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Annie said “in law school you learn more about life than law itself”. To me, law school is like Paul or Joseph’s prison cell which hinders mobility but never the ministry. Here are some of my writings which are directly related to His present work for me.
1.
The “C”
God wanted to rule over His people but men demanded for a human king.
1Sa 8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." So Samuel prayed to the LORD.
1Sa 8:7 And the LORD said to Samuel, "Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.
In our study of the 1987 Constitution we encountered Article II Section 6 which provides “ The separation of Church and State shall be inviolable.” When I searched the Bible i’ve found that God taught us to submit to the government while we keep growing in our faith where church and the state are independent entities.
A. Matthew 22:21 (NKJV) xxxAnd He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
B. Romans 13 1 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. 4 For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. 5 Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. 7 Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
Nothing is more comforting than to know that Jesus is our Creator, Chief, and Christ. Our Creator knows our framework for He formed us in His hand and with that we can commit our lives to Him for He surely knows what to do with us. The Chief of the heavens is the most powerful one who could kill not only the body but also the soul. Heaven is on earth when every soul is God-fearing. Nobody is perfect which means that we are all destined to go to hell but we have Christ who provided Himself as the sacrificial lamb for the remission of our sins that we may join Him in heaven for eternity.
I gladly join Joshua in declaring “
Joshua 24:15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
2.
Election Day
Cover what you can when you read without missing a meal or sacrificing sleep because God knows when to spare you from trouble. Keep the discipline and calm yourself from unread cases for who knows the teacher is out or a classmate saves it for you. (Proverbs 2:7)
However, only God knows also when to withhold rescue for the sake of a new life lesson. I remember running out of time to read the last case assigned in Election law, alas!, I got the remark: “You are not responsive to the question. You read the case, didn’t you?”. Who’s a 2nd year will waste his seconds not reading? Count me in to the NOBODY list. But, that moment was perfect to learn: accepting joyfully my portion for the day. (1Thessalonians 5:16 ;Romans 8:28; Matthew 6:34)
Law school is a good ground to grow your faith.
3.
Heavenly Rules of Court
We learn from our remedial law subjects the procedure on how things should be done in court. We also know a number of cases dismissed in defiance of the rules such as when there is failure to attach the certificate of non-forum shopping, filing outside the reglementary period, or non-payment of the supersedeas bond when required.
Indisputably our Father in heaven is loving, forgiving and gracious but we should not forget that He is also a just God. The general rule is that the wages of sin is death (hell)(Romans 6:23) but by the blood of our defense lawyer, Christ, redeemed us from it (Ephesians 2:8).
A good warning from John 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name? 23 And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!
Don’t let the lies of Satan (the accuser) fool you and be denied for admission in heaven. Know God’s Word, His rules and stay close to your counsel pro bono named Jesus.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the
4.
Choose your battle
How many vacation trips did you miss for school? Do not fret while you count because I believe the pasalubongs make up the stay. The fuss actually is choosing a piece from an array of memento.
Needless worry is what you get when you do not how to choose your battle. Surely cold-sweat recitations, mind-breaking exams, even grief-coated newscast can send us to the institution next block. However, with wisdom and faith we can rest our souls. We need spiritual senses to trade off the unnecessary load for the light yoke. (Matthew 11:28)
5.
Gummy School
Nobody would be brave enough to hug a bear or step on a crocodile when they are real and bigger than your refrigerator but when they are in the form of stuffed toys then you can even have them while you swim through your fantasies. Can you imagine eating a whole shark, worm, croc or bear? I do when they are “gummy”.
Law school seems to be “scary” that would suck all your energy and confidence but it could be “gummy” if you implore the help of the Almighty. There is no short cut in thorough learning where you need to spend the whole semester reading that at the end of the period you will be amazed how you’ve managed to finish the “thick” text books and the fat pile of photocopied cases. You can even tally the times you stand up to look into Black’s the meaning of this and that. Pray for discipline, wisdom, joy in your studies and for true friends.
Luke 18:27 But He said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."
6.
Calendar
Las night, my sister gave me a 2009 calendar which I pinned on the door. I made marks on the special dates (exam schedule) that I shall cross out once over. The calendar reminds me on how short is a lifetime and how awesome is the paradise promised by the Lord where every believer shall live for eternity. Actually, In 2008 I bid “see yah” to my grandparents and I shed tears for the temporal separation from them but remained joyful and hopeful knowing that in Christ there are no goodbyes.
We change our calendars after 365 days, it is profitable to know that God remains the same. If you believe that God made you finish pre-school, grade school, high school and college then don’t doubt that He is able to make you finish law school and in time make you a lawyer for His glory.
1 Cor 2:9 But as it is written:"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man, The things which God has prepared for those who love Him."
Psalms 90:12 So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom
7
Do not miss the Savior
Recently, we have a stormy weather where I am most tempted to sleep more than usual. Such weakness wrecks my time table, heightens school pressure as a consequence. I have to go to the library or somewhere I can do my readings to be delivered from the trouble of laziness but there are really times where I fail to take heed the wisdom of self-control.
We are now in the BER season, we remember the story of Joseph. Joseph was guided by the Lord in three decisions, 1) Proceeding with the wedding, 2) Fleeing to Egypt with Mary and Jesus, and 3) Moving to Nazareth (Matt. 1-2). This encourages me that God leads and guides us in details of our lives. Each time God may use a different method, but He always guides. May we always be in obedience for our Guide knows everything.
Psalms 139:16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
8.
T or F
Do you love a true or false exam? To do well at it requires mastery of the law. One had advised that mastery is achieved thru reading the codal provisions at least 5 times before the exam as cows do the “chewing the cud”.
More often than not in re-reading you would scold yourself for missing so many points in your first reading. Take heart therefore to master God’s word that you’ll have a quick recognition of what is true and to use the same to be on guard against Satan’s deceptions.
Somebody wrote in my bible this, “the bible will keep you from sin but sin will keep you from the bible. Lastly, please live out the Word of God for it is application that distinguishes wisdom from knowledge.
Psalms 119:128
Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things I consider to be right; I hate every false way.
To God be all the glory.
