Bakit kaya halos lahat ng bumubulong sakin nanggagaling sa ibat ibang klase ng music na pinakikinggan ko? Isa to sa mga tumama sakin, or pano ko ba sasabihin to, parang nag “rhema” sakin. Weird, but still, this was uttered to my heart kanina..

As I was walking along MRT Taft to LRT Station, and as I was listening to Boyce Avenue’s music, (nakalimutan ko ung title nung song), aun sabi sa song, lets see how far weve come. Bigla ako napatigil sa paglalakad ko. Parang biglang niremote control ung paa ko at unti unti tong bumagal. Habang nag sslomo ung paa ko sa paglakad, parang angdami na agad na nagflash saking mga memories and revelations. Kumbaga sa “Xmen: First Class”, ung moment na sinalpak ni Prof X ung helmet na antenna ng taong ay superhuman abilities. Anyway, ganun ung nangyari, and I asked myself, oo nga no, what have I achieved since I came to know Christ?.

Napakalalim, yet napakasimpleng tanong. Tanungin mo yan sa taong pinaka kinakahangaan mo, and i am sure, pati sya mapapaisip. If we ask this to ourselves, madami tayo sagot diba? Nakapagpatayo na ko ng ganito, nakapagbigay ako sa charity ng ganito, napahanga ko angmga tao sa angkin kong talent, etc etc etc. Tama ba ko? And yet, we still do not know what we have accomplished really.. 

Para madali nating mai filter kung ano ano naba ung naachive natin and para makita nati how far weve come, lets consider these points..

1. Know God’s Standards

2. Assess the Standards with your Life

3. Do Some Action

Know God’s Standards. Ano ba ung standard ni God? Kasi baka galaw ka nang galaw, tira ka nang tira pero ung efforts mo na ma please si God e maging futile. We have to check the Bible first if what we are doing is within God’s Standards. For example, all your life, you have been giving for the needy and the poor, and yet, your faith in God is still lacking. Ok lng to, mabait naman ako. Yan, sabi sa Revelations 2:1-7 (pakibasa nalang po sa net), alam ni God ung efforts natin para maalis and evil sa circle natin. Alam nya ung good works natin. BUT if we do not do this for God, futile po ang efforts natin. Meaning to say, we have to do things that will exalt God or Praise God. Hindi lang dapat tayo gumagalaw for other people, dapat kay God din. Kahit sa heart nyo lng, inoofer nyo ung good works nyo Sakanya, enough na un. 

Assess the standards with your life. Sabi sa Matthew 15:5, Apart from Me you can do NOTHING (emphasis mine). Isa din yan, sabi ni God, do things with Him, kasi apart from Hi you can do nothing. Now you know that one, check on your life. Are you doing things with God? Or are you just doing it so that God could be an audience? 

Do Some Action. You know the Right and you know the Wrong. Now what do you need to do? Do some action. If you have been doing wrong things in your life for a very long time, repent and change it. If you have been giving people hard time because of your doings, ask for forgiveness. All things must be done with action, for action shows the willingness of a person to change. 

And there you have it folks! Another segment nanaman. I hope that YOU got something today. After you read this, I urge you to pray to God and ask Him to help you change. ^^,. Surely after quite some time, as you encounter the same question again, “How far have you come?”, you could definitely respond!!

God Bless!!