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God's been so good

It's been awhile since i last wrote! It's been a really long time so just to clear the air abit, 1) i've not backslided, just been abit busy with things and 2) a lot has happened but i didn't get the chance to really document it all down on the blog ... until now!

First of, i really want to thank God for everything that has been happening for the past few months. Since the time i last updated the blog till now, i've had a been walking strongly with the Lord and i've felt some things that really made me rejoice and declare His name, His works and His beauty & love strongly to others!

But i'll talk about those things bit by bit, so keep reading as i keep sharing! So what's first on the list?

I guess the most important of all news is that i had recently got baptised back in September! I went back to Sydney, a place where the Lord destined a divine appointment to know His Grace back in 2008 when i was a wandering and lost soul. After attending a church camp and returning back home there after, my life took a different turn and i accepted the Lord about a month later!

Returning to the camp this year in 2009 was a mark of my 1 year anniversary of my 1st encounter with God. Sure, i had a few attendance in church services earlier in my youth but i didn't sense Him as i did back in 2008. Guess God wanted me to be away from my "comfort zone" and that's where His work and His words soon made an impact in my life.

When i accepted the Lord back in 2008, i told myself that i would want to get myself baptised and i planned to do it at the church camp. As it was annual, i decided to make plans to go back for it and do it at the camp (as they would host baptism during the camp). God blessed my decision by helping me get through my work, get my leave approved (i took a 2 weeks leave!), took care of my finances (i got a good price for my plane tickets!) and even looked into the people who would take care of me during my stay there! I really felt blessed every step of the way!

My time at Sydney was not all fun (no i am not sad about it!), i took a portion of my time to learn about God and His word from my pastor while i was there. He was so kind to offer his time to personally teach me when i was there ... every day, we would spend 4-5 hours on lessons and i managed to complete a full module of study! It was a crash course but my pastor made sure i didn't miss out any details of learning, apart from him, my god-ma also chipped in one of the lessons and she also brought out fresh pointers about the topic.

When i set off for the trip, i told myself i wanted to learn about God's works and words and i set off with a mindset to finish the module. I wanted to have fun as well but i knew my priorities. God never disappointed in one way, as i eventually had the chance to visit interesting places as well as experience the fellowship with his family and got a chance to meet many other people in the church whom i have met but never befriended. God surely must have delighted in Himself when He saw what a good time i had, cherishing every experience he showed me and taught me on each different day!

The special thing about my baptism was the fact that it took place on 20th Sept 2009. Notice the date? 20.09.2009! I never saw that until my elder sister SMSed me and told me about it! I joked that God must have knew how bad i was with dates ... so He had to give me one that was special enough to remember for life! I was even told, many couples want to get married on this day but many failed to get hold of this date for their wedding ... and here i am, so blessed to be baptised on this day, without any struggle!

Not to forget also, that one of my sister-in-Christ, actually flew in from another state to be part of my baptism! She was busy with her school work but still made time to go for the camp and be present for my baptism! She white-lied about not being able to make it for camp but sneaked in a night flight and surprised me the next morning! I'm so blessed that my god-ma and my 2 sisters-in-Christ were all present for me at the baptism. God already saw and knew of this union back in 2003 when we met for the first time, worked together in a project and He knew of this day, 5-6 years from then, where we would all be united as His children and heirs to His blessings! Awesome!!

The beauty of baptism is the fact that it's an open declaration to everyone that my life is dedicated to the Lord, for His works to be fulfilled in me, for His glory that i will achieve in His name. My past life to him will have been washed away in the water and as i rise out, a new slate of life awaits me. I finally knew how important my life was through this act and i came out with a new desire to make my life count, learning more about His ways and His words and eventually applying it to my life and making His teachings count and apply. I believe even more in His love, and with this clean slate, i aim to be a beacon of light for those who are yet to be saved, who need the beacon to draw them away from being completely lost in their darkness. More and more, i want myself to be a beacon to bring them towards God and His goodness.

If he can change the worse of people into someone new, a child of God ... there is hope once you embrace His light and His love. I didn't let that go away from me, i might have missed it before but i sure wasn't going to miss it this round. And now that i found it, I realize how much i love Him, love Jesus for who He was and what He did ... i want the people i know who haven't been saved, being touched by His love, changes everything you know for the better!

Thank you Father for the blessings you poured out in my life, all this while that You have been there, You have taken every chance to make sure my time is enriched and enhanced, You have been faithfully watching over me everyday and i want to do my all to make You even more proud, by walking faithfully each day, just as Romans 12:2 says "Then you will come to learn of God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect"!

Amen!

Posted by john1427 on 2009-10-17 15:22:53 | Rating: