I read a book from John Bevere.
I decided to write down here. It is very inspiring.

Please take your time to read it and I am sure you will like it.

The title of this part is The Way Jesus Views Each Of Us.

It begins like that...

One of the greatest revelations the Lord ever gave me came shortly after I received salvation. I was fellowshipping with Him while driving my car and seemingly out of nowhere He began speaking something that revolutionizal my thinking.

I heard Him whisper to my heart,

"John, do you know I esteem you more important than myself?"

I remember that when I heard this statement I briefly considered it to be a blasphemous and irreverent. I almost blurted out, "Get behind me, Satan!" Yet deep in my heart I sensed it was the Lord's voice. So I did what I knew was the safe thing to do. I responded,

"Lord, this is too extreme for me to believe. It seems blasphemous that You, Lord Jesus, who created the heavens and earth, would consider me, the puny person I am, more important than You. The only way I will be able to accept such thought is if You give me three New Testament Scriptures to prove it."

After saying this, I sensed His pleasure and immediately heard in my heart," What does Philipians 2:3 say?"

Being familiar with this verse I quoted it aloud," Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself."

The Lord said, "You have your first Scripture."

I countered, "Lord, that is Paul speaking to the Philipian believers telling each to esteem the others better than themselves. That is not talking about Your relationship with me."

Immediately I heard, "Son, I never tell my children to do anything I don't do Myself!" He then showed me this as the problem in many homes. Parents expect behavior of their children they themselves do not observe. The Lord never expects anything from us that He does not model Himself.

I could see this point, but it still did not convince me He esteemed me better than Himself. I said, "Lord that is only one Scripture, I need two more." I was not irreverent, but rather cautious.

He then spoke words in the form of a question that riveted my heart: "John, who hung on the cross, you or Me?"

Startled by what I already knew, but now became much real, my response was sober, "You did, Jesus."

He continued, "It should have been you hanging on that cross but I bore your sins, judgement, sickness, disease, pain, and poverty. I did it because I esteemed you better than Myself."

I trembled as I heard His words. All doubt was eradicated by what He spoke. I soberly thought how He did not deserve a bit of what he got. He is righteous and innocent. 1 Peter 2:24 came to me,
"Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live righteousness-by whose stripes you were healed."

I knew then that He truly considered me more important than Himself. I began to tear up and worship. I already knew there would be a third verse, and sure enough He spoke it to my heart: "What does Romans 12:10 say?"

It was another familiar Scripture and again I quoted it, " Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another."

I heard Him say, "Am I not the first born of many brethren (Romans.8:29)? I prefer my brothers and sisters and esteem them better than Myself."

I had heard often how Jesus loved us. but when He spoke these words to my heart it became so real just how special we are as individuals to Him. In fact, He calls those His family His treasures. He tell us we are special. He tell us we're apple of His eye. Try to grasp this: The LORD your God in your midst, the Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you and singing" (Zeph 3:17).

people always ask me how do God speaks to you, how do you hear from God?

James 4:8
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you

ask yourself, How hungry are you for Him?

I read an entry from http://vilevan.blogspot.com/ which also tells us more about how God speaks to us. You can try reading it too. It is amazing and touching.
26 January, 2008, Title: He still speaks.
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Sometimes we tend to become so proud that we thought we are the best, we don't need God in our life but then remember that everything, even your talents were given by God.

I seek advice from one of my leader in the zone.
and He gave me some amazing solutions and I think it is good.

I shall tell you guys what he says.

First step is to acknowledge that we have a pride issue.
Motto is to always esteem others higher than myself.

All that I am, all that I know - was learnt and developed by others.
Most of all its God who has given me the talents and He has the authority to take them away if He wants.

We can't just pray "God, make me humble."
It's we who keep ourselves humble by esteeming others, serving others, respecting others. More and higher than ourselves.

Even if a person may seem or is lousy/not as good as us. don't put people down.
I truly believe and a famous person said this once "there's always something to learnt from everyone we meet".




"Thanks, Lucas."