me. my thoughts, emotions, feelings, and everything gone. It was just pure worship from there on! I don't know how it happened, but i sure want that to happen to me everyday, coz i sure didn't do anything.. Amazing how when all else fails, He never does.
Current status: Rising from the dead!
1 Thess 4:11-12 [NKJV]
11 that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, 12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.
[NIV]
11Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, 12so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
i'm not too sure about the part where it tells us to aspire to lead a quiet life. what does 'quiet' in this context mean? like a low profile? something simple? To mind our own business is a definite must that i think everyone still has to learn from, and to work with our own hands is what lazy people hate the most. i know because i use to like taking the shortest route possible, some say its called being smart, but to others its just called taking short cuts.. we all want to get something from doing nothing, but i dont think such a thing is possible in this world. I like the 2 different translations of the second part of v12. to lack nothing, and to not be dependent on anybody. So then the question is, is it wrong to depend on others for things? And interestingly the start of v12 says that our daily lives should win the respect of outsiders.. which i think everybody wants, but might be doing it the wrong way. Should such a thing like winning the respect of others from our life be something that we must work towards and to purpose to win their respect? or does it come naturally from believing in Jesus and wanting to be more like Him?
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