Thursday, October 15, 2015

Start Time: 5:55 AM

End Time: 6:14 AM

Title: Respect the Lord and the King

Scriptures: Proverbs 24:21 - 22

God’s Message/Promise/Commands:

Amazing day with Jesus! Today I woke up and my right wrist is obviously tired, I'm still very sleepy, been sleeping past 11pm sometimes 12pm for the past few days, I think my body is telling me to rest.  But despite of my physical condition, the day continues.  And here I am, enjoying my time with God's words, forgetting the pain or the sleepiness I'm experiencing.  Thank You Lord for Your help in getting me through to today.  So today, I want to look closely verses 21 - 22 of Proverbs 24.  It says, 21 Son, respect the Lord and the king, and don’t join with those who are against them, 22 because people like that can quickly be destroyed. You have no idea how much trouble God and the king can make for their enemies.

For the past few weeks and months, people have been confused with who to vote for the upcoming presidential election.  In fact, Duterte seems to be the main choice but when he announced for the 2nd time that he is not running, people around the world, I believe, were completely clueless as to who to vote.  I've seen a lot of posts in FB about the people's sentiments and confusions as to what to do, knowing that the remaining candidates for the position is obviously a bad choice (based on human logic).  I have been contemplating about this and I was saddened to know that no Filipino who is wise, strong, responsible, and God fearing, is passionate and committed enough to fight for the Philippines.  There are so many brave and smart Filipinos, yet not one dared to run and take care of the country.  Why is that?  Santiago, who was fighting her battle with Cancer, is the only person I see whose love for the country is deep enough to decide to run for presidency despite of her condition.  It's sad to know that this has what the Filipinos have become.  Then, I looked back to the verses we read today.  Respect the Lord and the King!  In the Philippines, we are not led by Kings but by a President.  So we can say that God is saying to respect Him and the president and King Solomon clearly gave us specific warning not to join with those who are against them because they can be quickly destroyed.  Furthermore, Solomon says that God and the King/President can make so much trouble for their enemies.  I remember what the Filipinos did against Marcos and to many other Presidents, which made me think that we are suffering with all these issues in politics for the seed of rebellion we planted a long time ago, in the time of Marcos specifically.  It's sad but know that the King/President came into power because God allowed it.  And if these people in authority treats us unjustly, know that God will deal with them, in the same way He dealt with Pharaoh in Moses'time.  The Israelites left Egypt with Pharaoh's permission after a long fight and numerous miraculous acts from God.  They left with consent from the Pharaoh and never went against his will.  God made Pharaoh agreed to let the Israelites go!  So let's understand that rebellion is never a good seed to plant, whether it is against a king, a president, a boss, even against our fathers at home.  May we learn from our mistakes.

Prayer:

Lord Jesus, thank You for an amazing insights and wisdom today.  Help me Lord to be submissive and not to plant any seed of rebellion to any of the people in authority in my life.  Help me to understand that if they mistreat me or unjustly deal with me, You will deal with them so I don't need to consume myself with doing anything to achieve justice for the unjust treatment I receive.  In Jesus' Name, Amen!