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When God Ran!

WHEN GOD RAN

Almighty God, the great I am
Immovable rock, omnipotent, powerful, awesome Lord
Victorious warrior, commanding King of Kings
Mighty conqueror, and the only time
the only time I ever saw Him run

CHORUS:
Was when He ran to me, He took me in His arms
Held my head to His chest, said “My son’s come home again”
Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes
With forgiveness in His voice He said,
“Son do you know I still love you?”
He caught me by surprise when God ran

The day I left home I knew I’d broken His heart
And I wondered then if things could ever be the same
Then one night I remembered His love for me
And down that dusty road ahead I could see
It was the only time – it was the only time I ever saw Him run

And then He ran to me, He took me in His arms
Held my head to His chest, said “My son’s come home again”
Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes
With forgiveness in His voice He said,
“Son do you know I still love you?”
He caught me by surprise as He brought me to my knees
When God ran – I saw Him run to me

BRIDGE:
I was so ashamed, all alone and so far away
But now I know He’s been waiting for this day

I saw Him run to me, He took me in His arms
Held my head to His chest, said “My son’s come home again”
Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes
With forgiveness in His voice I felt His love for me again

He ran to me, He took me in His arms
Held my head to His chest, said “My son’s come home again”
Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes
With forgiveness in His voice He said, “Son”, He called me Son
He said, “Son do you know I still love you?”
He ran to me and then I ran to Him
When God ran

Its amazing how what we pray for would be answered! Look at my previous entry on LOVE on Valentine's. I heard this song a few times from my brother's mobile and liked the tune but never gave any attention to its lyrics but yesterday as i sat down and quietly listen to it repeatedly from Jia Xian's laptop, it just overwhelm me that this is what God is saying to me. I don't know since when but even though i may be praying and reading the Bible every day, I seem to have gone to a distant land by myself seeking my own ways. And it wasn't until i made a decision, seeing what a mess I'm in, that it occurred to me that His Running to me! His waiting for my return into His embrace. He calls me Son. He still love me! HE RAN TO ME!

Its a new day and I'm going to start things afresh with God by my side! I'll try to get the version i heard from 'Imeem' so in the mean while if you want it you can search for it yourself!

Thank you Father Lord for calling me Son, forgiving me and loving me still! Its amazing to hear it from You, from the depth of Your heart as You seek each one of your children. Teach me Your ways and make me walk beside You for You are my Shepard and there is none that i would follow other then You! Teach me to be satisfied being Your sheep, getting only Your attention, acknowledgment, approval when i do anything. My Lord, make me, lead me, guide me, prepare me, anoint me for You are ever with me! Thank you for Running to me!

What is Love?

What is love? Constantly throughout the week I have been confronting myself with the enormous notion of Love! What does it mean to love somebody? I suddenly realise that what I have termed as love is no more then selfish search for self gratification. That is to say, it's SELFISHNESS working on the inside of me, seeking to satisfy my needs.

When will I grow up from selfishness? Perhaps I’ll still be learning till the day I die but at least I’ll try. Been reading “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” and I was enlightened about many ideas I have regarding dating that seem inappropriate now. Who would have thought that our 1^st kiss should be left at the altar? Nobody I know practice that. Maybe we have conformed to the world after all as we are so constantly being exposed to the showing of affection all over the various sources of media. We are so conformed that we did not realise that our morals have slacken to an extent that anything not beyond sex is alright. Is that true for you? Well I must say both Joshua Harris (the author) and I share rather similar conservative standards.

So far I have never held any ladies hands and thought that even for holding hands would be intimate. I always view kissing alright but guess I was wrong after he showed readers that the person they’re kissing may be someone else’s spouse someday. How would you like someone to caress your spouse to be? Never right?

It has become evident to me even in my own life that people are constantly seeking for love. BGRs taking place at a much younger age from my time and I’m not that old. I too myself do that, getting into one at what? Sec one! How ridiculous, now that I think back. Even for the Christians, it does seem like the invisibility of our God hinder us from seeing the realness of His love in the midst of us. Yes even for me. Do not misunderstand, I have no doubt that God loves me but recognizing it subconsciously is rather difficult.

There have only been one incident when His love so overwhelmed me that as I was praying I uttered “I love you” subconsciously not knowing what I say until I took a paused. That occurred during the periods of my A levels. Loving subconsciously? Sometimes the pastor may ask you to repeat after him that you love Jesus, and when you pray and you tell yourself you love Him, that’s conscious loving. And loving someone takes commitment! You game for that level of commitment or is it just plain talk? Cheng En, wake up your idea! Love is not seeking for yourself but looking out for those that you love! WAKE UP YOUR IDEA!

To those whom I've so selfishly seek self gratification, I'm sorry!

Being loved deeply gives you strength but loving someone deeply takes courage! – Pst Don

LOVE on Valentine's

Wishing all a Happy Valentine's Day! its so wonderful to be able to celebrate Love and I'm very thankful for those people that I know that love me for who I am! =) And of course there are a few that i dearly love as well so its nice to recall and nostalgia over them. And of course when we celebrate Love, what greater love is there then that of our Closest Friend Jesus who died on the cross for us!

I cant help but remember there was this time when i felt really unloved and as if no one cared! And that particular morning the preacher was preaching along the lines of love i think (cant really remember). All I could remember was that there was an alter call and i went up knelling in front of the pulpit and i simply asked a very simple question. Though the Word of God proclaim it so very clearly, i asked it all the same. I asked: "God do you love me". I'm very sure every Christian would be able to tell me Yes He does. Yet knowing as head knowledge and knowing it in my heart is different and i need the latter. As soon as i asked in my heart, Pastor Ronald came up behind me put a hand over my shoulder and proclaim over me: "God Loves you". of course there were other things that he was led to say but those particular words caught my attention and my attention never left them, for they spoke right into my heart. It was such an experience right there and then knowing in my heart that He listened and answered.

Sadly that was a one time off occurrence, I wonder if i were to asked now in the quiet, would the Holy Spirit answer me and give me assurance once again? By Faith i believe so and thats what I'm going to do right now before i go for Studio! Nothing shall be able to separate us from His love! Neither life nor death, angels nor demons, present nor the future, height nor depth, any power and creation shall be able to separate us from His love! He is Love!

Happy Valentine's Day! =)

Acknowledge His Grace

Hi all! I'm starting a Blog to acknowledge His Grace! Just in case you didn't already know, my chinese name, Cheng En, means acknowledging the grace and favour shown. And i think it speaks well of me needing to acknowledge His grace and favour above all things! if you were thinking, my parents aren't believers but isn't it obvious that God have had a hand in drawing me near unto Him ever since my birth? or should i say even before my birth! =)

It is my greatest privilege that i can use this avenue to Glorify and Testify of God's goodness not just through my life but the testimonies and revelation that the Holy Spirit may impress upon me. If you're thinking this blog is going to be another devotion, then you're wrong cause I'm committed to show forth God's very reality through my every single day and not just giving a Bible study through this Blog so i hope you'll look forward to what I've got in store, or rather what God has in store for me! So pardon me if i complain or even put up controversial subjects.

Lets start of this Blog with my very own testimony of how i came to know Grace as i am so very unfamiliar with in the past! OR NOT! Sorry for those who want to hear bout it cause i know many will just be bore by it! another time perhaps! in any case i would just like to express my many thanks to all that have celebrated and wished me happy birthday. i really appreciate it and would like to offer my heartfelt gratitude to all of you and to God who constantly reveals HIS LOVE for me(in this case through his ppl)! THANKS A LOT!

There my 1st blog entry! Oh and Happy Lunar New Year!