A Place of Discovery

LIVING IN ABUNDANCE MENTALITY When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. (Deuteronomy 24:19 NIV) Born as slaves and grew up in scarcity, they were two possible attitudes: 1) fear of not having enough, and 2) store as much as possible when there is oppportunity. It took 40 years for God to cure these ancient Isralites from this 'scarcity mentality'. Everyday God dropped manna from heaven. They could only take just enough for one day supply and to trust God for the next day... It would be rotten if they took more than what they needed. The cure worked this way, First, they need to know that their God is the Jehovah Jireh, who will supply all their needs. The aboundant life can only be found in Him. Knowing this should put our heart at rest, wecan count on our God. Second, they need to expe...

PERHAPS WE NEED A NEW HEART Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach..... the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it. (Deuteronomy 30:11, 14 NIV) God makes it easy for us. He makes himself known to us and speaks in our language, in our level of understanding so that we can love Him, walk in obedience by keeping  all His commands (v.16) The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law. (Deuteronomy 29:29 NIV) If so, why it is still so hard for us to follow God? We need God to circumcise our hearts (vv 30:6, 10:16) to remove all the scorns and callouses which have numbed us and made us insensitive to God. Let him give us a heart of flesh that will be capable to receive His love and to respond appropriately. ~ plt110914 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove f...

WE HAVE A CHOICE You are not to do as we do here today, everyone doing as they see fit,...Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name—there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the Lord.  (Deuteronomy 12:8, 11 NIV) Everyone doing as they see fit.... No wonder chaos everywhere. In the ancient time God stated it very clear....  People can only worship God at the place He chose. God has the say... The heart of the matter is not on the place or method of worship, but on the Person. God is the ultimate standard for our lives. He is the Centre of our lives, the Focus of our worship. We, too, have a choice - our own way, the way of the world, or God's way? Life begins in God and it will also end in Him. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6) If we want to live well, there's no other way but to choose God...