ROMAN GUEVARA Daily Devotional Reading “Understanding and not Understanding God”
ROMAN GUEVARA
Daily Devotional Reading
"Understanding and Not Understanding God"
Scripture
Deuteronomy 29:29
"The
secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed
belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the
words of this law."
Don’t you want to know everything?
Maybe yes, maybe not.
Dun
sa nagsabi ng yes, marahil din kasi, eto yung mga taong maraming
questions about life, about death, about mysteries, about ironies,
about supernatural phenomena, about God himself. Me mga taong matanong.
Merong mga taong maraming tumatakbo sa isipan. At marahil, meron din
silang mga karanasan sa buhay that begs a better explanation.
Christians are called by God to live by faith.
And faith, whether we like it or night, is living each day, understanding God, and not understanding God.
What do we mean by this?
Sabi
nga sa verse that we’ve read for today, there are things that God
reveals to us. They belong to us and to our children forever. Mga bagay
na sinabi ni Lord, gusto ni Lord na malaman natin, dahil alam niyang
kaya natin ito maintindihin, at dapat nating gawin sa ating buhay.
God knows who we are. He created us. He knows our capacity. Our maturity.
Kaya
nga nangyayari na sa isang audience, kahit isa lang ang preacher giving
the same preaching, e, merong ibat-ibang interpretation at message.
Why? e ibat-iba kasi ang capacity natin to digest and understand. Maybe
because of our background, our training, o dinaman kaya, because of our
stubborness of heart. Kanya kanya rin kasi tayo ng katigasan ng ulo!
Kaya
me mga taong mas committed than others, mas faithful than others, mas
forgiving than others, mas loving than others, mas mature than others.
Sometimes
it is our choice if we will remain mature or immature. Lalo na kung
tumatanda na tayo. Kung bata pa, acceptable pa minsan na nagaasta o
nagkikilos na parang bata. Pero pag me edad edad na, ang sagwa na
tingnan.
The things that God wills to reveal, they reveal to us because he knows we can and that we should know and do certain things.
However, don’t expect to understand everything.
Because we just can’t.
Me mga bagay na hindi kaya ng human mind to understand.
Why not?
Well, that’s why we call and recognize God to be God.
His ways are not are ways. His thoughts are not our thoughts.
Kahit na nga he created us in his image and likeness, still, siya ay Diyos. Siya ang Diyos.
And
always remembering that, can give us not only a certain level of
comfort and peace, specially during times of unbelievably painful
tragedies, but this truth can also give us humility.
Puede ka
kasing valedictorian in your class, summa cum laude in college, well
respected by your peers as trully intelligent beyond all men, still,
God is God. We however, we have limits.
And in those times na
limited ang capacity natin to understand God, his ways, his dealings, e
dba jan din sa mga panahon na yan, na tayo ay natututo muling magTIWALA
sa Diyos para sa lahat ng bagay?
Life is like a box of
chocolates. Sabi nga sa pelikula ni Tom Hanks na Forrest Gump. You’ll
never know what your gonna get. Me dumadating na blessing, pero meron
ding burdens. Me dumadating na pagpapala, pero meron ding pagpapalo.
Sometimes malinaw bakit nangyari ang nangyari, while at other times, we
just don’t know.
Ganyan ang journey at life of faith.
It’s about understanding and not understanding God.
What should we do?
Just
continue to be receptive to the things that God reveals. Na pag meron
siyang itinuturo, pinapakita, sinasabi, we should pay attention, we
should obey.
Ngunit pag me mga nangyayari na hindi talaga natin
maarok, why they are happening, o kung bakit hinayaan ni Lord, well,
those are the times i believe, na dapat parin tayong magtiwala sa
kanya, dahil siya ay Diyos, siya ang Diyos.
MAKE THIS YOUR PRAYER FOR TODAY
Trully
you are God. You deserve the praise and worship of your people. And i
want to start my day acknowledging and recognizing your power and glory
in my life. Dear God, i surrender everything to you. My questions, my
doubts, my fears, and my worries in my life. I seek your face oh Lord.
Your comfort and peace that takes away all the burdens of life. I ask
Lord today that you give me, not what i deserve, but for your mercy and
grace. Yes Lord, i ask for your mercy and grace today. For me, for my
loved ones, for the people that you will bring to my life. Lord give us
your mercy and grace. Lead me Lord to you. Cover me with your blood.
Protect me with your angels. Empower me with the Holy Spirit. You are
God. You are the Lord of my life. I pray all of these things by faith,
in Jesus name. Amen
