Blessed beyond measure

Today's sermon

It has been quite a while since i am touched by a sermon and teared in church... Today is the day... I really like the sermon we had today and the Preacher (Dr Reginald Tsang) was a hilarous person and his sermon really spoke to me... It is about the 10 fingers of God. Being a doctor himself, he talked about the human body, about the fingers/hands and how amazing God's creation (man) is. Below is a summary of the sermon.

1. Hands of creativity
God created the universe and created us... such intricate human beings and how the whole human body works. Psalms 8:3-4. Imagine how a human body works and the fingers we have which we used to feel. All the impulses and touch at the tip of our fingers. How we like to touch maybe a cat and a dog and we feel with our fingers tips and they sent signals to our brain and how that affect our hormones and blood pressure and made us feel good... Man - God's creation.

2. Hands that care
Mark 1:40 The story of the Leper who asked if Jesus is willing, Jesus could heal him. Jesus moved with mercy, touched him and he is healed. Jesus has hands that care, that he touched the blind, the sick and he healed them with his hands. And Dr Tsang went on to talk about how we expressed our love through our hands, he mentioned that even if is a small gesture it speaks a thousand words. He compared a group of teens who went to present a performance for a nursing home, after performing they left, they didnt come and touch the patients or shook hands with them, they merely did a performance. While another group who went to the nursing home and wrapped their arms around the patients and sang songs, and held the patients' hands. Which one actually made you feel loved more?

It occurred to me then that I didnt know how the body gestures actually say so much, i guess i know subconsciously but Dr Tsang just enlightened me... Do your hands care for people or hurt others?

3. Hands of service
John 13:5 - Jesus expressed the servanthood by washing his disciples' feet. The Almighty God who made the universe actually kneeled down and washed the feet of his disciples.. how humbling is that.. when the disciples actually argued of who is the greatest and wanting to sit by Jesus right/left...

Washing people's feet at that time was a slave job and is probably something not most people want to do for others even in today's world... I cant imagine that my King and Lord who is pure and holy, washing my feet, me an unworthy sinner... How Great is Thou love!

4. Hands of incredible love
John 20:25 "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my fingers in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, i will not believe..."

This was Thomas one of Jesus disciples, who later went the furthest to preach the Gospel and eventually was martyred. How unbelieving is Thomas... but Jesus showed himself to Thomas and Thomas believed. Arent we like Thomas too?

And Dr Tsang reminded me that in "Passion of Christ" the person who nailed Jesus hand in the movie was Mel Gibson himself, and I remembered that when i watched the documentary where Mel Gibson talked about the filming of "Passion". I remembered Passion and remembered the hand that nailed Jesus... And i asked myself... how many times have I nailed Jesus to the Cross for my sins...

As Dr Tsang puts it "Hands of incredible love, nailed by us and for us. Sacrificial hands..."

How Great is God's love for us that he sent his begotten son to die for our sins. How Great is Jesus love that he is willing to take up the cross so that we can be reconciled to our Heavenly Father.

I am so moved by the sermon and felt deeply compelled to be more discipline to do my quiet time, to grow more like Jesus, to use my hands to serve others, to care for others and to love others just like Jesus has love me... As the song puts it..."Lord I give you control, my heart and my soul, consume me from the inside out..." Yes Lord, I want to change from the inside out... Help me, mold me...

posted by Ying @ 9:09:00 PM