At His command.

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. - Hebrews 11:3

Yes, I know this. When the sun rises each morning, it occurs because God commanded it to happen at the beginning. The same goes for the flowers that unfurl, the birds that chirp, and everything else in the world, including me. I draw breath because He commands it of my body. I draw breath because He decided that I should live and not die. I draw breath because He is in control. Yes, I have the choice to disregard Him, and end my existence on earth by going against His command. No, I shall let my life depend on Him, His word, His command. 

"Why do you choose this?" you ask. "Why obey when you have the choice?"

God's word shall have the first and last say in my life, and in the Bible, I read these words - "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11). These are not words spoken to men who have been given life to merely live and die. These are words spoken to men who are meant to leave a good legacy. Not one person on this earth that has been brought into life and live 20, 30, 40 years or longer is meant to just live and die. We actually have a destiny, a plan mapped out by God Himself. How tragic should it be if my Creator says to me, "You could have gone further than this" when I enter His rest! 

A command is a command, no matter how implicitly it is given. So long I wake up tomorrow morning, I will make it my business to draw closer to my destiny in God. Yet, if there is one thing I have come to realize about God and His plan for me, He only shares it to those who choose to share their lives with Him. Not that the Creator, and Giver of life needs ours, but in yielding control to Him, we demonstrate faith, the ONLY currency God deals with. Therefore, I will take His word on faith, because without it, I cannot please Him.

A thousand what-ifs.

What if I did 5 points better for PSLE and ended up in Swiss with my buddy in pri. sch?

What if I did get shortlisted for NPCC?

What if I did get the girl I had thought I wanted so badly in sec. sch?

What if I did find acceptance through my emulation of the behavior of my classmates in sec. sch?
What if I did ace my A maths and not end up dropping it for 'O's?
What if I did pass my NAPFA test all the way through sec. sch and poly?

What if I did get it right every time I made a decision, and no mistakes were ever made? It is precisely this which I cannot do, thus I rely on my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Looking back, I certainly did not always get my way, did not succeed in the things I desired to be good at. Looking back, if I did not fail at all, then I wouldn't have obtained the opportunity to know my Lord and Savior in this way. I would not have been able to know Him as the Victory in my life. As the saying goes, success is not final, and failure not fatal. However, I want to convey my gratitude for His divine influence in my life, leading me to victories in my life, when so many failures marked the path of my life for something much much less.

Without His divine influence, my successes would have be minimal, the failures quite fatal. Do I make Him sound like a crutch? No, that is not what He is in my life. A crutch only supports while the body heals. Christ is the fullness of life, of a kind everlasting, and this everlasting life was poured out into my poor one, and like spring come, this mortal existence sprang into its fullness. So what does Christ do with the saved? I quote Him on this, "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." (John 10:10) Life was meant for you and me, to live to the full, and Christ came to restore what was lost. Therefore, "the life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." (Galatians 2:20)