Sunday

June 6, 2011 · Filed under Uncategorized

I was watching a trailer of  “Green Lantern” and heard an oath which awed me! The oath every green lantern must swear and live by.

“In brightest day, In blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight, Let those who worship evil’s might,
Beware my power Green Lantern’s light!”

I contemplated and thought that this oath actually fetch some similarities to us; Christians. I expounded upon it and changed the oath to a Christian context hahaha!

“In brightest day, In blackest night, No evil shall escape our sight, Let those who worship evil’s might, Beware our power Christian’s light!”

I think our lives as Christians resemble the Green Lanterns. Basically there’s a group of people being chosen and given a ring. They watch over the universe and battle evil. Every once in a while, they need to recharge their power ring through the lantern and swear the oath which I featured above.

Why do I say we are similar? Firstly, are we all not chosen by the Holy Spirit? The Ring symbolizes the Identity(Christians), the Lantern; the Word of God which  recharges us. The oath; Holy Communion, which a group of Lanterns are gathered together to remind themselves that they have a higher calling! To be the Salt and Light of the world, to uphold the Will of GOD.

I was doing my Facebook thing yesterday XD , a time where I just forget my surroundings and go into a trance of Face-booking. I was awakened by a brother’s status which kinda go like this… :” HS says I am light n I am good. I am love n there is no darkness in me. Light n Good actually exist. So removing yourself from me will plunge u into darkness.“.

Removing ourselves from the Will of GOD actually plunges us into darkness! Man! I could relate to that! There is so much wisdom in this sentence!  I believe every young believer should contemplate about this! Many times I failed and sinned against God because I was detached from Him and His Will!

John 15

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

⁵ I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he ^(E)bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

Detachment can be very subtle, so much so that you may not even know your slipping away and before you know it, you ask yourself  :” Hey why am I doing this, why am I sinning and why do I not feel peaceful about this, there seem to be  a void in me”.

The Will of GOD is pure and fulfilling. The Will is life, the Will is hope and the Will leads you to righteousness and salvation!

God seems to be speaking to me about the importance of Will recently. He also spoke to me about something which I thought was rather interesting, it was there all along but I did not notice it!

He told me the reason behind Sin, He told me that every sin is a reflection of one’s inner self/inner struggles and insecurities.

He told me the reasons behind the act of sin itself. Example; why do guys watch porn and engage in sexually immoral acts?

There are many reasons but some of them may include ; 1) A sense of inadequacy, they feel they are not man/attractive/big/powerful enough to attract women. That’s why they find fulfillment in porn. 2)  They were hurt before, that’s why they wanna hurt other people to attain what they feel is “justice”. 3) They never received any form of support of love from their fathers that’s why they go crazy and…. ….etc

Why do people steal? 1) They want a “kick” out of it, 2) they have an insatiable sense of greed and want to be known…. Why do people gossip? 1) Nobody notice them, so in order to feel important, they share secrets of other people and get the edification from it.

The reasons behind of all these sins are so complex yet simple. Inadequacies, psychological struggles and wanting to feel important. Without the Will we would be insatiable for the things of the world.

Many preachers and pastors talk about the aspect of  Spirit, Gifts and Word but I will really wanna hear more preachings about the Will of God =)

Cries of the heart…

I was just thinking about my 21 years of life and came to a conclusion that maybe my parent’s expectations and impartation about life is somewhat wrong and unrealistic.

Why do other parents view of me as a good son but my own never deem me good enough? Why do they teach me certain things but it’s impractical in the real world.

Why is it that whenever I talk about my goals and aspirations my mum look down on them but when she saw that I have a new OCBC bank account which last 4 numbers stroked the lottery, she said I didn’t tell her.

I told her about my plans of creating a new account to save up money but she dismissed it as a useless attempt. When I received the account, naturally I kept my mouth shut. Till she went through my stuff (as all mothers do) and saw the last 4 digits of my account. HAHA!

Then, that was where I knew…There are no perfect parents, though some are more willing to learn than others. I told myself, when I have children I want to humble myself, to not ASSUME! For when you assume you make an Ass out of u and me!

Yes, I believe I must have had many weaknesses that made my parents create certain beliefs about me. I am not perfect too! So….I shall look on to Him!

The only Perfect Parent is GOD!

So Sisters and Brothers don’t feel sad or irritated by your parents! God will not disappoint you!  He may hurt you to make you grow but He will never disappoint you! =)

Complains…..

Something interesting happened! I don’t complain as much as I used to! Reading from Ecclesiastes really made me think deep into things!

Ecclesiastes 7

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁸ The end of a thing is better than its beginning;
      The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
       ⁹ Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry,
      For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
       ¹⁰ Do not say,

      “ Why were the former days better than these?”
      For you do not inquire wisely concerning this

I don’t know why but as the people around me complain about their work life/ NS life (or just about life itself) and how good it was in the past, I just have a different approach to that kind of comments now.

I know I am able to relate to them, but I just want to comfort and show them the positive side of this grueling journey.

As I just was just playing Basketball 2 hours ago,  I saw a lot of  Secondary Kids playing and talking the things of their time. I can’t escape the fact that I feel old! And I admit that it is indeed good to be young! BUT, I don’t seem to be jealous or desire to go back for I know it’s impossible.

Ecclesiastes 3 tells us about the seasons of life! Indeed, Let those young ones enjoy the joys of youth! And let an old man like me enjoy my coffee and game; basketball!

So let no man or woman complain about how they desire to be young or old again. Or about the good and bad times

For every season is given by God! A time to learn, enjoy and work! An opportunity!

I just pray that I can bite my teeth and grit through this tough season! 1 more Year to ORD! And I know that after I ORD, I will read this and smile at having conquered this grueling journey!

Thank You God =)