I have a burden for my church youth. I have a burden for your cell group. And recently, I have a burden for evangelism. I know God gave me these burdens for a reason. To spark change. To ignite a chain reaction. To spur others on. A whole list of other explanations can follow, but one that will definitely not be on that list, is to sit back and watch it fade away. What we can all agree on too, is that the burdens were probably placed there for not just one reason, but a range of reasons. Thing is, how do we know when it's a burden? I believe it's when we want to see change happen. Christians were never meant to rest on their laurels. But neither were they meant to lead hectic, over-demanding lives. We were meant to be different. Different so that others will know who we are.

Yet the one question we always ask is, how do I be different? The answer is actually very simple. In this world, where everyone wants to be the same, everyone wants to have everything, it is not very hard to be different. Problem is, do we dare? Change starts from within. You have to want to change. In life, it's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish. You see, many people usually go with the flow, and by the time they realize that the flow isn't going where they want to go, they try to get out, only to realize that the current is too strong for them. They need a life line. And truth is, the life line is already in the water!! But you for some reason don't want to grab it!! Either it's to far, and you're too lazy to swim that few metres, or it seems doubtful, because you don't know if you can trust whoever is going to pull you out.

I hope you who read this understood my analogy, because you cannot stay in the water too long looking at that life line. Either it will be pulled out one day, or you will eventually drown. But till that day comes, but till that day comes, the line is there for you to tug.