Coming Home

There’s a certain connotation with the phrase “I’m coming home”.  To most, it brings about a warmness in their hearts and the certainty that all will be alright when they’re home.  To others, it may be somewhere that they avoid as there have been lots of problems & thus they choose to move out of home at the first opportunity.

I was standing at a traffic junction one evening & saw a few military planes flying overhead.  I noted interestingly that these planes had ‘headlights’ on to guide them in the evenings.  I can’t see much from the ground but from where I was, I could see that the ray of the beam didn’t extend beyond the nose of the plane.  I was thinking to myself – those pilots would probably be looking forward to going home to the airbase.  But yet, since the light (maybe only to my naked eye) didn’t seem to illuminate the light beyond the nose of the plane – then what purpose did it serve?  This scene stuck to my head for 2 reasons: – 1. Joy of going home & 2. Purpose of the light.

I was reminded of a scripture that says that “Your light is a lamp unto my feet”.  It illuminates my paths & make it straight – that is the very purpose of the WOG.  How much have I allowed the WOG to illuminate my path to let it be straight & clear before me?

A few things happened in the past few weeks that left me feeling very tired & weary.  For some reason, even if I slept at 7pm the night before till 7am the next morning, I would still be feeling very tired & weary.  Perhaps it’s the lack of exercise (as I haven’t  been exercising for the past few months).  Perhaps it’s due to the busy schedule I’ve had at work,  at home, personal life & ministry.  Perhaps it could be coz I haven’t had the energy to spend extended times of worship with God for refreshment.  Whatever it is, it definitely drained me physically & as a result, I have to guard against emotionally & mental tiredness, which happens quite often these days.

I was very tired & disheartened once & I was reminded when David in the bible, after a victorious battle, returned to an empty camp where the entire camp was raided & the people were captured.  David’s men who were happy & victorious turned angry & even talked of stoning David.  It was then that David “found strength in the Lord” before gathering the people to take back all that the enemy plundered from their land.  It was during such times of tiredness that I was reminded of the importance of finding strength in the Lord.

I have definitely grown more in the area of praying in the spirit as there have been quite a few times that I’ve been so discouraged that all I could do was just to spend time praying in the spirit to build myself up spiritually.

Yesterday was I had a session where I was reminded of  1Th5:16-18 “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”  Indeed, it is difficult for me to give thanks in ALL circumstances.  But I pray that God will do that work in me – a work of renewal & a new work of transformation of my spiritual life.  I’m looking forward to ‘coming home’ to a life where I’m walking in tandem with the Holy Spirit.