Wednesday, January 31, 2007: being christian
all of a sudden i just realise the importance of standing firm in your faith when you're not in a christian environment. i just realise also that the message that we send as christians in these situations places emphasis more than ever, compared to when we are surrounded by our christian friends. i think for one, there is a need to stand firm more in our beliefs and values set on what God desires, and not be swayed by the secular view.
i suppose this has really been bugging me the past year, being in a country on my own, and so many choices to make, with my faith balanced on a bean pole. there's alot of grey areas that i tend to venture into, and i thus wander away, but i thank God that by His grace He has saved me. but what do the non-believers see when i sin? do what i do make them skeptical about the christian faith? do my actions and what i say make them drift further away from being saved?
isnt what i'm doing, then, destroying the seed that is planted in them and making them less receptive to God's message? but then i stop and think.
that is how great God's power is. when He calls and reaches out to someone, He can do much more than we, who are mere humans, can do. He can make the mountains tremble, He can calm the storms.
i think it is out of humility that i want to submit to his authority, and feel the passion to serve Him and bring others to Him.
was typing this song out just now, which got me started thinking about all of these (: so just to share. haha!
There’s a light in the darkness that shines
Giving hope to all the world
Hope to all the world
There’s a door that’s been open to all
To a new and living way
A new and living way
Praise the name of Jesus
Perfect Redeemer, star of the morning
Yesterday today and forever
Jesus the same
Jesus the same
There’s a fire that burns in our hearts
To see the lost return to the FatherThere’s a passion that’s not of our own
We have seen it in the Son
In the face of the Son
Wonderful Counsellor
Mighty God eternal Father
Prince of PeaceJesus the Same - Hillsong
a shout of praise.
8:19 PM
