(Above sunrise taken from Cameron Highlands, July 2011 - A RAY OF HOPE!)
Ps33 : 12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
13The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
14From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
15He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
16There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
18Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20Our soul waits for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
21For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Post National Day thoughts and the upcoming Presidential Election in Singapore:-
It's been past 2 days since our nation celebrated her 46th year of independence. But THIS YEAR, during this time - we saw the stock exchange spiral downwards due to the USA debt crisis. Also saw the unprecedented London riots that struck fear in the streets.
V12 "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD". Well only about 15% of the population are believers at this junction. Yet, by His grace and mercy, we have come along thus far. Is our little red dot Spore a blessed nation? In many ways - yes. 700 sq km with more than 5 mio population.
V13 "From heaven the LORD looks down and sees all mankind; from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth...who considers everything they do"" The highest office in our land being the Presidency of Singapore with both the President and his wife 'looking down on us from every school and govt office". Oh yes- indeed as to WHO is actually looking down upon us that matters from way above. The world's population - 6 billion plus. But only about slightly above 2mio of S'porean voters are eligible for the coming Presidential election to be held end of this month. I grew up with the late President Ishak and Benjamin Sheares during my school time looking at us from every school principal's office. There was the respect and honor one would render to this office bearer. But times have changed. For the first time, so much confusion with regard to our President's powers - what he can or cannot do?
Riots in London ? Who could have thought that London who is going to host the 2012 Olympics would face such a situation right now? Can this also happen here in our nation? v16-17 "No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength. A horse is a vain hope from deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot saved". Watching the news on TV, some of the policemen were still riding horses. As said, a horse is a vain hope from deliverance indeed when looters and hooligans ran wild! A shocking footage saw some 'helped' a victim and later 'loot' his haversack! Oh mind! All this happening in London!
Guess it shows that the there is quite a social divide that is also happening in developed countries between the haves and the haves not. There seems to be lots of angst and anger too among people nowadays in Spore - especially the more vocal netcitizens. Thanks and no thanks to the new social media world of black berries and green or red apples! Though S'pore is small with a good police force here, we still cannot take things from granted I suppose. Big income inequality does not augur well for any nation. More so with a cosmopolitan foreign migrants policy intermix with different race and religion - indeed a big handful for any govt in leadership during this epochal time!
V18 We have to be thankful for " the eyes of the LORD are in those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love" The Lord, our President over all the nations on earth is more than able to :
- deliver us from death
- keep us alive in famine
- be our help and our shield
in such troubled times ahead .
May this be the prayer of our heart that we rejoice in him as we trust in his holy name as we put our hope in him and his unfailing love and fear him. (V19-22)
PRESIDENT HOPEFUL!!
To Him who sits on the throne - To our greatest President of all nations , To God be the Glory.
May he preside over us as we give Him permanent residence in our hearts as we live in this temporal tent on this earth. Recent quote heard on sunday sermon . There are only 2 tents in which we live in. Either "CON-Tent" or "DISCON-Tent". Choose wisely. I Tim 6:6 "But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it." NOTHING.
(Above sunrise taken from Cameron Highlands, July 2011 - A RAY OF HOPE!)
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