Well, it's Malaysia's 54th celebration and after all the recent Bersih incidents, I can say that Malaysia is progressing in some ways, and that itself is one thing to already celebrate about. I miss Malaysia, but Australia is truly where God wants me to be at the moment.
I just wanted to write and thank God for all the amazing things He's done. It helps to not only focus on God but to see things with spiritual eyes; to live in Christ, in the Holy Spirit - in righteousness and peace and joy. ;) God has blessed us with so much - how much do you realise that in your life? How much are you aware of the fact that God is good, or do you just say it?
Just by looking at the people God has placed in my life, I can already celebrate. Nowadays I get this crazy spiritual burst of energy and I feel like jumping around like a rabbit (or worse haha). In those times, nothing, absolutely NOTHING can put me down and I'm just so focused on God and His amazing power, His greatness, His love. And in those moments I know that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil 4:13).
The one thing that makes living this life focused on Christ and living IN CHRIST amazing is that you learn to see things through spiritual eyes - you see people not as people, but as spiritual beings. When putting on a Kingdom mindset, things just change, your perspective of many things change. Some verses that I've been meditating on recently are:
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
These verses have been ringing very true for me. God's word is mind-blowing - when you read it with His understanding, not your own. God is amazing, and so beyond anything I have ever imagined in my life.
