Day #4: This Is Our God

i couldn't fast with just eating one meal today. i'm currently suffering a low sugar level attack, i'm gonna go out in about 30 minutes to run errands and pump some sugar back into my system. but that doesn't mean i didn't start the day with God. I still tried to keep my ears and heart open for any opportunity that He may drop a note : ) though it was a rushed day - pick up michelle, go sentul, go PJ find elaine, go sentul, go michelle's house, later cell group, send people home - 

God still spoke : )

i can't get over the fact that God loves to be creative. while practising the songs for cell group, we sang the song This Is Our God from Hillsongs Church, here are the lyrics:

Your grace is enough more than I need
At Your word I will believe
I wait for You, draw near again
Let Your Spirit make me new

I will fall at Your feet
I will fall at Your feet
And I will worship You here

Your presence in me, Jesus light the way
By the power of Your word
I am restored, I am redeemed
By Your Spirit I am free

I will fall at Your feet
I will fall at Your feet
And I will worship You here

Freely You gave it all for us
Surrendered Your life upon that cross
Great is the love poured out for all
This is our God
Lifted on high from death to life
Forever our God is glorified
Servant and King, rescued the world
This is our God

Simple but such a touching song. I like the way the song is emphasised, THIS is our God. It's like bringing someone through a museum and you're showing the different people who were famous before and what they did, and you go, "over here... this is... who was...and did..."

it's the same thing for us. When we talk about God or when we refer to God, the first thing that should cross our minds is perhaps the things that He has said, did and will do for us. 

What did God do? He surrendered His life upon the cross. I am always reminded by this saying, "at Calvary, Love was crucified". It wasn't just anyone, but the very embodiment of Love was hung in shame on the Cross not because He was shameful, but He chose to take my shame and sin and He stayed on the Cross for all our sakes.

But the curtain doesn't drop on just a good man hanging on a cross and dying. If that was it, what hope would mankind have in a dead man? there had been so many dead men in those times who died trying to be the Saviour for the Jews that time. What good is a dead man?

That Man... He came back. He died as lowly as a servant on the Cross, with possessions, friends and family... all stripped away from Him. But when He returned, He triumphed over death, He came back roaring like a Lion in the face of death.

There's nothing that can stop my Jesus : ) This is how my God... our God is.

What will God promise to do? He promised a life of abundance, ".. I have come to give life, and life in its abundance." What kind of abundance can He give? Tons. Search the Bible or look at real life stories, there's evidence that God is ready to give abundance and He hasn't stopped pouring that out to His children.

to have God's grace is more than i will ever need. because with grace, i have access to things i thought i'd never have. it's not just material things, its also about emotional and spiritual things. self effort can only get all of us a certain distance before we drop in our tracks and be disappointed with our own limitations.

but Christ has won it all for us, praise God. THIS is our God.

today is a day of remembering who God is to me. just by practising a song, God was already giving me comfort in my heart. as i sang along to "practice" it became more than a practice, there was power in the praise we sang just now.

this is our God. when we praise His name, the air trembles at His presence.

this is our God. when we cry out to Him in need, He answers immediately.

this is our God. when times are bad, we find all things can be made anew by Him again.

indeed. this is our God.