TOTD, August 17-18

Talking About God’s Faithfulness…

Taken from the book of Genesis chapter 28, let’s read and see His faithfulness to Jacob. Jacob had a dream…

Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the LORD, and he said: "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."
--- Genesis 28 :10-15

God’s faithfulness to us remains unchanged. He’s faithful when He talked to Jacob through his dreams and right now, he’s saying the same thing to us. “ I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go… I will not leave you until H have done what I have promised you.”
Amen, Lord! Thanks for your promises in our life and thanks for your faithfulness.
(-fon-)


Forgive and Reconcile.

It’s not easy to forgive and reconcile for adults. But that’s easier for kids. I’ve seen my daughter playing with other kids and oh they forgive each other easily. They make things up on that very spot, at that very time.

And that’s also the message that God repeats all over again. He reminds us, even if we want to offer gift at the altar but remember that we still have grudge or hatred inside of us, we need to reconcile first.
Of course for some of us, it’s not easy to do so. But, we need to try our best to forgive and reconcile, because we’re also human, we can make mistakes easily.

What if others don’t want to forgive us for the sins we’ve done? It will be uneasy, won’t it?
Let’s try to be more like kids in this forgiveness and reconciliation. (-fon-)


"Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
--- Matthew 5:23-24