Your m@t

Uni-verse 246/10,000 For better through verse
Isa 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word


The Lord has made all things and ordained all that has happened. Yet, He looks with favour and grace upon the one who is humble, repentant and reverential to Him and His Word.


It is amazing that He sees even the tiny apparently insignificant details of our lives. Once He said, “ There are so many mats that are woven in the world. But, your mat is different for how many of those mats are used like you do for prayer?” Every day for many years now I prostrate myself at the start of the day on a straw mat in the presence of the Lord. He had taken note of even the mat on which I laid myself to pray.


The word “mat” is also a metaphor and an acroustic for mental attitude. However great or small our station in life may be, we need to approach His throne of grace with a sense of awe, tenderness, humility, thankfulness and repentance. When we voluntarily and consistently submit ourselves to the Lord, there is no need for Him to chastise us or to flatten us with a heavy hand. Instead, we like Moses can leave His presence with our faces lifted up and radiating His glory. His face will shine on us through our lives’ ups and downs like the noonday sun. Our hands will be ready for blessing others, healing, giving and to do our allotted work for the building of the walls of the spiritual Jerusalem. Like an expert weaver of the mat, the Lord will use the shuttle of time and events to weave the warp and the woof of our faith, our character, our testimony, our influence and our eternal destiny.

Prateep V Philip