we had an intresting time of sharing yesterday. chris shared about an image, she had.
just a re-cap, a short excerpt from her blog:
Anyways, speaking of thrones...while I was driving to school this morning, I had an image of what it meant by us Christians saying "having God sit on the throne of our hearts". It was an interesting image, almost cartoonish, but Chern said it was rather insightful.
Imagine a throne that God is supposed to sit on. A throne that is able to shrink or grow according to how big you want to make it for Him. Take a normal sized throne. If God were to sit on it, he would neither be uncomfortable, nor comfortable; probably feeling how you would when sitting in those cane chairs you have at Starbucks or Coffeebean. There's not much you can do apart from talking, listening, eating drinking, dozing off, reading, et cetera. (keep in mind, I'm talking chair here, MINUS the table.)
Then, imagine a larger throne, perhaps the size of a King sized bed. You could put a puzzle together on it, wrap a gift with pretty paper & ribbons, do your homework, do your sit ups, et cetera.
Now, imagine one the size of a big dining hall (ya, lah! No such throne, but I'm using this as an analogy!) and the kind of things God could do on that throne - cook, sew, do research, have lunch & dinner dates with His believers, et cetera. IDEA: There's so so much that can be done in a big space!
So, think about the size of the throne that you have offered God to sit on. What is it that you allow Him to do in your life while sitting on that throne? I do not doubt that He is able to do His "walakazaam" stuff and zap something in (or out) of order, but don't you want more? A relationship that is fulfilling, filled with love, joy, peace & discipline? Miracles? Signs & wonders? Wow...I can hardly imagine the possibilities awaiting as I upgrade my "furniture" for God daily...
and so we asked. how big is god's throne in our heart? and each of us drew a picture of how big god's throne is in our heart and all the other things that clutter our heart.
and i compared god's throne in my heart to drawing smileys! i don't know why really. i guess i was trying to say, i do a lot of stuff that are really unecessary, like drawing smileys, and i do draw like A LOT of smileys everyday. but that's besides the point, i really do a lot of stuff that are so uncessary, and probably would not matter if i didnt do them. and i wonder why i rather actually do these stuff rather than spend the time with god.
i do hope one day that the size of god's throne in my heart will be big enough for him to set up chemistry labs and ride a bmx bike around! wheeee! that's the size i want god's throne in my heart to be. and i want his throne to be in the center of it all! i want to lead a god centered life.
throughout this whole post, i refrained from drawing a single smiley! yayness! heh, bleah. actually i cheated, i deleted all of them off.
just a re-cap, a short excerpt from her blog:
Anyways, speaking of thrones...while I was driving to school this morning, I had an image of what it meant by us Christians saying "having God sit on the throne of our hearts". It was an interesting image, almost cartoonish, but Chern said it was rather insightful.
Imagine a throne that God is supposed to sit on. A throne that is able to shrink or grow according to how big you want to make it for Him. Take a normal sized throne. If God were to sit on it, he would neither be uncomfortable, nor comfortable; probably feeling how you would when sitting in those cane chairs you have at Starbucks or Coffeebean. There's not much you can do apart from talking, listening, eating drinking, dozing off, reading, et cetera. (keep in mind, I'm talking chair here, MINUS the table.)
Then, imagine a larger throne, perhaps the size of a King sized bed. You could put a puzzle together on it, wrap a gift with pretty paper & ribbons, do your homework, do your sit ups, et cetera.
Now, imagine one the size of a big dining hall (ya, lah! No such throne, but I'm using this as an analogy!) and the kind of things God could do on that throne - cook, sew, do research, have lunch & dinner dates with His believers, et cetera. IDEA: There's so so much that can be done in a big space!
So, think about the size of the throne that you have offered God to sit on. What is it that you allow Him to do in your life while sitting on that throne? I do not doubt that He is able to do His "walakazaam" stuff and zap something in (or out) of order, but don't you want more? A relationship that is fulfilling, filled with love, joy, peace & discipline? Miracles? Signs & wonders? Wow...I can hardly imagine the possibilities awaiting as I upgrade my "furniture" for God daily...
and so we asked. how big is god's throne in our heart? and each of us drew a picture of how big god's throne is in our heart and all the other things that clutter our heart.
and i compared god's throne in my heart to drawing smileys! i don't know why really. i guess i was trying to say, i do a lot of stuff that are really unecessary, like drawing smileys, and i do draw like A LOT of smileys everyday. but that's besides the point, i really do a lot of stuff that are so uncessary, and probably would not matter if i didnt do them. and i wonder why i rather actually do these stuff rather than spend the time with god.
i do hope one day that the size of god's throne in my heart will be big enough for him to set up chemistry labs and ride a bmx bike around! wheeee! that's the size i want god's throne in my heart to be. and i want his throne to be in the center of it all! i want to lead a god centered life.
throughout this whole post, i refrained from drawing a single smiley! yayness! heh, bleah. actually i cheated, i deleted all of them off.
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