Jenga is a game of physical and mental skill. In Jenga, players take turns to remove a block from a tower and balance it on top, creating a higher and increasingly unstable structure as the game progresses. The word Jenga is the imperative form of kujenga, the Swahili verb "to build".
As we grow in the Lord, our spiritual life is just like Jenga. As the Lord builds us, we are also busy helping God. But the problem is, our contributions make the Jenga unstable. The Lord is using His Gospel to build on Jenga tower, we use our religion to help. Along the building progress, our religion, our self righteousness, our own effort and all our nonsenses are causing the tower to be unstable. It will become a religious Jenga.Hebrews 12:27 ~ Now this, "YET ONCE MORE," indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Shaking is good; shaking away all the nonsenses so that the things cannot be shaken may remain. When the tower falls, only our nonsense blocks are fallen off. Those are of the truth based on His grace are well intact as they are built on the ROCK. From this unshakable foundation, more radical truth can then be built on this solid foundation. This is how we move on radically in His grace, after minus all our nonsenses.
Thank God for this falling is not like the falling building in the world. When the worldly building collapses, the building collapse flat on the ground! As for God Kingdom, His grace is unshakable, and which cannot be shaken may remain…
All the while, I thought that as I grow in the Lord, I can pile up the revelation of grace. The higher the piling can go the more equip and more efficient for me to share His grace. I was wrong anyway… He cannot build His truth on my nonsense. He cannot build His truth on my religion. His truth can omly be built on His truth alone.
Psalm 127:1 ~ Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.
I just thank the Holy Spirit for using the example of Jenga to get me through His revelation. As He continues to renew my strength, He will continue to build on this Jenga. This Jenga will soon become higher, stronger and more radical!
Dear Brother, This is another wonderful revelation. After reading it, the Lord said to me... "Your life/house has been built. It is completed. It is finished! Just like the beginning of Jenga. All the blocks are intake and in placed. Don't try remove or add anything. If we try this or that... you know the outcome lah. Many of you have been there before. So now we are like the strong tower standing tall on the solid Rock and nothing can shake us. Just rest in Him and see the transformation. Amen.
ReplyDeletep/s: This is for Pastor Alex. "Thank you Alex, you are right. I've been trying too hard. I must be like sheep... just follow!"
Haha... Brother yaso, don't settle for church blessing! Believe as our father Abraham is still believing in Heaven.
ReplyDeleteGalatians 3:9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
The Lord wants us to move into Abraham blessing. That is why He opened a new and living way and enlightened us with His grace so that we can have boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "AND TO YOUR SEED," who is Christ.
We are in Christ Brother and we the seed of Abraham!
Galatians 3:29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Brother, I'm using your anointing by joining the verses together just like what you used to do in your Blog!
REST, REST Oh... all our soul, REST!!! We are going in for the best the Lord has installed for us!
P/S Pastor Alex: RESPECT!!!! Who say those who are under grace is not obedient to their Pastor?
Hi Bro, No idea why you brought out Abraham's blessing here. I'm all for Abraham's blessing and indeed we are more than that... we are in Christ! I remembered I've have a blog on "Blessing through the seed" at http://yasolovesme.blogspot.com/2009/05/blessing-through-seed.html. Shalom!
ReplyDeleteHis grace brother... His grace! Remember, all of these started with justification by faith. Righteousness by faith!
ReplyDeleteIf we choose to perform, yes... we are saved; we are still bless as a church but we are settling for 2nd best instead of the Abrahamic blessing!
Paul, the Apostle of Grace understood grace and the promise... and both grace and promise are undeserved and unmerited favor...
Wow.. how not to be in SHALOM?
Yes! We are to build our house on the ROCK...:)
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