~May Your Light Shine :D~

Sunday, October 07, 2007

I am tired of being tired. I don't know why I have been feeling so overwhelmed and constantly exhausted. All I know is that I have had enough of feeling less than 100% and this week God spoke to me through this week's bible study at OCF and today at church about being an overcomer.

Currently it feels like I am being overcome all the time - by assignments, by people who are full of negativity, by impatience as I wait upon the Lord for direction specifically for my next step, by people who seemingly refuse to help themselves and by many other circumstances that seem to have no resolution.

I admit, I am a complainer - I complain about a lack of time, lousy lecturers, Christians who are not Christ-like...

Talk about pot calling the kettle black - complaining is definitely not a trait Jesus had and boy, did He have much to complain about. He could have complained about how his disciples, despite seeing the miracles he did, still doubted. He could have complained about the crowds that clamoured for His touch when they heard about His ability to heal but not long later were just as eager to see Him crucified. But Jesus never did complain, in fact just the opposite, He was always giving thanks to God. Jesus was obedient to death, dying on the cross so that even those who crucified Him may have eternal life.

Romans 12:21 - Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good.

I am truly ashamed by my opinion of the pastor who spoke today. The past times I heard him speak, I did not think highly of his preaching. And when he came up to speak today, I had an inward groan. However his message today totally changed my attitude and I thank God for speaking to me despite my lousy attitude.

The pastor's message was about becoming an overcomer. God calls us to be overcomers! Not complainers or people who give in to 'fate'.
1 John 4:4 - You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

I remember someone once said, you don't need to pray for trouble, for you will definitely get it. The difference between an overcomer and someone who is overcome, is that the former gets transformed into God's image through trouble, while the latter gets deformed by the trials that come their way. An overcomer focuses on Christ but the person who is overcome, focuses on the crisis.

There are many things that seem hopeless in the eyes of the world - acheiving world peace, eradicating poverty, reforming ex-convicts or seeing someone stuck in a vicious cycle for years get a breakthrough. However, it is not ourselves that we are relying on to execute change but God and with God all things are possible.

Lydea blogged at 11:51 AM

May your light shine...
in the darkness...