Life tribulations

Tribulations.
Everyone has their own life problems to deal with.
Hence we will do whatever it takes to make our life more secure.
It could be through gaining more wealth, dating around, own more cars, own more houses, the possibilities is endless.
We need security to feel safe. To feel that I can survive.
However I feel that I always fail to see that the greatest security that we can invest in is our relationship with God.
God is 100% committed to us.
Why can't we be 100% committed back to Him?
Whenever anything bad happened, the first time that get tossed out of the window is our time with God.
And I am guilty of doing that.
The world teaches us that life is a rat race and it is the survival of the fittest.
No one will look out for you.
You only look out for yourself. What is best for your own self interest.
However what is Jesus's two greatest commandment?
1. Love our God with all our heart, mind and soul; and
2. Love our neighbour as we love ourselves
You notice there is no reference to yourselves.
We are not called to be selfish. We are called to be selfless.

Therefore I am ready. I am ready to do whatever it takes to advance God's kingdom.
I need to be obedient to His words, to listen and wait upon Him and let Him lead while I humbly follow.

The storm within and around us

Storm.
Dark clouds.
Windy weather.
Gloomy skies.
Clapping of thunder and flashing of lightnings.

It depicts an obstacle in life.
Something undesirable.
Something unexpected and unforeseeable.
Something that would consume our effort, commitment, time.
Something that impedes or impairs ourselves.
Something that would be challenging and frustrating all together.

However in everyday situation, we do face our storms.
Big or small in magnitude.
All different in their own ways.
Storms will never cease to be a part of our life.
It is just that we need to see what is the storm is trying to teach us.
Because I believe that all storms exists for a purpose, a reason, to teach us a lesson.

Take heart because God would never send you into a storm too big for you to handle.
Because we have a bigger God, bigger than anything else in our life.

The latest storm I'm facing?
To be more precise, the lesson I got out of this 5 month long storm?
It prepared me for this current examination compared to my last semester.
It shifts my focus from a selfcentric person to a God-centric person.
It prepares me to force me to seek comfort and refuge in the God Upmost High Almighty.