God gave me what I wanted, but He didn’t let me get it my way.

God gave me what I wanted, but He didn’t let me get it my way.

-      Joyce Meyer

When I already finished reading the Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, I started thinking about what’s next for me. Then a friend suggested that I should try listening to podcasts of certain individuals such as Joyce Meyer, Joel Osteen, etc. Actually I don’t have any idea who these persons are. LOL. All I know is that they are messengers of God, spreading the Good News worldwide. So I downloaded Joyce Meyer’s podcasts and suddenly got interested in everything she says (if you want to know how and where I downloaded it, just give me your e-mail address and I’ll send it to you).

Joyce Meyer’s message was entitled An Attitude of Trust and Patience. Honestly, those were the qualities that I don’t have. I’m not good at waiting. For instance, if we will be meeting in a certain place, I would rather tell you I’m already there even though I’m not so you can get your ass off quickly to our meeting place. I’d rather be waited than to be the one waiting, and that is one classic showing of how selfish I am, which is I’m not actually proud of. Well about trust, it is in fact not a problem to me… it is the other way around. After years of reflecting and contemplating, I finally found myself so hard to be trusted. LOL. Maybe it’s because I’m really good at reasoning, I mean sooo good. A friend of my father’s even told me that I should’ve taken Law instead of Nursing ‘coz I’m so good at it.

 

In one single event, the saved who are alive at Christ's coming will be caught up together with the resurrected to meet the Lord in the air. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord." - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

Christ is coming, and we don’t know when. All I know is that we should be focused on the mission He gave us. We don’t just wait until Christ’s return; we make use of the time He provided us so that in His return, we can say “Mission Accomplished.” This is where trust comes. We need to trust God, in every single thing that happens in our lives for us to accomplish our mission. Just by putting your trust in God, you can enjoy your life while He is solving your problem. Why should we trust God? I have three reasons for that:

1.      He is the omnipotent one

2.      He is the omniscient one

3.      He is the omnipresent one

He is the omnipotent one. He is our Creator, everything you see is made by God. He pulls all the strings of our lives. If you’ve watched the movie Bruce Almighty, there you will understand how powerful God really is.

He is the omniscient one. He is all-knowing. He knows everything that’s going to happen to us, every single detail of our lives has been already written down. He knows everything, and it is only Him that knows it all.

He is the omnipresent one. He is everywhere. He is the reason why we can fight temptations, feel safety and comfort, and make holy actions. Joseph experienced it. He had brothers who were jealous of him and sold him into slavery. Later he was lied against by Potiphar's wife; and yet "God was with him."

Then on Sunday I had the chance to attend at one of Victory’s worship services. That was my first time at Victory; again, my good old friend referred it to me. I didn’t know what to expect upon entering the center. I was just looking for a small group and hoped to find it there. Then I heard Pastor Ritchie telling something about Laying of Hands – more of like passing the torch or blessing someone. I enjoyed listening to his message, I felt like God was really close to me that time – like He was reaching out to me. Then every moment has just gone surreal. I cried… hard. That was the first time that I cried for Him, and it felt so great. I believe those were not just tears of joy; those were tears of guilt, confession, thanksgiving, and praise to Him. I felt like I’ve been healed from my pains, freed from my sufferings, and unloaded from all of my burdens.  

The day ended up so well; I met Pastor Rommel, who eventually adopted me to his small group, I found new friends in the likes of Ate Lei, Rence, and Joed, and I’ve finally found a family in them. I thank God for giving me this opportunity to do the things I want to do while waiting for His return. I want to thank Him for giving me another chance and entrusting me this very important assignment. As what Joyce Meyer also said, “Patience is not the ability to wait; it is how you act while you wait.”

PBPGINFWMY – Please Be Patient, God Is Not Finished With Me Yet. Don’t be in a rush. It will take a lifetime for us to fulfill what we are tasked to do. You will be taking a long journey to His salvation. Now be patient and have trust in Him, for it is the key to living a Christ-centered life. All along, I thought doing things in an old-Frankie-way was right; but then again, I was wrong. :)

Testimony:  Jesus led me directly to His path to Salvation.

Life Lesson: Patience is a virtue.

Godly passion: Your spiritual family is bigger than your physical family and in some significant aspects, it is probably more important.

Good news: Parousia- God also said the ever-great Douglas McArthur line.