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In the world where only heavy weighted opinions matter,
always keep in mind…

Every pawn is a potential queen.

I know why revival is not upon us.

It has nothing to do with God’s timing. Not because He ain’t sovereign, but because His timing is determined by the readiness of His people. I have seen God sending good people to churches just like that. I have seen 1st time visitors coming not for caregroup, nor service, but for prayer meet. I have seen people coming to church though a less then ideal website; they basically did a Google search for a church to join.

Tell me tell you the truth: God is more ready to give then we are ready to receive!

God is not waiting for the His right timing, God is waiting for His people! I do not doubt the ability of God; His spirit can move and 500 can and would come to know Him overnight.

However, if that is the case, can we contain the 500*?
(500 is a generic number that can be replaced with any digits. 50, 5000, 5000000, etc)

Is our character strong enough to contain the 500?
Can we not get overly prideful and caught up with the fact that it given from Him, and not steal His credit and claim that our programmes and strategies won the 500 for us?

Is our structure strong enough to contain 500?
Do you have enough leaders to lead these 500 people, to teach and mature them into disciples of Christ?

Is our system stable and consistent enough to contain 500?
Do we have systems in place that allows us to grow these people continually, not just once off. Revival is a period of time, not a 3 day conference.

We claim we want revival.
No we don’t.
We don’t desire a revival enough to pray for it everyday.
We do not desire a revival enough for us to grow in our character.
We do not desire a revival enough for us to will our lives to God.
We do not desire it enough to devout our life for His cause.
We do not desire a revival enough to live a life of purity.
We do not desire it enough to stop our sinful ways.
We do not desire revival above our other desires.

We desire revival as much as we desire a bottle of coke; something we do not mind receiving, only.

Why would God not want a revival?
When is His timing? Now!
When is Satan’s timing? Later…
Who is He waiting for? You!
Who is Satan waiting for? Everybody else.
So… why would God not want you to start the revival now?

Tell me!

Disclaimer: I’m not an Obama supporter; I’m a Singaporean for goodness’s sake! However, this guy said something that really stirred the inner recesses of my heart

People often ask why I liked Superman that much. I kept telling them its a symbolic representation of the power I wanted from God, but I never really did explain it thoroughly.

Well, like any other idealistic youngster, I wanted to change the world for the better. It took no doctorate or religious brainwashing for me to realize that the world is screwed up. I am sick of the injustice present in the world. I cannot stand by and permit evil to take its course. My conscience would not allow me to commit inaction. I should not, I will not and I must not. In that aspect, I totally agree with Bonhoeffer.

“If I see a madman driving a car into a group of innocent bystanders,” Dietrich Bonhoeffer explained to his sister, “then I can’t, as a Christian, simply wait for the catastrophe and then comfort the wounded and bury the dead. I must try and wrestle the steering wheel out of the hands of the driver.”

The German theologian, a pacifist, was attempting to convey why he had joined with others to plot an unsuccessful assassination of Adolf Hitler. The most extreme ambition is to attempt revolution. Bonhoeffer tried and failed and was executed on April 9, 1945, as a result.

Perhaps I might need to start a revolution, create a revival, raise a riot, by any methods, using any means. I do not fear hard work, but I only fear helplessness in stamping out evil.

Hence I came to a conclusion. To have any visible and impressionable impact on this world, we will need power. We will require as much power as possible, as much power as we can get and we cannot be ashamed to ask for it. Without it, there can be no hope of a change. No hope of a significant change.

Therefore I strived for power, or positions of power. I wanted to be a politician; perhaps I can redirect a country. I wanted to be rich businessman; perhaps currency can readjust the world’s trajectory. In that sense, I would love to be an “Obama” - Someone who asked for power so that he can change the world.

“…because good intentions were not enough. We’re not fortified with political power… and political will.“
-Barack Obama’s Speech in Youngstown [1.00-1.08]

However, as I mature in Christ, I have come to understand that secular power is not enough. Policies cannot change our human condition. Legislation cannot stop us. Economy cannot save us. Education cannot mould us. We are still greedy for money, unkind to the minority. We are still committing murders, starting wars. We are still poor in spirit. I have come to realize, what we need exactly is actually the redemptive power of Christ. If you know the history of this term, you would know its irony from its usage by the predecessors. Yet my limited vocabulary can express it in no other forms.

Christ is our “Final Solution“.

It isn’t the incompetent who destroys an organization. The incompetent never gets in a position to destroy it. It is those who have achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up.
-F. M. Young

Sometimes, I feel like a proletarian under the bourgeoisie…

The energy needed to retreat might have
been just the amount needed to succeed.
-Fred Smith

“You never have to advertise a fire.”
- Leonard Ravenhill

Hosanna by Hillsong United

I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith

I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We’re on our knees
We’re on our knees