Moments with my First Love [UNDER REVISION]

MOMENT 4: Let this Love Become Official

Pumapasok ka ba sa school para walang pangarap na matapos?
Nagtratrabaho ka ba at hindi nag-aaspire ma-promote?
May nagtatanim ba para hindi umani?
Nagpapractice ka ba para manatiling beginner?

Lahat ng ginagawa natin sa buhay ay may direction at patutunguhan.

Pumapasok ka sa school dahil may pangarap kang makatapos.
Nagtratrabaho ka dahil umaasa kang umangat at ma-promote.
Nagtatanim ka dahil naniniwala kang may aanihin ka balang araw.
Nagpapractice ka dahil gusto mong gumaling at hindi manatiling beginner habang-buhay.

Because growth, progress, and commitment are natural results when something truly matters to us. Hindi tayo nag-eeffort para manatili lang sa same place. Kapag mahalaga sa atin ang isang bagay, gusto natin itong dalhin sa mas malalim, mas matatag, at mas permanenteng level.

Same goes with love.

May nagmamahal ba para hindi maging totoo at official?

Correct me if I am wrong... When you love someone, you want to bring things between you into another level. Diba? If you love someone, and you confirmed that that someone loves you too, you want to give it a label to make it official. Because love naturally longs for commitment. Hindi mo gustong manatili lang sa "what are we?" stage. Love seeks assurance and permanence. Love seeks a home.

Same with the Lord.

God is a Supreme being, but He wants to have a thing with you. Imagine that. The Creator of heaven and earth, the One who holds galaxies in His hands, still desires your heart personally. Hindi ka lang isa sa bilyon-bilyong tao sa mundo para sa Kanya. He knows your name, your fears, your silent cries at 2am, your hidden disappointments, even the battles you cannot explain to anyone.

God is longing for having an intimate relationship with you. Do you know that He already loves you even though you don't love Him yet? The God of all creation is madly inlove with you! He is the one who loved you first. Ang totoo niyan, bago mo pa Siya hanapin, He was already pursuing you. Bago ka pa man natutong manalangin, He was already making a way for you. Even in seasons where you ignored Him, doubted Him, or forgot Him—He never stopped choosing you!

Deuteronomy 29:9 Moses said: Israel, the Lord has made an agreement with you, and if you keep your part, you will be successful in everything you do.

What is agreement?
- mutual understanding or arrangement

When you are still an unbeliever, you cannot understand the truth of how God loves you. Minsan akala natin religion lang ang ino-offer Niya—rules, restrictions, tradiations or any thing alike to these. But the moment you accepted Jesus Christ as your God and Personal Savior, He poured out His love for you. He opened your spiritual eyes, and suddenly, you begin to realize, "Hindi pala ako hinahanap ng Diyos para parusahan. Hinahanap Niya ako para mahalin."

You begin to understand what He is truly offering for you: a PERSONAL AGREEMENT.

This agreement is for you to have a relationship with Him. (Personal connection; personal bond; personal link). It is like a marriage contract in which God is your husband! Because God wants His love for you and your love for Him to become official! To become legal!

God has given us the freedom to  to accept or reject; to say yes or no. God offers—it's your part to respond to Him. Would you say yes to Him? Kasi minsan gusto natin ng blessings Niya, pero iniiwasan natin ang relationship with Him. We want His hand, but not His heart. Yet real love is not built only on receiving but on responding.