The Invasion of the Locusts

“Tell it to your children,

And let your children tell it to their children,

And their children to the next generation”

Children’s rhyme overheard in a Malaysian padang*.

Original text from Joel 1:2.

Hi everyone! When I heard theses lines above being sung as a child’s entertainment in the neighborhood padang*, I was taken aback. Besides these lines being straight out of the Bible, the original tone was not a light one, but one of warning and judgment from God for Israel’s failure to heed His calls as a nation. What a reversal, agree?

It got me thinking, what are we, as Christians, doing that might invite God’s judgment upon us? Any ideas people? Our pursuit after material things without a thought of God being in the picture, our condescending attitude towards the people around us, how we pigeonhole God and Hid word into the smallest corner of our lives, our sectioning off our hearts and our souls so that some part of it can be UN-yielded to Jesus?

Well we may or may not have our own views on the above. Still the second thought that crossed my mind was how we think so little (literally!) of our country and how little we remember it in prayer. We gripe and complain about the everything from the education system to the road conditions. Have we been praying about these things? Have we been praying and upholding our leaders? We need to pray against powers and principalities of darkness in this land, amen?

*padang = playground

SELAH

an isolated word found in certain psalms (e.g. Ps3, 4, 62 etc)
has uncertain meaning.
Most likely though, it is a liturgical notation
that calls for a brief musical interlude or
for a brief liturgical response by congregation.
Therefore ‘selah’ may mean “stop and listen”.
Source: NIV Study Bible: Psalms: Authorship & Title. Zondervan.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Selah.

Is it possible to have SELAH moments in our busy, hectic
and chasing after the wind kind of life?

I can go a full day without drinking water.
Yes, I am thirsty, but am in too much haste to stop and drink.
Off course I feel my lips dry,
and my throat longs for the running water through them,
but I only allow myself a quick coffee or a canned drink
which I can grab when I am passing by some where.
But I need water! I long for water!
Is there time to walk to the fridge and fill a glass and sit and sip?
I am thirsty, how about you?

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