The halfbaked Bard

Read 2Chron:13 Abijah believed that He had God in his hand, because Judah was chosen and was true to God in making Levites only priests. God had made the dynasty of David a promise. He boasted that they have trusted God and they will win the war. And they did win the war. But the final word about Abijah (Abijam) swells up my heart and fills my eyes. 1Kings:15:3 He committed the same sins as his father before him and he was not faithful to the Lord his God. He thought he could get away with his superficiality. Yes the Lord blessed him and gave him victory. But is that all? Seeking God when you need him most is good because you realize your helplessness. But do I follow God only for that? God desires an intimate love relationship, where you hold hands with Him and walk with Him every moment. Not to be a genie in your hand to grant your wishes. He can grant your wishes, all of them (if it is His will) for He is omnipotent. He might answer all your prayers. But there is somethi...

Life gives you set backs, sicknesses, disappointments, frustrations. Not to knock you down. But these are flags which point you to your actual plight. Your actual quandary.  To humble ourselves.  To repent of our evil ways. Proud ways. Let it be an epiphany. Let it be an eye opener. Let us not harden further. Let us not close doors further. Let us humble ourselves. The leaders of Israel and the king were repentant and said, “God is right.” 2 Chronicles 12:6 MSG

2Chron:12:1 But when Rehoboam was firmly established and strong, he abandoned the law of the Lord and all Israel followed him in this sin. Oh! How saddening it is when this happens in our lives too. We pursue Him and we love Him when need be. But we cheat on God when all things are well. We abandon Him. We follow after many other things. Till we get a name we wholeheartedly follow. But when acceptability comes out way from the society we desert Him. We tell Him we don't need Him. Father forgive me for ditching your love, forgetting your love when I felt futilely accepted by the world.

2 Chron:11:13 But all the priests and Levites living among the northern tribes of Israel sided with Rehoboam. The Levites even abandoned their pasturelands and properties and moved  to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to serve the Lord as priests. Oh! What genuine love? What commitment? To leave out their comfort zones and leave all their possessions just because they did not have the freedom to worship the Lord. To leave all that they had and live in another country, starting from square one because they wanted to be close to God. Some might have just started a family. Some might have just finished their house. Some might have been settled and established for years or decades  But all of them were sure of what they had to do and was willing to let go. Completely. What about you dear one? Are you in the place which God has planned for you, at this time? Is anything preventing you to come out of your comforts? Is your loan more ...

Shemaiah's prophecy to Rehoboam.  2Chron:11:4 Do not fight against your relatives. Very often when we receive injustice from our own family, that hurts us more. When people who were supposed to love us turn against us, we are wounded more. They were supposed to protect us. Care for us. If you have received abuse from your own family - be it emotional abuse, be it physical / sexual abuse, be it social abuse, we would often boil inside with rage and anger and hatred and disgust, basically of this fact - he was my brother, she was supposed to be my family. That builds up as contempt and bitterness. Yes that has hurt. That has wounded. That has created in you severely deep scars. You tend to think, why they behave as if nothing happened even years down the line. But why am I affected? Why is God not bringing justice? Unforgiveness builds up. The scars become bigger over the years. You might not fight. But hatred and loath that is in you froths up. 1Cor:6:7 Why not just acce...

2Chron:10 Rehoboam was asked by Israel nation to lighten up the burden that his father Solomon had put on them. He asked for opinions from two sets of people  One, to the older generation who asked him to agree with their demand. Second, to the younger generation advisers, who told him to be more harsh. He ofcourse listened to the advise of those whom he grew up with him, rather than the wisdom of the older generation. Very often obeying what the previous generation says, like your parents or grandparents, is considered old fashioned and far away from the present sytem and culture. The newer generation considers it as obsolete and foolish to follow. This happens out of fear that if you do it that way, you would be cornered and left by your peers. Job12:12 Wisdom belongs to the aged And understanding to the old. Definitely wisdom and understanding comes out of experiences and the life that they have seen and gone through. But more importantly it is God's wisdom that they...

Joy is something which man always desires in his life. To live happily ever after is the ending of every fairytale. No fairytale which has ended tragically has ever stood the test of time. Everyone wants a happy ending. Movies that have repeat value are those with feel good moments and ultimately the protagonist survives and wins over his enemies and peers. Even if it is not happily ever after... The moment is filled with joy. We all want to be joyous. That is one thing which our hearts have always desired. Ps:70:4 But may all who search for you Be filled with joy and gladness in you. In seeking Him, in knowing Him, in valuing His statutes and disciplines, in obeying Him, in living a life in accordance with His will - there is joy, there is gladness. An icecream wouldn't give you joy, nor does winning a game. Neither does doing something satisfactorily. All these give you happiness. Everlasting joy; abounding joy comes directly from the source. Are we running after thin...