Greatest Temptations : Topic 1 : Food : How well fed are you?

Food is very essential to us because it is one of the basic needs for us to live.

There was a saying that "If you don't eat, you die. You die, because you don't eat." Absolutely, death will be the outcome if let ourselves not to eat.


As I observed myself whenever I skipped meals: I get easily irritated, my body weakens and I can't think properly, causing some bad decision. Sometimes the brain can no longer control the hunger of the stomach that if we let it that way it may lead to undesirable results.

Literally, hunger has been the driving force to survive even the time of Moses.
For several times, the Israelites blame Moses for their condition, even though they know that God is with them and fulfilling His covenant.

In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”  -Exodus 16:2-3 (Read more of the story)

Because of this hunger, many people were led to their destruction.
Led by the devil, taking opportunity to compromise their faith just to satisfy their hungry stomach.

Yet, it is not too late, let us not compromise our faith and know the know the KEY on how to overcome it.

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” - Matthew 4:1-3

If we could be in Jesus's situation, we might easily give-in to the devil's temptation, but Jesus knows the KEY for Him not to sin...

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” - Matthew 4:1-3
 

We sometimes justify ourselves that it is enough already for us to be healthy (physically) and not hurting someone in anyway. Most of us can settle to that reasoning.

However, as Christians, we should know that word of God is much more we need than the food that satisfies our hungry stomach.

Jesus has already set an example and all we have to do is to follow Him. He's the only way to our salvation and eternal life.

So, next time you feel the hunger you might consider the following questions:
1.) Am I compromising my well-being and most especially my faith?
2.) Am I receiving the proper nutrition that my soul and body need?

Be not satisfied to chicken, pizza and pasta but hunger and thirst to the word that can fill our emptiness.

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.  - 1 Peter 2:2-3

To God Be The Glory.

Happy Sunday. God bless. :)

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Inspired by Herbert (The Snail)

I want to go home early.
I miss my son Kiel and my wife Rhea.
I want to have dinner with my family.

Yet, I'm still here in the office waiting for my build to be released. I'm quite frustrated because I have already prepared and packaged this build since last week but with some reasons it was delayed and it didn't go as I have planned it. :(



I got frustrated since my build was rejected for several times.
Inside of me, I was so disappointed and started to blame others.  
All negative thoughts are coming into me that all I want to do is to shout just to release.
However, I remain still, calm and quiet, containing myself until I feel Ok.

Thank God, I remember the song that I always play for my son Kiel.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find any lyrics in the internet, so I listened and put the lyrics here:

Have Patience - Psalty Kid's Praise 

There was a snail called Herbert, who was a very slow.
He caused a lot of traffic jams wherever he would go
The ants were always getting mad and the beetles they would fume
But Herbert spoke along and sing this little tune.

"Have patience, have patience, don't be in such a hurry.
When you get impatient, you only start to worry.
Remember, remember, that God is patient too
and think of all the times when others had to wait for you.

"When Herbert was much younger, he often got in trouble
For getting that he was a snail, he did things on a double.
He'd crush to every spider web and with ????? he'd collide
So one-day Herbert father took his mini son a/his side

"Have patience, have patience, don't be in such a hurry.
When you get impatient, you only start to worry.
Remember, remember, that God is patient too
and think of all the times when others had to wait for you." 

As you can well imagine there's a moral to this tale.,
Some of you may find yourself behind a creepy snail
So if you get impatient, and you're easily disturbed
Think about this little song and take a tip from Herb.

"Have patience, have patience, don't be in such a hurry.
When you get impatient, you only start to worry.
Remember, remember, that God is patient too
and think of all the times when others had to wait for you."

I repeatedly listened to this song until I the negative thoughts went away and realized that God is patient for me too and think of all the times when others had to wait for me. Amen!

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret - it leads only to evil. For those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land. -Psalm 37:7-9

A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel. -Proverbs 15:18

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus. -Romans 15:4-5

Praise God! (Upon publishing this post) My build is already released. :)

To God be the glory!

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Thank You and God bless.