Reformed Spirituality
Recently I am listening to Rev. Dr. Stephen Tong’s National Reformed Evangelical Convention (NREC) sermon which was 5 years ago in 2004.
He was speaking about what is true revival. And he mentioned Psalm 23 as one of the key bible verse about Reformation.
Psalm 23:2-3
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
or in other translation :because of His Holy name, He has waken me up and lead me into the original path.
Reformed movement means STOP DEVIATING and RETURN to the correct path that God has planned. Why this movement?
1. Because of His Holy name, not because of our merits, not because we deserve it.
2. We have to be awaken, we need to know where we have deviated.
Thanks be to God.
I wish I were able to attend even one of the NREC. But I had no more chances.
Hello,
I have just come across your blog and a lot of what you have written has certainly made me think. Especially the line:-
“We have to be awaken, we need to know where we have deviated”
I found it really hard to believe in god, I wanted to but with everything that went on in the world I felt that perhaps we really were alone.
Then I thought I would just try to accept that there was a god, not question why this happened or why that happened, just trust that god was there.
All I can say is that when I tried this acceptance I felt happier, calmer, more relaxed and able to cope with life.
So maybe I have been awakened.
Anyway I am sorry for leaving such a long comment.
Take care.
| Posted 9 months ago(The Last Post)
hi there, I’m glad to see your reply
I believe this is what we call “Faith”.
If you don’t mind me quoting St. Augustine who once said
Whoever you are, I will pray for you, because the faith doesn’t stop there, it has to continually be reformed, step by step.
I’ll be around if you need someone to talk to
| Posted 9 months ago