I've been "seriously" wrtiting up my dissertation since the begining of Agugust, and of course, I've been prepraring the research since the begining of this year. A lot of try and error involved in the process. So in these two days, probably because I'm aware that it's my final stage of my dissertation, I become too relax and my mind isn't that sharp anymore (I think researchers know what I'm talking about...). And as I get more relaxed, my mind started wondering around many things. That's probably why I felt dull this morning.
Before I came to the bible, I firstly asked the Lord what's going on with the dull feeling. And as I asked Him to clense me, I got a feeling that I just need to put aside everything, even my feelings, just come to Him as who I am. He's a living person, and I'm ready to seek Him. Seek and I shall find.
The bible chapter I entered was Matthew chapter 23. There were a lot of passages concerning the Lord rebuked the religious people. After I read through it, I consecrated myself to the Lord again. May He become my very focus today (as I said, my mind was wondering around these two days). I consecrated my mind to focus on Him, my emotion to love Him, and my will to choose Him. After this prayer, the hymn (Deuteronomy 30:19b-20a) came to me,
Therefore choose life that you and your seed may live,
In loving Jehovah your God by listening to His voice
and holding fast to Him; for He is your life
(and the length of your days).
The Lord has set before us life and death. As the Lord rebuked the religious people, what He really wanted to do was to guide us to the tree of life. This morning the Lord simply reminded me, I have to put aside who I am and how I feel and simply choose Him as my life. Praise Him for becoming my life!
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