The Web Warrior

I’ve been experiencing great emotional and spiritual battle for more than three weeks now that’s why it took me long before I write my next blog. But three days before my birthday, I spent time in fasting and prayer. I asked the LORD to deliver me from my personal and emotional struggles. The LORD didn’t give my request but instead He gave me more strength to face these battles. I have also confidence in Him that no matter what happens He is always beside me - in other words He is with me during these battles. Psalms 6 and 23 inspire me to continue trusting Him with the little faith and hope left in me no matter what.

I learned a lot of things in my 30 years journey here on earth. I believe that GOD did His part for me to step the next level of maturity in terms of emotional, personal, professional, mental and especially spiritual aspect of my life. It’s about time to let my failures and weaknesses RULE NO MORE in me with GOD’s guidance.

I thank GOD for my family, church, WMC, friends and those people who prayed and keep praying with me and who loved me and keep loving me despite of my unwanted behavior and attitude. I also pray for new perspective and direction - and of course for a lifetime partner! :D

I praise the LORD for everything He has done to me and for all the blessings I received from Him! ; )

As I woke up very early in the morning, the first thing came to my mind was this girl I keep on dreaming to be my GOD-sent partner someday. She inspired me that much to wrote a free verse poem about my crazy experience with this special girl. A friend of mine who is in U.S. revised this poem; it’s better than the one I wrote though I added some words to make it more complete but still the original message is preserved.

You hurt others
And make mistakes without knowing it
Yet you are beautiful and lovable
Easily forgiven, accepted, and loved

You’re so sweet
You make my heart beat faster
When ever I see you smile
You give me strength
With just a glance at your face

If only I can hear God’s voice and hear Him
Saying that you’re not the one for me
Then every little thing that you do
Will be worth nothing to me

But if God will show me the future
With your last breathe and I’m at your side
I will find you and look for you
Till the ends of the earth I will pursue you

Genesis 15:6 (NIV)
Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

Job 1:8 (NIV)
Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”

According to the dictionary concordance of Life Application Study Bible (NIV), righteousness is defined as “acting in morally right manner”. Simply by keeping your reputation clean, doing the right thing or good deeds, abiding with the law, or doing tolerable sins, you can be a righteous person.

Question: Is righteousness sinlessness?
Answer: No.

Romans 3:23 says, “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” The definition of righteousness mentioned above is based only in human standards. So here’s the other meaning of righteousness from the same dictionary - “correct by divine declaration”.

Christians are confused on how to live a righteous life. The outward actions such as church attendance, prayer, devotion, fasting, or ministry involvement, can not define righteousness. It’s pretty easy to pretend though. These actions without repentance, love, faith, hope, trust, and complete obedience to GOD are in vain. Only GOD can tell whether we have right relationship with HIM or not. No human being can judge us unless the prophets of GOD are still existing. If we accepted Christ with all our hearts then the fruits of the Holy Spirit should follow.

We can be righteous in GOD’s eyes. But being righteous doesn’t exempt us from troubles, pains, or trials in life - consider the lives of Abraham and Job. Their experiences maybe worse than what we are experiencing now and yet their faith survived.