Snapshots

Chan Wen Jye shared his first message (I think) on Sunday.

I am particular interested in the part where he shared that we should not just look at a snapshot of our lives.

To give an illustration. Say we watch Cloverfield (I have not watch it, a friend told me he was disapponted.) And we expect to see the monster. We could hardly see it at all. So we say, the monster didn't appear at all. That will be wrong. We can catch glimpse of it at certain times.

God will fulfill his promises in his own way and his own time. Just like we cannot conclude there's no monster in Cloverfield based on certain point in the movie. We need to see the whole movie. God's way is higher than our way and his thoughts higher than ours.

David Chee pointed out that there were 13 to 14 years of uneventful / unrecorded period in Abram's life between chapter 16 and 17 of Genesis. Before this period, Abram listened to Sarai's suggestion and chose to try to help God.

God doesn't need our help. Man is mistaken if he thinks God needs any help. Abram being the spiritual head of the family should have relied on his faith and discern what should be done. When the advices or suggestions of ANYONE contradict God's instructions, we should not listen.

Either way, when we look past the 'photos' of Abram at 75, 85 and even 99 without a son, we can see the 'video' of his whole life where God fulfilled his promises to Abram / Abraham.

We should not look at a particular point in time. Our life is a long process (so to speak) of getting ready for heaven.

We will be worshipping God all days and all night. Why don't we start living that life now?