POLY SERVE!!!! Daniel Chapter 3
Will we say this if we were in their position. Will we still seek God and follow him if he did not save us? Will we trust him that he knows when and what's the best? This is an Actual story. A Lawyer , a pilot, a para trooper, a scholar, a doctor. 5 extremly talented Guys. He and the other four other missionaries made contact from their airplane with the Arcus Indians, using a loudspeaker and a basket to pass down gifts. After several months, the men decided to build a base a short distance from the Indian tribe, along the Curaray River. January 6 1956 they were approached one time by a small group of Huaorani Indians, and even gave an airplane ride to one curious Huaorani whom they called "George" (his real name was Naenkiwi). Encouraged by these friendly encounters, they began plans to visit the Huaorani, but their plans were stopped by the arrival of a larger group of 10 Huaorani men, who killed Elliot and his four companions on January 8, 1956. Elliot's mutilated body was found downstream, along with those of the other men, except that of Ed McCully. They were speared to death.... Anyway....yes...God has a plan and he knows what he is doing. After her husband's death, Elisabeth Elliot and other missionaries began working among the Auca (Huaorani) Indians, where they had a profound impact and won many converts. She later published two books, Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot and Through Gates of Splendor, which describe the life and death of her husband. Sometimes...things don't turn the way we want it to....Do we still trust God? 13All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. Note...they did not receive.....but... verse v16 16Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. They knew that God knows what it better for them. They seek not worldly pleasures....fortunes....soulmates....acheivements....material properties.....Not that all this are bad. They just did not put this in front of God. They knew that Although God takes, He have better things in stored for them in Heaven . They dun know what it is but they know it's better...and therefore they seek God and we see here....GOD is NOT ASHAMED to be CALLED THEIR GOD! See that? Put God first in our lives! Have you place anything before God ? Do you trust that what He can give you is better than all the things of the world? Would you give your life if God asked for it? Will you give up your desire for God? Another Thing I want to address...many a times when we suffer, we asked where is God. Read Daniel 3 : 24-27 The word od God says that none were harmed by the burning Furnace....but it did not say if the trip in the furnace in eventful....it maybe glaring ....hot? We should Count our blessings. We could have ended up worse...but God was there with us. He made it bearable for us and he suffers with us ( 4th person is also in Furnace) 1 Corintians 10:13 He will not let us be tempted beyond what we can bear. God knows how much we can take. So Trust God.
Wow.....!! Manage to walk to Emmanuel House without getting lost..hahaz.
Of course had fun!
By the way...mom got some new honey....it taste weird..hahaz...
Did...some Street Evangelism today...wow....scary ..lolz.
I was like.
HIeeee!!!
Are you all Poly Students?
I'm Yu Ki for Rp and This is Chin Ho From Sp
We are having this Event called Wild on Wheels!!!!
Erm...Chin Ho can you fill them in?
HAHAz...What A way To Invite them for this event....
So much I need to learn..like focus on God and talking SKills ....
I will Grow and become better...To God be all Glory!!!
By the way, SYFC ( Singapore Youth For Christ ) People are so cute and funny! So fun to be with hahaz. Enriching too.
Anyway...not wanting to type about my life now...welll actually iss that I cannot remember...I shall Blog My Quiet time Down!! Weeeeee!
Faith In God.
Alright Alright!! In verse one, We see our King Nabu, after seeing God using Daniel to intepret his dreams, decided to build and IDOL...Now now...he just saw God in Action and he is doing THis? Way to Go Nabu.
Our Dear Nabu Did not stop there...in verse 2-4, he made everybody bow down and worshipped it. A Great example of what not to do if you really fear God.
That brings me to Think.... Many a times, people above you..people with power will try to make you sin. To their eyes it may not be wrong but you know better... Poor Nabu don't know his foolishness either. He might have just wanted to use the idol to unite his people? So when face with difficult situation....friends....boss....teachers.....how will you react?
What is they place heavy penalties....like in verse 5-6....What if you were to lose all your friends.....lose your job....lose your face....lose something important to you.....your life? Will you still stick to God?
Verse 8-12 We see a bunch of people which never fails to annoy.....people which will expose you everytime you tries to hide.
In Verse 7 we see everyone just following Nabu . How do we stay clean and pure? Everyone is doing it....It seems right? What wrong with it?If every one is doing it and you will pay a heavy penalty if you do not do it....Will you still stick to God?Will you go against the world?
There was this verse in 2 Timonthy. Chapter 3 verse 12.
12In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted
Scary huh.....
All who wants to seek God must suffer..... Jesus said...we must deny ourselves and pick up our cross. We must say no to ourselves and Do God's works.
In Daniel 2 : 49 , We knew that Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were given high positions. thay can choose to just compromise a bit and they will keep their Good lives.
However, We knew the 3 chose to say this:
"O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."
Christians. They wanted to reach out to the Arcus Indians...who never had a chance to Know God....Why? No Missionary ever survived them. A little back ground. Beside the Arcus Tribe was a tribe famous for removing flesh from skulls.....yes...they are gruesome headhunters and they are afraid of the Arcus Indians. Ya...So you get the idea. All Missionaires that ever went to the Arcus Indians are killed by the Arcus Indians. They are very Aggressive. This 5 young man...decided to go there for they know those people need to hear God's words.
Now...When we look upon this....We wonder does God really knows what he is doing? Those men knew the risks....Those men knew they may die....no success rate....They still move on! By the way they are all married and they have children.
Hebrews 11...There you see many lived by faith....And verse 13
Maybe we don't feel or see God but do you know that when you are faithful in God through Suffering,others sees God at work in your life? Like King Nabu. You may not see God.. But God is there.
What's my point?
We may be suffering ( Uncomforatble heat in the Furnace) but the situation could have been much worse ( we are supposed to be killed by the flames) but God was with us and he protected us.