I've been learning a lot from YFC, and it has really got me thinking a lot about my faith. Questions have been posed to me to get me thinking, what really is my faith all about. Because the truth of the matter is, when you start to share the gospel, you start to open yourself to attacks to the devil, and if you are not sure of where you stand, or what you believe in, you are going to suffer. The interesting thing though, is that most of the questions that question my position in the faith, have come from myself. This has been wonderful, because then the importance, the significance is all the more real. I wish I could list down all the questions for you, and maybe one of it will strike you as deep and meaningful too, but I just can't. Not because I don't want to, but because I cannot remember all. But here is one question that I've been thinking about this week:
Am I prepared to pay the cost to be a Christian?
I shall not pinpoint particular individuals, because that's slander,I think, but I shall use myself as an example. I was thinking, am I prepared to give up my internet, my handphone, my DVD player. Then I thought beyond the physical things of this world, am I prepared to give up my friends, my family? You see, to think about it just as a question is one thing, but to realise that this is more than a question, this is what our God wants of us Christians, is another. Because as a question, it is easy to give the textbook answer. But as a realization, it is hard to let go, knowing that this is one of the very fundamentals of our belief.
Especially as us leaders, who lead younger ones. Are you prepared to do what it takes to lead that Christian lifestyle? If you think that you lead a Christian lifestyle, then let me ask you some questions to get you out of complacency.
Do you smoke? Do you condone smoking from your friends? What have you done about it?
Do you club? Do you try to justify your presence in a club?
Do you pub? How do you think pubbing and clubbing are different? Because there's no dancing you think it's safer?
Do you use profanities? Again, do you try to justify your speech?
What will you tell your younger cell members, when they ask you if clubbing is ok?
I know that you know that clubbing is not good. But do you club? It's a very clear cut question.Yes or no. If you have to justify your presence there, means that you know it is not good, so you make sure people understand your reasoning there, because you don't want a misunderstanding. But here's the thing, what do you have to hide, if you think clubbing is ok, and you club?
