Tell Me A Jabez
All I've eaten today is a packet of Walkers Monsters Crisps and a packet of McCoy's Crisps, and it's already almost four in the afternoon. I have to find some proper food soon, or else I'll turn into a huge walking crisp with MSG running through my veins.
The reason for my eating so little is, of course, the amount of time I have to spend studying for my exams coming up next week... but I've discovered the secret to doing well, I think. I never realised it before (or perhaps I did in Secondary School, but stopped). I discovered the secret to doing well after cell group yesterday when Weeleon shared about the prayer of Jabez:
"Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my territory, that your hand would be with me and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain."
He said that as Christians we often neglect to ask God for blessings because we think it selfish, but in fact we should, as we wouldn't hesitate to ask God to bless our friends in every way. And he said that as young Christians we'd always ask God to help us do well in exams, but as we got older we would think "Study La!"
Which is quite true. I remember Weeleon wanting to meet up with us to discuss the church webpage, and we were pretty reluctant to because we wanted to study for our exams, to which he said quite flippantly I thought, "Set aside time for fellowship and God will bless your studies!" and to which we replied, "If we don't study how can God bless our studies anyway?" But now, as well as studying, I'm going to pray that God will bless my studies too.
Being overseas, I always feel as though I have to behave better than anyone else, because I'm the only representative of my country some people know. When you're the only Singaporean someone knows, whatever you do brands your entire country and it's natural to generalise about a particular country based on only one person if you only know that one person from that country.
Being a Christian is a little like being overseas as well, because you may be the only Christian some people know. And I hope that my life will reflect where I'm from...
Back to study.
The reason for my eating so little is, of course, the amount of time I have to spend studying for my exams coming up next week... but I've discovered the secret to doing well, I think. I never realised it before (or perhaps I did in Secondary School, but stopped). I discovered the secret to doing well after cell group yesterday when Weeleon shared about the prayer of Jabez:
"Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my territory, that your hand would be with me and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain."
He said that as Christians we often neglect to ask God for blessings because we think it selfish, but in fact we should, as we wouldn't hesitate to ask God to bless our friends in every way. And he said that as young Christians we'd always ask God to help us do well in exams, but as we got older we would think "Study La!"
Which is quite true. I remember Weeleon wanting to meet up with us to discuss the church webpage, and we were pretty reluctant to because we wanted to study for our exams, to which he said quite flippantly I thought, "Set aside time for fellowship and God will bless your studies!" and to which we replied, "If we don't study how can God bless our studies anyway?" But now, as well as studying, I'm going to pray that God will bless my studies too.
Being overseas, I always feel as though I have to behave better than anyone else, because I'm the only representative of my country some people know. When you're the only Singaporean someone knows, whatever you do brands your entire country and it's natural to generalise about a particular country based on only one person if you only know that one person from that country.
Being a Christian is a little like being overseas as well, because you may be the only Christian some people know. And I hope that my life will reflect where I'm from...
Back to study.
2 Comments:
Being a huge walking crisp will certainly make you popular in some quarters. ;)
Personally, I don't like to pray for myself, but always do so for my family and friends, and mainly the trees (yes, bit odd perhaps, but oh well).
Because I'd always prefer to have the problems of others dealt with before my own.
Having said that I hope that your studies will be blessed.
By
Orbling, at 1:14 pm
If you would like to bless your friends in your prayers, it's ok to pray for yourself as well. hope that u'll be blessed!
By
ruthie, at 5:21 pm
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