Grace, what have You done?
Murdered for me on that cross
Accused in absence of wrong
My sin washed away in Your blood
Too much to make sense of it all
I know that Your love breaks my fall
The scandal of grace, You died in my place
So my soul will live
And it’s all, because of You, Jesus
Thank You Jesus
Rest your weary hearts Filipino Christians. God is still on His throne. You have voted according to your honest conscience. The outcome of the elections is now in the hands of God.
Yet you say to yourself, “How about those candidates who don’t seem fit to be in power?”
Have you forgotten that the Lord our God has the power to override the hearts of kings (Prov. 21:1)? The rulers of the nations are powerless in stopping the outworking of the plans of God. Pharaoh could not hold Israel back when it was time for them to go. Cyrus allowed Israel to go back to the promised land because the Lord said so. Herod could not kill baby Jesus because there’s a Sovereign power in heaven preventing him from doing it.
The power of our God is greater than the politics that we see with our naked eyes. His purposes are deeper than our perception. Just when you think that things are becoming bleak because you didn’t get the election outcome that you prayed about, look to the God who is enthroned above the circle of the earth. He is seated on His throne, unrattled by the commotions of men on earth. He is the One who is really in power. He can uproot self-appointed rulers and reduce them to nothing if He wants to (Isaiah 40:23). Despite the election results, the destiny of this nation and of the entire Filipino race is still secure because the God of the Philippines is still watching over this nation.
This is our security. This is our hope. This is the reason we can go to bed in peace tonight.
http://jojoagot.com/2013/05/14/disappointed-with-the-elections/
“Hindi naman ako magaling. At sa tingin ko, hindi rin galing sa mga kasamahan ko tong tagumpay na to kahit na mahuhusay sila. Pinagpapala lang talaga tayo ng Panginoon. Dahil kung hindi tayo pinagpapala ng Panginoon, kahit anung galing natin di tayo aasenso.” Quoted from a press conference.
2 Corinthians 4:7, For we have these treasures in jars of clay to show that the surpassing power is not from us but from God.
GRACE.
Our kinsmen and the election may fail, but God is our portion and vindicator forever.
He changes times and seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings. -Daniel 2:21
God is sovereign over everything. Election is never an exception.
Official Commonwealth-era English version:
The Philippine Hymn (1938)
Land of the morning,
Child of the sun returning,
With fervor burning,
Thee do our souls adore.
Land dear and holy,
Cradle of noble heroes,
Ne’er shall invaders
Trample thy sacred shore.
Ever within thy skies and through thy clouds
And o’er thy hills and sea,
Do we behold the radiance, feel the throb,
Of glorious liberty.
Thy banner, dear to all our hearts,
Its sun and stars alight,
O never shall its shining field
Be dimmed by tyrant’s might!
Beautiful land of love, o land of light,
In thine embrace ‘tis rapture to lie,
But it is glory ever, when thou art wronged,
For us, thy sons to suffer and die.
27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
I am reminded of our National Anthem “Lupang Hinirang”
“Bayang magiliw, Perlas ng Silangan”
I believe that God will still fulfill His promise to the Philippines despite the not so good result of the election. He is SOVEREIGN over everything.
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Salvation is not like an insurance offer where you have to die first before you get the benefit. When God saves, He saves us not only from hell, but also from our weak, proud and sinful nature.
We owe nothing from God. Everything we have, our life is a gift from Him. He’s not demanding us to pay Him back nor work for His favor. It’s all grace. A person who believes in this truth will serve and live for God not so he could pay God nor buy His approval. The person will freely give his life to God because of love, out of adoration to this beautiful Giver.
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, but now I am found,
Was blind but now I see.
