have you ever been so hyped up about something that you just wanted to shout to the world with all your heart? superb GPA, a great job offer, graduation, getting attached to love of your life, even being damn sad, or damn frustrated, or angry about something. ok nowadays people don't take that literally due to the many platforms that we have that enable us to bring our joys and sadness to virtual platforms that far outstrip the effectiveness of any literal forms of noise. twitter, facebook, STOMP, you name it.
as someone who has just recently started walking with God again (a little over 1 year), i remember ever so clearly how i would find no sense in facebook updates, tweets, blog entries to do with praising the Lord/bible verses/anything to do with God. in my mind there would be a filtering mechanism that sieves them out, something that goes "errr lameness", "not again", "er, and your point is?", "aye, these Christ fanatics" (no offense ever intended).. you get the gist.
well, that's me now. yup. proclaiming the goodness of God for all to hear. so what has changed within me? obviously not brainwashed or what, that's kinda ridiculous, considering i'm still the same me who still loves ice cream, music, and chicken paos. and i think i'm someone who is discerning and weary of what i post on social media (or even what i say in person la), but you know why? it is because i've experienced the joy of the Lord which outstrips even the image that i wanna maintain. what is it so compelling that leads me to want to proclaim out loud for all to hear?
it can only be something that i feel so passionately for, of course. and for someone who's been on both sides of the pasture, i can safely stake my life on the conviction that the grass is really greener, where i am right now. because for every posting i've made since knowing God, in sadness or in happiness, i've never felt more peace and security than the posting of random screamy happy/angry/sad updates of which my state depended purely upon the emotion that i felt at the time of posting.
perhaps, it's not something that i can explain, or something that i can enforce upon anyone. but i'll tell you here and now - that there is unexplainable joy in knowing God, the kind that leads you to wanna post facebook and twitter status updates all day about. herein i share with you
Taste and see the the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.
Psalm 34:8
and so you might be asking "huh?", "er.. so how to experience this joy you so described?", "so what now, how to taste God?"
well, i encourage you to take out that pen, or that iphone, and draw up a list of the things you want to give thanks for in life. hm, so maybe all along you always thought it was luck you had. well, but let me tell you- these are blessings, and you've just given thanks for having tasted His goodness.
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