Category Archives: Reflections

Guard Your Heart

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” (Prov 4:23 NIV)

Love, hatred, happiness, and depression are issues of the heart. What a person is on the inside has more impact on his emotions than his circumstances. In fact, all areas of our life are direct reflections of our heart—everything we do flows from it.

The Scripture teaches us to guard our heart against several things: Do not set your heart on riches (Ps 62:10); do not take to heart everything people say (Eccl 7:21); do not praise yourself (Prov 27:21); do not worry (1 Pet 5:7).

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Ponder the Path of Your Feet

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“Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.” (Prov 4:26)

When a person believes in Jesus Christ, he embarks on a journey of faith. For the rest of his life, he lives with the hope to be with God forever in heaven when his journey comes to an end.

Let us ponder the path of our faith journey from six perspectives:

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Delayed Gratification

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We are living in a fast-paced world where things move very fast and instant. Information can be obtained with just a click of our fingertips. Technological advancement has made it possible to purchase food and products without the need to step out from our house. Slowly but surely, this will shape future generations who demand instant rewards and cannot stand delayed gratification.

What is delayed gratification? It is resistance to the temptation of an immediate pleasure in the hope of obtaining a valuable and long-lasting reward in the long term. It is akin to the saying that “good things come to those who wait.” However, teaching our kids to practice delayed gratification is pretty tough in today’s world of instant gratification.

Let us look at what the Bible says about the spiritual aspect of delayed gratification and later, we will discuss some ideas on how to help our kids develop this virtue.

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Blessed Are the Merciful

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“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” (Mt 5:7)

The Song of the Servant in Isaiah 42:1-4 was quoted in Matthew 12:18-21 with reference to Jesus Christ, the Chosen One. Verse 3 depicts that Jesus Christ is compassionate and merciful.

” A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.”
(Isa 42:3 NIV)

“A bruised reed” describes a person who almost breaks down, feeling broken and bruised. “A smoldering wick” describes a person who is hopeless and burned out spiritually.

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Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

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“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (Mt 5:4)

This beatitude states that those who mourn are blessed. Mourning is to feel grief or sorrow mainly for sins or offences. This sorrow can also be caused by misfortunes such as loss of money and illness. In our Christian journey of faith, trials, conflicts, battles, and testing lie along the way and are to be counted not as misfortunes, but rather, as part of our necessary discipline. Often, we run from the purging and pruning, forgetting the Gardener knows that the deeper the cutting and trimming, the richer the cluster that grows. So, we should follow wherever He leads us, let the path be dreary or bright, for we know that our God can give comfort, our God can give songs in the night.

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