| | Today there was a prayer meeting and during that time, I took time and looked out the window. Now the window faced out to the back of Bahen centre and what I could see were these big grey machines, which I assume to be power generators, and they were heavily fenced off. Along with that, there was a garbage pile also, seeing how it's the back of the building, out of sight from any judging eyes.
From this picture, God opened my eyes to two things.
Firstly, regarding the garbage pile at the back of the building, as well as the fencing. I felt God was (and is) asking me to examine myself. Do I have piles of garbage that I try to hide away in the back of my mind, in an area that is unexposed to others, perhaps even unexposed to myself? Also, am I fencing away this part of myself away from God as opposed to just surrendering myself, all of me, including that back part, to Him? I just pray that God breaks down those fences in my life, that I would be able to surrender myself wholly to Him and that I would be unafraid to examine myself.
Secondly, I was brought to the attention of the power generators. Ugly and grey externally, like us, imperfect jars of clay. However, within those grey boxes, lies hidden the circuitry and the power that provides for all of Bahen centre, if not more. Provides all the electricity which is for the heating, the lighting, the technology, everything that makes Bahen one of the central areas for engineering on this campus, is fueled by what is hidden in those ugly grey boxes. Those grey boxes are really like us, no matter how "good" we look by the world's standards, by God's standards, "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). However, within us dwells the Holy Spirit, sent by Christ when He reconciled us to God the Father through His blood and sacrifice. We are to have this Spirit really just fill us up and we need to walk in this Spirit, and be a living testimony to all around us. If God dwells in us, and we just fence ourselves off, like those grey boxes that are fenced off, then we are useless. We are burying our talent in the ground and that is not glorifying to God (See Parable of the Talents). We need to shine out that light and let the Spirit lead us as we walk the narrow path of salvation and righteousness and by surrendering and conforming ourselves to the will of God, that little grey box that we are can end up powering everything around us.
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| | Posted 2/4/2008 10:16 PM - 33 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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