Monday, May 26, 2008
My turn to contribute

Hi guys Sorry i haven post my QT yet, i'm juz glad that we got this blog going. i think this will be a good reminder for us to be spiritual when we visit this blog. this is not my QT but i juz wanna share something regarding to our group.

In Daniel 1:8-17 (i included the passage below so that u dun have to turn to ur bible to read it)

8 But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. 9 Now God had caused the official to show favor and sympathy to Daniel, 10 but the official told Daniel, "I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you."

11 Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, 12 "Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see." 14 So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.

15 At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food. 16 So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.

17 To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.

Well some of us in the small group are fasting for our own spirituality, and i juz want to remind us that when we fast, we need to remember to honor God, to do your best and God will do the rest. As i think back the past 2 weeks when i started this fast i remembered when i was really tempted and kept forgetting at first that i was fasting.
It soon became a habit and i thought less and less about the fast. I was convicted when i think about this because even when i fast i can forget about it, unless we constantly remind ourselves and meditate on God's word our fast will slowly lose it's meaning.
So i juz wanna encourage u who r fasting or doing whatever u r doing to remember and honor God. God is watching us with a smile when He knows we're fighting to be close to Him!
Have a good day!

Love
David