Monday, August 29, 2011

Kaya Toast from God


When Mildred (Rusty Russell's wife) shared at Burning Bush night two Fridays ago, she talked about the importance of going back to the Word of God. At the recent YaYA Extended Worship, Ps Bess also challenged us to commit ourselves to seeking God, through reading the Bible and prayer. These are really timely reminder that “man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matt 4:4, Deut 8:3).

Like eating food that which is so indispensable, we need to feed on God's word. As a man, Jesus spent time to read the Scripture; he quoted the Old Testament from memory more than 80 times. Whether your breakfast is kaya toast, meepok or prata, we need to read the Bible daily so that we can  be nourished.

Since we started the pulpit series on John, I have been reading this Gospel repeatedly and also a few chapters from Psalms daily. I would get into the Psalms and read until something speaks to me. Sometime, I don't care how many chapters I read, but I just read until God speaks. When He speaks, when the word comes alive, it's like the presence of God is in the room.

It is the Holy Spirit who can make the Word a living power in our life. In the simple reading of the Scripture, learn to recognize that moment when it comes alive. Because in that moment, He's training your senses and your perception, He's training you up to be a person that recognizes the presence of God. And when you carry God’s presence into your workplace and your school, you will be able to transform the spiritual atmosphere there.

I challenge you to do that, start by reading, meditating, studying and even memorising the book of John, as we begin a season of study on John's Gospel in the YaYA ministry.

Uncle Henry
Aug 11 

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