Quiet Time a.k.a Mini Sermon:

So I read Jeremiah chapter 17:8-...
"Blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the long months of drought . Their leaves stay green and never stop producing fruit."

Dissect the the passage into many parts, and this is what I learnt.

"Blessed are those who trust in the Lord", well, this is what trust is... as you read on,

"made the Lord their hope and confidence"

So trust in God means to make him your HOPE and CONFIDENCE...

You see, this is what hope is...
Hope is believing for something that you do not have yet...
and Confidence is having a sure reliance on something that you already have...

one believing in the acquired, the other believing for the required...

Lamentations chapter 3v24:
"The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him."
or some say The LORD is my inheritance...

that's my confidence... and therefore I will wait for him... waiting for somone, whom you place your confidence in, is such a natural thing to do. Just like if I didn't know my way around sydney, then I will wait for my friend to guide me along... my confidence is in him, because he's travelled around before.

you see, if "have" could be a noun...then God wants you to trust in Him, in the"have"s and the "have-nots" yet...

so putting your confidence in God makes God your "have"... means you "have" God in all that you do, means God becomes your inheritance... and putting your hope in God, is believing for the "have-nots"... means believing that God will provide for the "have-nots", which maybe your needs or His promises to come in your life...

and what does God say...

you see, water represents life! and a tree can't live without water... how much more trust can we have in God, to live LIFE when you are planted by the water, just like that tree.

soooooOO,

Lay your Foundations in God "Roots that reach deep into the water" So that in times Trials/Difficulties that you will not be affected "Such trees are not bothered by the long months of drought." and that you will even continue to be fruitful... "Their leaves stay green and never stop producing fruit."




So now, a little preview

Hillsongs Live Recording 2008

Some of the songs are really nice... look out for the album release.

Just a preview of what the Live Recording was like :) we were soooo far back, because we reached slightly late. but anyway, it was an experience... to take a train there... whoa! only after taking sydney trains, then would singaporeans sooOOOOOoo appreciate the MRT and the SBS buses we have... which is so much more efficient. Sydney trains are confusing, and would take a genius to figure the routes.


anw, I like this song... :)



i miss my family, my MUM, my DAD, LISA, JOSHUA, and JOEL!