Continuing from yesterday's entry, it saddens my heart lately to come to know of younger ones proudly declaring to one another the deeds through the week.
Regrettably, they are neither testimonies nor thanksgivings of what God is doing but rather how enjoyable the places they've been to or the activities they have accomplished through the days.
So what's the big deal about it? I will try my best to pen my thoughts here,
bearing in mind of the context that we have given our lives to Christ.
Influence to those around us. Here's the thing that is probably a stumbling block to many churches/fellowships today especially those that deals with youth. Is drinking or going to clubs wrong/sinful?
This argument in itself can actually be non-exhaustive and should be seen from a different perspective.
Nevertheless, I shall not go into the argument but my stand (currently) is no to drinking/clubbing.
I'm not advocating that I'm a clean nice guy and not been to a club or drank but the matter of fact is that when one (I) comes to realization that God created Man in His image can easily be said that our bodies are created for reasons far more than drinking and abusing. The other way I see it, is Christ Himself the Son of God dying for our sins when He came down to earth. My physical body is far too precious to be abused with alcohol with the price that Christ has paid.
Having said this, I'm not in a position of judging but rather, my prayers goes out to those of us who disagrees.
Think about this:
We all have choices in life.
Every morning of our lives, we can choose to go back to sleep or wake up when we open our eyes!
Every meal we partake, we can choose to first give thanks for the food or simply consume it happily.
Every time we come home, we can choose to sit by the TV all night long or do something else?
Every day we can choose to be entangled by the world's busyness or choose to come to God in rest.
The real test in a Christian's faith is not exactly the one that takes place when Christ returns!
I choose to believe that the test is every moment in our lives if we choose to please God or to please ourselves.
Seriously in any decisions or choices to make, we either please God or ourselves. Think about it!
I pray the day will come, least in my church fellowship, that we are like iron sharpening iron and mutually encouraging one another to press on in our faith rather than be in Church but in the WORLD.
Then again, how am I living my own life?
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