My profession For and IN CHRIST

What a beautiful Sunday it was, with a touch of a gentle cool refreshing breeze, if you’d compare the weather the week before, the heat wasn’t scorching and exhausting, just perfect for Sunday service!! (But even if the weather wasn’t as perfect as that day, I’d still love to go to church!! hehehe)

Anyway, Sunday’s passage was actually taken from 1 peter chapter 4, Living for GOD. It was a wonderful sermon, and it gave so many insights on how, we as Christians should live our lives for Christ. My pastor shared to us this cool illustration on how JESUS is our HOSPITAL. Awesome!! It struck me because it was SOOOO RIGHT!!!

The word HOSPITAL actually came from the Latin word “hospes” which later came to be “hospitalia” in Latin meaning, a place for strangers or guests. Aside from that translation we could also define HOSPITAL as an institution where the sick, the weary, the dieing are treated and cared for. At this point, I guess you guys already know where I’m heading, right?! If you don’t well, let me make it more clearly to you, if we correlate the HOSPITAL and our JESUS, wouldn’t we see a similarity?? DEFINITELY!!! Who gives life to the dieing? Who heals the sick? Who comforts the weary hearted? Who cares for strangers? I guess by now, it’s ringing a bell?! If it can give life and take away, then who else can we compare that too?? NO one else, but to our Heavenly Father!! He’s the over all “everything” we need, so if I say the HOSPITAL, I’m not just talking about the doctor, the nurse, the therapist, the technician, or the nutritionist… but EVERYONE, from the engineers who designed the building, accountants who budget costs, security officers who guards the place and even the highest in the chain of command, to the janitor that sweeps the floor!!! How amazing!!! hehe*wink*

Man, how blessed I am, that in my profession I can say that I’m not just gonna be working in a HOSPITAL because this HOSPITAL is not just an institution, but JESUS and for JESUS!!! Wow!! What a motivation, I’d never really thought of it like that before, and now it really gives me a booster to love what I’m doing. I know to those of you who are reading this, you may not all be in the same field as me, but guess what?? Whatever you’re doing, it still serves the same purpose?? FOR CHRIST and IN CHRIST!!! So as it says in my devotion book, “let’s take what we have and use it sublimely”!! Psalms 139:23-24 says and I quote, “Search me, O GOD, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.” What you have and where you are now is your gift, no one else has it… so use it my friend, for HIS glory!!! Ciao…

What you try to HIDE, SHINES BRIGHTER than you think

Hia guys, it’s been a while since I last wrote and the last time I wrote, it wasn’t really much about the scriptures as well but never-the-less I hope my personal experiences in life has something you can reflect on. hehe ( Do you guys even read my blog?! But for those who do…hehe, I hope you learn something!)

Anyway, going back to my topic, I bet you guys are already familiar with the saying “wala’y asung makumkom” (sa mga bisdak, kasabot ramu ani!) or if I were to translate it, it would kind’ a go like “secrets can’t be kept”, just like smoke(asu) you can’t clutch it because it seeps through spaces between our fingers. What I’m trying to display in this illustration is that we as mere fleshy beings, each have our own HIDDEN motives in our heart… and no matter how well some may try to put on a façade, they may be able to deceive the crowd yet God knows and will reveal what you try to hide.

Today, it’s very easy for someone to call herself/himself a Christian, but the catch is, do they really earn the title of what they claim? Do they live their faith? Or is it all for show? James 2:14 says and I quote “What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save?” What do you think is worse then an unbeliever? For me I guess it would have to be someone who claims to be a Christian, yet walks in the wrong direction. Does that not deceive others and lead them away from Christ?

Guys, the Lord knows your heart, deep within where no one else can see! He knows your motives, He knows your guilt, He knows your burden and even if you put on a very good show to say otherwise, no mask of deception can fool the Lord. We are His vessels, even if we may not look great, may not have the exact words to express who He is in our lives, His light will continue to shine within us because when we truly embed Him in our hearts, hidden from others, our obedience in action to Him will show even in the darkest shadow. I believe someone with true faith, even without words can draw others to Christ with the example of obedience in thought and action to our Heavenly Father.

So remember, as children of God, do wear your bumper sticker correctly. I John 3:9 says and I quote, “No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of GOD. Thus even if Christ is hidden in our hearts where no one else can see, His light will continue to SHINE brighter than you think!!!