Sreedhar's Journey

Do you understand the phrase "vomit blood"? It is commonly used in Malaysia to refer to situations where you give someone some instructions but they don't follow them. You draw on some patience and give them the benefit of the doubt but they still cannot follow the instructions. You are giving instructions until you vomit blood. God drew on His divine patience yet again with the people of Israel. Judges 8:33, So it was, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals, and made Baal-Berith their god. God blessed the people of Israel greatly but every time they entered a new season of leadership or pass on in years to the next generation, they forgot the God of the universe. They worshiped other gods that was acceptable to the people around them. God delivered them from the Midianites with just 300 men against 135,000. God ought to vomit blood with these people. Judges 8:10, Now Zebah and Zalmunna were at Karkor, and their a...

Are you forgetful? Write it down. When I was about 30 I had the continuing privilege of working for the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister's Department of Malaysia as a consultant. Unlike previous times, the government provided their stationery that included a note book. I observed how the civil servants would use it for all their meetings, including referencing notes from meetings months ago. I learned from this and have kept that habit till this day. God wants us to remember as well. Joshua 24:26, Then Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the Lord. Joshua 24:12, I sent the hornet before you which drove them out from before you, also the two kings of the Amorites, but not with your sword or with your bow. Joshua 24:15, And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served th...