Defend God’s Name (For Christ’s Sake*) !

*It is not intended as a frivolous swearing phrase, but I do mean it literally, for the sake of Christ.

I had shared about being a salt and light Christian in the recent Word For Life classes that I taught and many people came up to me after that saying that they really caught my conviction in it. I didn’t bother explaining it further, but honestly, that’s not really my actual point.

However, all these haven’t been sitting well with me, hence this catharsis.

You can say I’m permanently stuck in the adolescent stages of spiritual maturity, but I still strongly, and firmly believe that my (spiritual) father is the greatest thing that ever happened in human life. And I get so agitated and enraged when He is not credited with the glory and the honor He so rightfully deserves! And all these stems from the fact that He chooses to use us; the undeserving sinful Christians to proclaim His grandiose name. So many times I have seen God being humiliated and minimized, not because He is weak, but because His ambassadors are not faithfully honoring His name!

Perhaps let’s contextualize it for students in examination periods. When a Christian don’t study hard, Christ’s name suffers! When one Christian cheats, Christ’s name is humiliated! When church leaders don’t do well in results, Christ’s ministry is compromised!

“You mean Christians are allowed to do that?”
“He didn’t score very well, because He spent most of his time in church.”
“He’s a Christian?”

When you finally realize that cross you hang around your neck represents so much more honor then you can ever behold, and we the people who are entrusted with its name sake are dragging in through mud, how much more care will we take in the manner which we live our lives!

Empire Of Love

Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him.

-Napoleon Bonaparte

Beautiful Words From Our Founder

Linking from the communist manifesto…

Therefore, in every sphere there must be a manifested obedience to the will of God. He has written his kingdom manifesto - the bible. The kingdom of God exist wherever God reigns. We should write a book entitled the kingdom manifesto, that is really the essence of what God is trying to do.

Edited: I actually expected quite a number of comments for this post. Then I’ve had feedback that most people don’t understand the above paragraph fully, hence being unable to appreciate it. I have since moved on, but do continue to mull over those words. I hope one day, it strikes you as hard as it strikes me. Or perhaps, it is because I have read the communist manifesto before…

Kamikaze Theory

If we have done everything except our life purpose, we have done nothing.

1st Law of Kamikaze:
God has a life purpose for each and everyone of us.

2nd Law of Kamikaze:
But each of His calling is like a Kamikaze mission. It demands our whole life.

We keep asking God a calling we aren’t ready to act upon.

Why would He tell us then?

We are just like the kamikaze pilot who flew 17 missions.

Finite Imagination

There are no limits to God’s power,
except for those which our faith have set for Him
and those that we have allowed the world to set in us.

P.r.i.v.i.l.e.g.e.

If you guys know me, I had always admired Paul the apostle. I always envied those that were able to live in his generation. I even lamented to God something why did He not put me in the warring era. Up to this point, I only had the consolation that God knew what He was doing when He chucked me in this era.

Yet, I always struggled, wishing that I was born in the age of Paul of Tarsus, Moses the patriarch or perhaps even the more recent, Martin Luther King and the other great men of God. Sometimes, I even secretly wished to be like them.

However, here’s a thought that struck me recently. What if we were really the last runner in this Great Commission?

I think Paul would want to be in my shoes.

The Anthem Of My Life

Let this be the anthem of my life in Jesus’s name!

Fellowship of the Unashamed
(The last words of an African martyr)

“I am part of the fellowship of the unashamed. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The descision has been made. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ.

I won’t look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure.

I’m finished and done with low living, sight-walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tame visions, mundane talking, cheap giving, and dwarfed goals. My pace is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few, my Guide reliable, my mission clear.

I won’t give up, back up, let up, or shut up until I’ve preached up, prayed up, paid up, stored up, and stayed up for the cause of Christ.

I must go until He returns, give until I drop, preach until all know, and work until He comes. And when He comes, He will have no problem recognizing me. My colors will be clear. “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ.”