Achieving

Hmm, alright, just got back my results today, and well i believe that it is pretty awesome, viewing how much effort i put in =D

but hey, to the high achievers out there, this is some stuff that i gotta say. My first reaction to my results was, I have to study harder.. When i got pretty good results, i thought of studying harder. How much do I really want to achieve? Is there a limit to what I am willing to give for my studies? Even my walk with God?

The next tought was, how did other people fare? So i wanted to compare. I wanted to know that I am better. (it is pretty crazy, but that was really what i was thinking at that point of time!) Started to sms people, asking how was their results, and each time they replied, not so good, there was this gratification inside, that says, see? I am better. This is typically how competitive people think! As long as I am at the top! and when someone is better than you, the next thought is, I want to become better! I want to do more! Idealistic thoughts like this, as being the top is not what God wants you to reach for! But instead, it is whether God has such plans for you! God does not seek to have all his children reach to the very top of the world, but instead to love him back.

Instead of recieving your results and feeling unhappy about not being better, or proud that you are better than your friends, it is about giving thanks! To the one who gave it to us a brain in the first place! God!

The time of recieving results is not a time to mourn or be proud, but it is a time to give thanks to the Lord, for all that he has done throughout the journey of studying, balancing time and all that went pass. All the more we should do so, to keep our hearts Humble!

Let me tell anyone who reads this. I am the least hardworking in my class, but I am one of the highest scorers. Because of God’s Grace

How do we go on at this rate?

Alright, this is a very sudden post, as I really feel a need that people will start to see what they are really doing.

I see in Facebook and Twitter, so many people scolding others, and complaining about how terrible everything has been, and doesn’t put God into the picture of their problems.

Hey guys and girls, wake up. How can we go on at this rate? Being so emotionally driven is not going to solve the problem! posting your troubles into twitter, scolding others in facebook, giving up.

Why are all of us so undetermined? Are we all such weak minded cowards? In face of difficulty we give up. In face of challenge, we say very tired, forget about it. How then will we win this generation, if we are being the same as this generation as well?

Once again, WAKE UP

It is very disappointing to see people respond to saturday’s sermon, about having our rights, and just looking at twitter and facebook, i see that our response and actions are otherwise.

By responding, we tell God, that we want to give up our pride for fighting for our own rights, and face insults, unreasonable demands, and also when we have a chance to get back at people.

Scolding someone in anywhere is going against what we promised God. Do not promise God something that we will not keep in mind. Responding is more than just raising our hands and allowing the Speaker to pray for us, it is not about the words of the speaker, but our determination to go through with the WORD OF GOD!

This generation will die at this pace alright, because we are all No Action Talk Only! NATO! Who will follow someone who just talks? Another thing is how much we really go through our day with God. And how much we really keep to this thought of, What Would Jesus Do. How can we say that we follow Jesus, by just saying, I want to be more like Jesus, but not care about what he will do if he is in our position? We are leading ourselves with our heart! Which is not going to work people. WAKE UP! If all we want to do is to be like mindless followers, God won’t be able to work through us! Because we are so caught up with ourselves! Caught up with our pride, that we have blinded ourselves from what God wishes for us to do!

So are we going to continue on this path of self-destruction?

Let me say this. Stop using Twitter and Facebook or any other social networks as a bin for your troubles. To put it crudely, it is Satan’s way of treating them as God. Why do I say that?

They have become idols in our lives, and God said? Do not worship idols.

How are they idols in our lives? We complain to them. we cast all our insecurities, our unhappiness into these networks, instead of working it out with God, we take the easy way out of complaining to these networks which share to others how defeated we are living our lives. We complain to them first, then complain to God. Or not to God at all. Seriously. Have we put God as the very first thought in our mind? Therefore, we have idolized such social networks before God and we have to all see that THIS IS A SIN IN GOD’S EYES

Why?

Leviticus 19:4 (New International Version)

 ⁴ ” ‘Do not turn to idols or make gods of cast metal for yourselves. I am the LORD your God do not turn to IDOLS,  For God, is GOD!

Let me tell you all, Sharing such things in twitter is not going to do you any good, but to spread our insecurities and pride.

Let me challenge whoever who reads this, stop putting such lousy comments or messages into the website. But instead, share how you have put God into the picture of what you just did.

I can go on forever ranting about what I feel about what is going on, but let me end off in prayer.

Dear God,

Your children needs you. We need you in our lives even more. Let us put you in the picture throughout our lives, and not cast our insecurities and pride into the internet, but to you oh God, break our insecurities and pride, and let your word speak in our lives. God, save this dying generation, starting from ourselves. Guide us, help us to become more like Jesus

In Jesus name, Amen

I Have Rights, So What?

Wow, this is the title of a sermon we just had yesterday, and God brought this testing so quickly. Was discussing with Xue Yong over some stuff, when after we finished, he sent out information that has to change everything.

I had my rights to complain and tell him everything I disliked about what he just did, but so what? Really, it was something difficult to do, really wanted to complain and all, but I wrote this letter to God, and, a song was playing, which sang, “break down my pride~”

If it is for me, I don’t have to fight for it.

Being a Real Man

Many hear of this, Male by birth, Man by choice.
So what makes a real Man?

Real men are tender to others, but tough on themself.

Tender, as in not soft, but a friend, one who listens, one who does not force his way through people, but win them over.

Tough, not as in Fit and Buffed, but more of a person who knows his limits. He sets his own limits, and knows when to stop. Takes control of what he is doing, and not go with the flow of the world.

Another thing, a leader leads himself with his mind, while he leads others with his heart. First of all, why lead others with your heart? The Holy Spirit resides in our heart, and well, we are told to love others, not lead others. We are to guide, not to control. So, the heart is the best tool to guide others to God, and also God’s people.
Leading oneself by the mind is because, the heart is easily tainted. When others do not keep a watch on our hearts, sin can easily overtake your life. Leading by the mind, is through GOD’S WORD, knowing what God truely wants. We cannot let our feelings guide us when we lead ourselves. This will lead to a life of self comfort. where you always want to let yourself be comfortable, and well. We will be stuck in our comfort zones! being stuck in our comfort zones=being stuck in our life! SO let’s, break out of our comfort zones, and do great things!

Unfruitful

Dear God,

Unfruitful is the word to describe all this time that I have spent at home just doing nothing. Really, my holidays are ending, and I do not have much more time left to do what I can. Is there really nothing that I can do? You have not made any trees to not bear fruit, but God, what do I do?

I have run out of ideas, and it has already been a comfort zone for me. I have to breakthrough this comfort zone once again, to go a further distance for the lost. Even if it is not sports, God, let my life be a worship to you, to reach out to the lost, to lead your people to your promise. Let your Fire fall down, on us.

I just saw my timetable recently, and well, it is not exactly the easiest to heed to. Wow, God, it is practically full! What do I do with such a timetable? And next to not having time, how will I be able to cope and not get tired? God, I am the weakest in will among all my classmates, but I know that my will will not be broken because I have you with me. My solid wall by my side, which will never give way!

Let my heart be humble, and let it be open to your word.

A real man is tender to others, but tough on himself. Leads himself with his head, but lead others with his heart.

In Jesus name, Amen

Reviving this old blog

Wow, it has been a long long time since I blogged, and well, glad to be back here, was on the train when the Holy Spirit kept ranging in my heart that I should type down what I have learnt, so that others will be able to as well! =D

Well, some people may know that I had a defeating day today, and well, really crushed by what had happened, and is happening around me. But as I was taking the MRT back home, I purposely sat on the reserve seat and leaned against the glass panel.
Let me explain myself. I am not ZiBi, or emoing, but to give whoever reads this some background knowledge, my number 1 love language is touch. And well, it really is hard to feel God’s love to the max when it is something like that right? But here’s the thing I learnt yesterday during PnW. The wall is an awesome place where God resides. It is where God is when you are down. Why do I say that? Because in the bible,

2Samuel 22:3
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation.
He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior
from violent men you save me.

God is a rock we can lean on and take refuge. Singapore don’t have many rocks we can cling on to, but however, this verse speaks from this angle, that we can Lean On God all the time! When we are weak, defeated, or tired!

and well, the presence and love of God really touched me from the inside out today, as I simply leaned against the panel, and shouted out to God from the depths of my heart, my complains, my anger at certain things, my insecurities.
And He really consoled me, with his presence. and this is something all should know. It is not the manifestation that we should seek, but the Holy Spirit itself. We do not seek for unnatural things to happen to know that the Holy Spirit is with us!

The Holy Spirit is already in our hearts ever since we recieved Jesus into our lives!!

2 Corinthians 13:14 (New International Version)

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the (fellowship of the Holy Spirit) be with you all.

Keyword: Fellowship of the Holy Spirit.

To many people out there, especially in our church, we like to say, I want to fellowship with this person, that person, and in the end, just spend time playing basketball, eat, talk about some funny things that happened recently, shopping.

Fellowship in the dictionary means Companionship;Company.

Companions share their life to each other, share their struggles, and good times. Rely on each other, and help each other out.
It is easy to do such things with a Physical Companion. However, the verse says! Fellowship with the Holy Spirit! He is there with us no matter what the time is! Many will go through life without Him, but still claims the fact that He is with us!

He can be in everything! And recently, God spoke to me, “Lean on Me” I was taken aback. And when I looked around, the only thing around was a sweaty guy(Yong En) and a wall next to me. Of coz i chose the wall, and well, Holy Spirit really filled me. To all who reads this post, I want to let you know. God is someone who you can lean on! And Fellowship with God! Do not seek Manifestations or Miracles, but seek his still small voice in the hustle and bustle of the world!

2Corinthians 12:9