In His Time.......... with P.Ramachandran

1 Samuel 23:16–18   This is indeed a beautiful and powerful moment in Scripture. The friendship between   Jonathan   and   David   stands as one of the purest examples of covenant love and spiritual maturity.   In a time of danger and uncertainty, when   David   was fleeing for his life from   Saul, an unexpected and deeply moving moment took place.   Jonathan, Saul’s son, went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God. Jonathan’s actions reveal a heart that was aligned with God in a remarkable way. Though he was the rightful heir to the throne, he clearly recognised that God had chosen   David   to be king. Instead of resisting this reality, he embraced it with humility, telling David, “You will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you.” This shows that Jonathan valued God’s will above his own ambition. He was willing to surrender position and privilege for the sake of God’s greater purpose. In this, he re...

Every morning, half a million schoolchildren in Singapore stand with their right fists over their hearts and recite 38 words. "We, the citizens of Singapore, pledge ourselves as one united people, regardless of race, language or religion, to build a democratic society, based on justice and equality, so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation." Those words were written by a man who was born in Ceylon, raised in Malaya, spent 12 years in London, married a Hungarian woman, and didn't call Singapore home until he was in his thirties. He wasn't born Singaporean. T here was no Singapore to be born into. He had to help build the country first... and then write the words that would teach its children who they were. His name was S. Rajaratnam. He was born on February 25, 1915, in Jaffna, Ceylon.  But only because his father wanted him born there for auspicious reasons... his elder brother had died prematurely, and the family believed a birth in the ance...

Why God spoke to Samuel – Part 2 Text: 1 Samuel 2–3   It always amazes me that God would choose a 12-year-old boy to reveal deep “state secrets” rather than speaking to the clergy. These were not small matters—these were issues at the very heart of the temple, concerning the highest levels of spiritual leadership.   You would expect God to speak to the experienced. You would expect Him to speak to the trained. You would expect Him to speak to those in position and authority.   But He didn’t.   Instead, God bypassed the priesthood…He passed over the established leadership… And He spoke to a child.   Why?   What was it about Samuel that caught the attention of God? What kind of heart causes heaven to speak? And what does this reveal about the kind of people God chooses to entrust with His voice?   In the earlier devotion we considered the following   ·        He positioned himself in God’s presence ·    ...