Moments with my First Love [UNDER REVISION]

MOMENT 3: God of my Life

Nasubukan mo na bang pumunta sa isang kainan na hindi mo alam ang mga pagkain sa menu, tapos noong naiserve na ang inorder mo, hindi mo pala gusto?

Naranasan mo na bang sumakay sa maling jeep o bus dahil hindi mo alam ang tamang ruta?

May pagkakataon na ba na bumili ka ng isang bagay online na hindi mo alam ang totoong kalidad, tapos nadismaya ka pagdating nito?

Nasubukan mo na bang magtiwala agad sa isang tao kahit hindi mo pa talaga siya kilala?

Dumating ka na ba sa puntong nagmahal ka ng tao kahit hindi mo pa kilala ang buo niyang katauhan?

Minsan, kaya tayo nasasaktan ay dahil nagbigay tayo ng tiwala sa isang bagay o tao na hindi naman natin tunay na kilala. Nag-invest tayo ng emosyon sa mga bagay na hindi sigurado. Nagpadala tayo sa pakiramdam at sa mga salita. Pero sa huli? Doon natin napagtanto na hindi pala sapat ang "akala ko."

Because the truth is, affection without knowledge is dangerous. When you trust without knowing deeply, is it fragile. And love without truly understanding can easily be shaken.

But you know what...

You cannot love the one you do not know.

You cannot trust the one you don't even know.

Therefore, you cannot say that you love God and you trust God if you do not know who He is.

Marami sa atin ang gustong tanggapin ang blessings ni Lord, pero hindi talaga kilala ang puso ng Diyos. We don't realize that we only want His hands, but we are not truly seeking His face. We seek His provision more than His presence. We feel good hearing the verses but sometimes fail to know the very Person behind those words.

Kaya madalas, madaling manghina ang pananampalataya natin ay dahil mababaw pa ang pagkakakilala natin sa Kanya. Kapag dumating ang unanswered prayers, ang mga trials at delays, heartbreaks, confusion at iba pang mga tulad nito, doon natin natatanong ang... "Lord, nasaan Ka?" or "Totoo ka ba talaga?" We begin to doubt if His is true. Pero ang totoo, tayo ang hindi pa lubos na kilala kung sino Siya.

Who is God?

Numbers 23:19 God is no mere human! He doesn't tell lies or change His mind. God always keeps His promises.

God constantly revealing who He is through everything around us, aside from who He said He is in the Bible. He shows Himself in an impossible situations or even to a queer and sporadic events. He even shows Himself through other people, those people you know and even through strangers.

Sometimes He reveals Himself in answered prayers.
Sometimes in closed doors.
Sometimes in delays that saved you from destruction.
Sometimes in pain that brought you back to Him.

Oftentimes, through His Words. But most importantly whether He make Himself known to this or to that, we must be aware of it because if not, we will miss the opportunity to know Him more.

If there's one saddest things in life, that is God has been revealing Himself all along, but we were too distracted to notice Him.

How God reveals Himself to you is who He is in your life?

WHO IS GOD IN MY LIFE? (Based on the main verse)

I. God is not a mere human.

Humans came from dust. God is the source of everything and through Him everything was made. He is the beginning of everything. Meaning, humans, our physical bodies, will soon be gone but God will still remain—always and forever.