20150519 BSF 30 - Grand Sharing (Life of Moses)

In the second-last class, part of the lecture, "Can you feel the pain of God?" has been touching my heart. 

Today, I would like to ask, "Can you feel the joy of Holy Spirit surging all over when you come to BSF?" I thank God for all the lovely smile, warm greetings, the inspiring sharing, prayer and eagerness to draw close to God from each one of you which make me feel God is right among us, His face shining on me.

Thank God for accompanying me to study the life of Moses this year. While ministry, work and relationship are getting more and more difficult and heavy, God used His words to comfort me and to encourage me every day, every week. So many nights I cried out to God like Moses that I could not make it, and He wiped out my tears and restored my strength on the next morning I woke up.

So many years I thought I was marching towards God. I didn't realize part of me was actually detouring in the wilderness.  I just learned that not until the part of me, short of faith, lack of obedience, full of pride, filled with flesh was dead in the wilderness would the newly-created I be allowed to move forward.

Deuteronomy 2:7 says,
"The Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything."

I thank God for His pillars of cloud and fire are always leading me, and for His never-failing love supporting me. Whenever I turn to God, He raises me up. With God, I lack nothing.

May God continue to keep, lead and bless everyone who hungers and thirsts for His kingdom and righteousness, those who are still lost in the wilderness and all the others who are still suffering in Egypt but not aware.

May all the glory, praise and thanks be to our Lord Jesus Christ for ever and ever. Amen.