Ready for anything

Waking up this morning, I felt something which was so strong but brought such calm breeze into my mind. I am so grateful for this sweetness, although I don't expect it to happen everytime. It is a feeling which we Indonesians call 'semangat' which is a word a little bit hard to translate in English, and when I look up, it sounds like 'enthusiasm'. This is a great one to start a day --- hmm infact a quite challenging day when we need to finish up the semester and preparing all the stuff for student's final exam.

But I really love the spirit which this mysterious feeling bore. That is the willingness to bear whatever comes. It is like wisphering, "ready for anything: for the fatigue, for the blame, for the joy , for the sorrow, for laughters, for the tears. Yes, ready to welcome whatever comes because of the belief that God is good and merciful. He will grant us what is beneficial for our salvation."

It is Christ who sustains our life. And He has shown us how joyful a man can be when he totally cling into Father's will. By saying joyful ofcourse it doesn't necessarily refer to external enjoyment, or even emotional comfort. It is beyond that, it is indescribable peace which God gives deep inside our heart.

When I observe, in my weakness sometimes it is easy for me to wander and seek artificial emotional relief and shortcut for such a sanctifying obedience which The Lord has mercifully granted me. That is the time when I start to not only say, 'It seems too heavy for me' (it's so humane) but also try to flee from it through procastination, etc. Lord, have mercy!

Yes, many times the obedience which we need to face seems to be irrational, exhausting or even unpleasant. But one thing is so sure that it is pure blessing from the Lord who always desires our salvation and return to Him. And we can still be joyful, when our mind is flooded with the rememberance of the Lord and it is as if we forget our burden. What we bear is Christ's yoke, which is light.

If we are in Christ, we are ready for anything good, pure and God-pleasing. It is because no longer I but Christ who lives in me. Glory to You, O God! Glory to You!