Footsteps to Zion

Did you know that our God loves gardens?  In fact, the Bible says that He planted the Garden of Eden Himself (Gen. 2:8-9). He didn’t just create them in an instant as a fully-grown garden. Instead, He planted the trees there and made them grow out of the ground. But more importantly, do you know what is the most precious garden to the Lord out of all the gardens in the world? It is not a physical garden but a spiritual one – it is the garden in our hearts. In a sense, when we become Christians, God plants a garden in our own hearts. It is this garden in our hearts that He carefully tends, protects, and inspects. And as any good gardener, God looks at the garden of our hearts looking for certain characteristics that are well-pleasing in His sight. What then are these characteristics that we should cultivate in the garden of our hearts? 1. It should be enclosed. Song of Songs 4:12 A garden enclosed Is my sister, my spouse, A spring shut up, A fountain sealed. Satan said

Imagine your life was like a car. Throughout one’s life, one embarks on small journeys that are supposed to lead him to his ultimate destination. But whether or not you get to your eternal destination is determined by one thing - where God is in your "car." Is He outside? Is God watching us drive our lives from the outside like a spectator in a car race? He can only watch but He has no access to what is going on inside of us. We don't hear His voice. We go on in our lives without God in the picture. And the only thing He is expected to do is to cheer us on. Those who are in this situation are like cars going around in circles, lacking a clear direction and purpose. Consuming gas but not getting where they were meant to go. Travelling but not getting there. This happened for the Israelites in a time when they had no king so everyone just did what was right in their own eyes (Judges 21:25). The same can happen with us today. If God is outside of our car, we wil