Monday, November 20, 2006
Anime and the Coach Carter movie filled my afternoon. this was followed by a 'celebrative' dinner at Billy Bombers with PeiQi, Jasper and Wayne, whom appeared shortly after the first two. after that, accompanied peiqi and took the bus, and then headed for home. this is the 'day' part of the post. what's coming up next, is my personal feelings and a short 'sermon'. read, only if you're interested. Here I go.
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Basically, the time has come. It's a time where things in the spiritual realm grow and start revealing themselves, a time where we must be prepared, a time where all of us will rise up in spirit and in power.
I can sense it, in the recent few weeks, God's presence has been growing stronger and stronger with me. and my relationship with Him, stronger than ever. I feel totally different from before, and God has called me out to do more for Him than ever before. I love it, I love this feeling. its like knowing that God's always by your side, never left you ever. I want to grow strong, i want more of it. i'm hungry for Him, for His love, for His power. I wanna draw nearer to Him. I want to serve Him with all I've got. watch me. I'm gonna do just that!
However, as I grow, more and more does the dark side grow stronger, more and more do i feel the darkness of the spiritual realm. this afternoon, i distinctly heard a whistling of the star wars tune as I was playing battlefront. I knew it wasn't from the game, and i knew i heard it with my right ear. scary? but I know why, and i'm not gonna let it stop me. the closer one grows to God, the more the devil tries to scare and take you away from it. and now, after going through all the obstacles i've faced before, I ain't gonna let this take me away, I ain't gonna allow myself to fall from grace anymore. I'm gonna trust God. I know he'll make a way. I know He won't let me come to harm.
I sense that the 'spirit of the season' is rejection. i can feel it. from the people around me, from even my own experiences. I know it, somehow or rather, I just do. but in whatever I do, i'll always ask myself, "what is your fear?" and i tell myself, "If this fear is not holy fear, the fear of God, then i suggest that you cast it out in Jesus name." i find it very effective, even when i'm helping others. it plays a crucial role.
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I just want to share one final thing with you all.
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world; there is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were all meant to shine just as children do, it's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same, as we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
-Timo Cruz (Coach Carter)
what is your deepest fear? I felt that this 'quote' is very true, and very meaningful indeed. that sometimes, we fear that we are too powerful for even ourselves. but it is true, that there is nothing wrong with bringing ourselves to the standards of those who are below us, the poor and the needy, those who need God. the Light of God, is in all of us, and it was meant to shine brightly to serve as a beacon of hope for those who know not the way. so let us all shine! Shine for God, so as to allow us to serve Him, to glorify Him! and most importantly, to save those that we hold so dear to our hearts.
Brothers and Sisters, My Brethren, let us Shine for the Lord Jesus! Let us bring Glory to God. Let us save the lost. Fret not, for if God is with us, who can be against us! Our time has come! the Hour is near, the Harvest is ready, Let's do what we can. Let's draw nearer and desire the intimate relationship that God desires more to have than us. Rise Up! the Time has come!
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that's all. God Bless.
As Dusk Falls
11/20/2006 10:33:00 PM
