it's always so inspiring to hear from pastor khong.. and especially yesterday, since it was the first working day of the year. and his speech is so seasoned and so full of faith. well, he spoke exactly about what i was writing about in my previous post... that this would be a year of victory...

but one thing i probably didn't understand in while i was writing that post was that i would be fighting for the victory. actually, that's not exactly true. we don't have to fight for the victory. we fight from the victory. it is because we have the victory, the power over death, that we can stand strong to fight and be led in triumphal procession. just imagine this, every step you take, you're a winner. the only problem now lies in whether you believe in this battle that has been won for you.

"But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him." 2 Corinthians 2:14

so because we have the victory, we should be light! and we should be a warrior. be a warrior of light. for where there is light, there cannot be darkness. and we were challenged to take back the marketplace for God.

there was a sharing of testimony by a fellow brother who works among prisoners. to hear his faith and how the Lord has led him to start many initiatives, providing him with the resources, is simply amazing. it's miracle upon miracle.

faith.

a simple word to define, yet a difficult word to live out. the problem with us is that we usually base our belief on what we can see in the physical. yet, sometimes when we do see, we do not believe because it challenges our logic and interllect. but we know that faith is beyond all these -- the physical and the logical. well, i'm not saying that math and science are not from God. if we believe that He is the creator, such knowledge is definitely set in place by Him. afterall, God is a god of order. but what i'm saying is that faith goes beyond just all these things we can calculate and explain. it's the inexplicable character and doings of a God that simply loves us beyond even our imagination.

the more we walk in faith, the more we grow in faith. for only when we walk in faith, do we see works of faith. and the more we see works of faith, we can be full of faith. it's a cyclical thing, you see.

i have forgotten about the greatness of God. i have shirked away from situations that require a move in faith. i have functioned too much with my own interllect instead of depending on Him.

i want that to be different this year. i want God to be change me inside out -- starting from the inside so that it is reflected on the outside. i want to remember that i serve a great great God.

o Lord, walk with me through 2007.

{ Thursday, January 4 }