God, it's up to You now

what can i say...
YIJUN FED ME WELL TODAY! 2 DUMPLINGS, 8 NUGGETS(tho it was luwei, but IT WAS AT YIJUN'S HOUSE), MANGO SAGO, PORRDIGE!

LOL! studied studied. and i'm so dead. i cant even finish one chapter. nope, not cos i'm with yijun and luwei, there's just too much to study!! i did study earlier! 2 weeks earlier. but i still can't make it...
God, it's up to You now.




woo! God taught me a lot thru Josiah(nope, not luwei. it's Josiah in the bible).

Josiah was one of the many kings in Judah.

his dad and granddad were very wicked people. they did everything that was evil and displeased God. cos of that, God wanted to destroy the land, as a punishment for being disobedient. for 2 generations, the people of Judah had been living their lives as pagans, practicing idolatory. that's the kind of environment Josiah grew up in.

but no, that did not stop Josiah from being who God wants him to be. at the age of 8 he ruled as king. he rebuilt the God's temples, torn down all pagan practices, pagan worship. imagine the pressure he had to go through.

yes, he was king, but how about his people. 'what would his people think? would they rebel against him?' those are the possible thoughts that went through his mind. how about his advisors and people around him? definately they'll be discouraging him from all this reforming. Josiah stood by his faith.

he stood for what he believed in and ignored whatever that stood in his way. he choose the narrow way, the difficult way. and he made it. he made it through the pressure as king, the pressure from his people, the pressure from the people he work with.

there was once, a priest found the Book of Covenant in the temple and brought it to Josiah. Josiah made his people and himself obey all that was in the Book of Covenant. for generations, the Passover was not celebrated, but Josiah celebrated one of the biggest, most grand Passover in history.

because of that, God pushed back the 'destruction date' of the land to after Josiah pass away, so he won't have to witness the fall of his kingdom.

that's focusing on not self, but God. that's revolution. that's radical.
that's what i should be learning.