#ldi2013

By Aico Marie C. Sanico, Published at LDI Newsletter 2013

“Through the years, You’ve shown me more of You… more of You.”—Christian Song

That simple line from a common song truly means a lot to me. I marvel at the thought that the Lord of lords and the King of kings continually reveals more of Him day after day, drawing us intimately closer to Him. It’s such a blessing that in every situation, in people we encounter, in all that surrounds us, there’s this opportunity to know Him better.

I won’t say that the LDI lectures spoke about Him because that would be an understatement. Rather, I would say that the lectures shouted vastly more of Him. The topics can’t just say enough of His glory and there’s so much to write. Few of what I have seen behind the surface are these:

Our God is the God of Order. He wants discipline to be grasped by His people that even a simple task of being an usher or an emcee is so important to Him. He doesn’t settle for mediocrity that He wants even the plain matter of program preparations to be handled critically.  He’s against confusion and chaos that He even teaches us the smallest facets of communication. He doesn’t want us to go astray and so He teaches us to obey authorities. He teaches us to set our goals, for He desires that His people will find their way over the crossroads of Christian life. These are just few of the topics in LDI that show how he sets everything in place, with order and excellence, for His glory.

Our God is also the God of Certainty. All in Him is true. He is genuine and He wants His people to be genuine. He doesn’t stop at the sight of the things we do in serving Him—He digs deeper at the attitude of our hearts. He doesn’t want His word to be misunderstood and so He teaches us how to interpret (Hermeneutics) and deliver (Homiletics) them well. He hates deception and falsehood that’s why He made known to us the different doctrines and revealed the book “Total Truth” as a fight against deceit. He equips us in evangelism and disciplemaking because He wants the world to know the truth. These topics remind us that all in Him is inevitable.

Above all, God is love. I was amazed at how God used these lectures to make it clear that because of his supreme love, He wants to be the Lord of every area in our lives. He has to be. He knows we can’t do it on our own. He should rule our personal ministry, our families, our studies, our profession, our skills, our plans, even our decisions towards marriage—everything. Sensibly, He desires for us not to fall in every aspect, for He know what will terribly happen if we will have our own way. How loving our God is.