THE LETTER M 

PSALM 119 

15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

When we think of the word meditate or meditation, it has a picture of some eastern mystic babbling some crazy words, but this is not what true meditation is.

It means to mull over or think deeply about something, in Colossians chapter 3, we have these words:

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

To dwell with us, means it lives deeply within our hearts, it is a welcome guest in our lives and meditating on the word of God, allows us to have a spirit that is filled with wisdom and worship. Look at verse 16.

When we read our bibles, we are not to read it, just to turn the required number of pages on our bible reading scheme, we are to meditate on particular verses. Recently I took ten days to read John chapters 1-3, because it is so deep, you cannot go too fast.

Joshua was given sound advice by the Lord, as he entered the promised land.

Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Meditate on it day and night you say, we can’t do that. Well what is the job of the holy spirit, he will bring you remembrance of these things, of what things, of the things of Christ.

Often he brings to my mind a verse of scripture, a promise, a challenge or a rebuke.

Paul is giving pastoral advice to his protege Timothy, in Chapter 4 of his first epistle, he says:

11 These things command and teach.

12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

Paul was telling Timothy to meditate on these things, especially to doctrine, we all want to be so practical, have you ever meditated on deep doctrines such as the Deity of Christ and the Trinity.

Again to meditate, we must take time to do this, put down your cell phone, turn off social media and do a bible study. Find a quiet place, get out your bible and drink deeply of the word of God.

One of my favourite things to do is to get my Bible and notebook and say Lord, what do you have to say to me.

God’s wants and is eager to speak, but we have to set aside time for him to do it, remember he spoke to Elijah in the still small voice,

Can you hear him?

Have you taken time to meditate on his word?

We need to stop rushing away from God’s word, we treat it like a hot potato sometimes, as soon as we pick it up, we want to put it down.

By meditating on his precious words, this is how we grow.

I challenge you.

Take 15 minutes each week to meditate on a Bible verse or couple of verses.

Let these verse dwell or live in your heart.

Make them welcome.

God bless you

KK

THE LETTER L

WHATS YOUR LEGACY?

We are all here for a short time, we are blessed if we live past 80.

Cd Studd said:

Only one life, will soon be past, only what is done for Christ will last.

Life is so short, we fritter away time so easily, I know I sit on my cell phone, watching some funny video or doing something wasteful, we are told in Ephesians 5:

16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

How can we create a legacy for the next generation.

We can mentor and train people in our church?

Christian parents and especially Christian men, you can lead your children to the Lord.

When we leave this earth, what will your legacy be?

Charles Spurgeon, was one the greatest preachers, who ever lived. He has left a treasure trove of hi writings, which are still blessing millions even after all these years.

Everything you do, whether good or bad, will be tested by fire, look at these verses in 1 Corinthians 3:

11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.

14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

What will be burnt up and what will be gold and precious stones?

What legacy are you leaving your children?

What will people say after you die?

Have you trained anyone in the things of Christ?

Or are you going to be saved by fire vs 15, you will be saved, but the reward will be lost.

It’s time to stop wasting your life on trifles and create a legacy for your children.

The best legacy is to share Christ, I want to take as many Chinese as I can to heaven with me.

May the passion of your heart be that you share the gospel, it’s the only thing that matters.

God bless you

KK

THE LETER K

TO KNOW HIM AND TO MAKE HIM KNOWN

PHILIPPIANS 3

10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

COLOSSIANS 4

3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

2 THESS 3

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

The words at the top sum up the Christian life. People ask, what is the purpose of life?

Why does God save us?

When we are first saved, we have a basic knowledge of God, over the years, we will grow in that knowledge 2 Peter 3:18.

Paul who by now, was a mature believer was still saying, I want to KNOW HIM, this is his deepest desire, he reminds me of Caleb in the OT, who says at age 80, give me this mountain, give me the hardest part of the work.

I am retired, having reached a certain age, but I pray i never retire from the Lord’s work, you do have a retirement date, when Gid decides to take you home, until then, keep working and keep striving to know God.

To know God is the best thing, to bring others to the same knowledge is beyond words, you know as I write and share, I pray that something of my deep love for God rubs off on people, maybe someone will come to know Christ better through me.

Moses trained Joshua, Jesus trained the twelve apostles and Paul trained Timothy, Titus and many more.

Our heart cry should be I want to know God more, and our vision should be to pass on that knowledge to others, either by mentoring ones in your church or sharing the gospel to people around you.

May you know Christ and  make him known.

God bless you

KK

THE LETTER J

Born in Joy

The letter to the Philippians is the book of joy, maybe that is because it was born out of Joy.

Just imagine the scene:

It’s late at night in a dark prison and suddenly two prisoners who had been wrongly arrested, beaten, arrive at the prison, they are guarded by a savage and mean prison guard, who lived in constant fear and paranoia.

It’s after midnight and the prisoners want to sleep, but suddenly these two new prisoners start singing and it’s not any singing, they are thanking and praising God. 

You see my friends, joy is supernatural, it is not just being happy, you are happy because of your circumstances, not in spite of them.

Paul and Silas were in the most dire of circumstances, stuck in the middle of a dirty rotten prison, but they had supernatural joy.

Well over ten times in this short epistle is joy or rejoice mentioned, this was a church born out of joy and birthed in Joy.

Love is the glue that binds the church together, but joy is the outflow of that love. 

People cannot understand, why believers who are going through the deepest hurt and pain, can have this supernatural joy.

Paul says in Chapter 4 that there is peace that passes understanding for the Christian when we come to God in prayer and that is so true.

Peter says in his first epistle chapter 4 these words:

12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

Peter also says these incredible words in 1 Peter Chapter 1

8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

Jesus said out of your belly, would flow rivers of living waters, we have incredible, unspeakably glorious joy, that will enable us to overcome any circumstance and any obstacle.

Are you a joyful Christian?

I echo the words of the Apostle Paul in Philippians chapter 4:

Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say Rejoice

So needful that Paul had to repeat himself.

God bless you

KK

THE LETTER I

INTIMACY WITH GOD

GENESIS 3

8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

The call of God throughout the bible is one of Intimacy, GOD knew man had sinned, but still he wanted intimacy with his creation, but man refuses that intimacy with his creator, now let me say this, God is not lonely, he doesn’t need company, he desires and wants it with his creation.

All of God’s choicest saints in both the OT and NT, has a deep and intimate relationship with God, look at some of them, how would:

Joseph have coped with betrayal and prison

Moses have coped with the children of Israel’s complaining

David coped with the uprising of his own son

Daniel coped with the lions den

The reason, they had a deep and intimate relationship with God, they didn’t run from God they ran to God Jeremiah 33:3.

Men and women who sinned in the OT, did so because they lost that intimacy with God, look at David, Moses  and others. They took their eyes off the Lord and fell headlong into sin and failure

As we go into the NT,  we see people like Peter failing because he lost that intimacy with God, for a short time.

It is not enough to go to church on Sunday, the Christian life, is a deep intimate relationship between you and God, as his Holy spirit lives in you, there will be an increase in holiness, as he works in your heart.

Daily and minute by minute intimacy with God happens when:

You take everything to God in prayer, look at the verses 1 Peter 5 and 1 Thessalonians 5

7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

17 Pray without ceasing.

The word of God becomes part of your whole being, look at these precious verses in Colossians 3 and Joshua 1:

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

There are many other things, I could point to, but let me finish with this:

Intimate prayer may mean you are still and say nothing to God in prayer, but are quiet and just soak in his presence.

Let him speak, prayer is two way communication. When God spoke to Elijah, God spoke in a still small voice.

Intimate bible reading is taking time to read the bible, the Chinese way is to read many chapters, to be a page turner, but this is not intimate bible reading, we are told to meditate and to study, we are told to good Bereans. Acts 17.

Jesus who had the deepest and most intimate relationship with his father, went up to a mountain to pray ALONE, if he went and did this, then surely, we should do it too.

Some ways to be closer and more intimate with God in prayer and bible reading.

The earlier it is, the better it will be.

Turn off all distractions, that means cell phones, tv and social media, I know that this is a terrible thing that I am saying!

Go to a place such as a park or quiet place by the river and just walk or sit.

Say nothing, ask the Lord, I want to hear from you, I want to hear your voice. Say like Samuel:

1 Samuel 3

10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

God promises to come and have deep and intimate fellowship with those, who open the door of their lives:

Revelation 3

20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

James 4

8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Intimacy with God, for the apostle Paul, was being completely linked to Christ.

Do you want the same intimacy Paul had, I for one do, it takes time, it takes effort, it will not come easily, but it is so worth it.

Phillipians 3

10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Do you know Paul or any of the others who have a deep intimate relationship with God had so, because they spent five minutes in prayer and bible reading each day?

God is calling you, he is wanting to have deep and intimate fellowship with you believer, he is asking you ” where are you”, if you are not running to Him, you are running from Him.

God bless you as you seek deeper intimacy with God.

KK

THE LETTER H – HOLY HUMILITY – HAVING THE SAME VIEW GOD HAS OF YOU

【Jas4:6】But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

There was a song that played on the radio, many years ago:

It went:

Boy its hard to be humble, when your perfect in every way!

I used to laugh at that song, but let’s get this right, this is a wrong view of humility.

Humility is having God’s opinion of ourselves. So what is God’s opinion of us?

He knows we have a short life span.

Psalm 103 says this:

14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

God knows that we are here today and gone tomorrow, he knows that we live for a short time and we go back to the dust. But know this, believer! Although he knows our lifespan, he still loves us and has given us eternal life through his Son I John 5.

He knows we are Sinners.

Romans 3

23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God

We were hell bound sinners with no human chance of redemption, But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:5-6)

He knows we are sons.

Romans 8

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear;

but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

We are sons and daughters, dependent on daddy for everything.

God provides everything for us, he is our provider, our sustainer and our life giver.

He knows we are servants

Luke 17

10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

So you went out today and shared the gospel today?

You shared the gospel with your family members?

We often feel proud, oh we shared the gospel, we have done nothing that wasn’t our duty to do.

He knows our salvation is all of Him

Ephesians 2

8 For by grace are ye saved through faith;

and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Our salvation is nothing to boast about, because it is nothing to do with us.

He knows our suffering

1 Peter 3

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14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

2 CORINTHIANS 12

9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 

Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

When we suffer for Christ, which is our privilege, we are not to say, look at us, aren’t we amazing, look at the suffering I’m going through for the gospel. 

 No we see suffering as God’s tool to refine and sanctify us.

So in everything we do and are, we are agree with God view of us:

That we are as dust

That we are guilty sinners

That we are redeemed sons and daughters, dependent on our Father for everything.

That we are unworthy servants.

That we are redeemed completely by God

That we are privileged to suffer for Christ.

We have nothing at all to be proud of, we are nothing.

Without God, we can do nothing.

Once, we have that view of ourselves, God can use us.

He can and will use a person, who is completely humble and dependent on Him and him alone.

That is true HOLY HUMILITY.

GOD BLESS YOU

KK