Daily Bread

Thank God for such a nice day, waking up to a brillant sunrise with such a cool weather. Had a great sleep last night, and woke up early feeling refreshed. Then when I read today's daily bread passage and combined it with yesterday's passage I can see what is God doing through all this negativsim that I am facing now.

Yesterday's passage was talking about the generation after Joshua that did not see the mighty works of God and drifted away from God. And the theme of the passage was that God has no grandchildren because all of us have to experience God firsthand to seal our faith in Him. There is not second-generation christian and God calls each one of us to have a personal and first hand relationship with Him.

Then today's message really hit the message home. It is about Cain and Abel. Why did God value Abel's offering over Cain's. The reason is simple! Not that God does not like vegetables, but it is because Cain has not given up everything to God. It is the same as me, not all my dreams and wishes are given up to God. And then I remembered this phrase that someone told me awhile back. God cannot fix what is not broken. I must actively admit that I need fixing and break my spirit. Otherwise, God in His great love for us and with our best interests in mind would break us down using circumstances to draw us back to Him and to fix us up the right way. And we need to trust that God would make us whole and good according to His will rather than ours.