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Thursday, December 15, 2005
Sharing#36

A simple and short sharing abt last sunday's sermon.
Most of you wld rem the point3 when Pastor Lawrence call us to RAISE up in faith. And i rem very clearly his illustration of Zechariah saying that 'he is too old, elizabeth is too old' etc. At that point, i felt the illustration was amusing and felt that Zechariah was v silly. Of course, the key word was to "shut up" on all the negative words. Before you can raise up in faith, u have gotta 'shutup' your 'faithlessness'.

Recently, over the past few weeks actually, i felt weak and tired physically. And i attribute it to the age lah. Growing from teenage yrs to now 20something, noticing that the stamina really slowed down alot, unable to withstand late nites, unable to react fast enuff, unable to catch the lingo of the Youths does make me feel older than i actually am. Esp when i find that i can identify more with d5 (the older gen, gasp!)

So one day i was just joking as usual abt me feeling older and enjoying 'old ppls' activities and lamenting on getting ahead in the yrs. Suddenly this point (iii) came to mind. Indeed, its thru these mindless lamentations that will cause me to LOSE the promises that God has for me. Being in Youthnet, we assume one has to be a youth. Of course Ps Eugene wld disagree. Joce asked me once, next time (meaning like 5-7yrs down the road) i can still serve in youth net meh? I replied, as long as the members/leaders under me are capturing the youths, then i CAN be a youth net leader. Yup. So im reminding myself again and again.

Let us the older ppl (only me and some of danny's guys) shut up on our "lamentations". I noe sometimes we are just kidding abt our age, tiredness and aching bones. Gotta start to proclaim our youthfulness, like how danny and pastor rol does it. I believe we will have the energy, the enthusiasm, the excitement, the funky-ness of a youth.

I hope i can say it like Pastor Roland, "if ps Rol can jump, so can u (youths)".
If i can dance, so can u...
If i can sing, so can u...
If i can jump, so can u...
If i can raise my hands, so can u...

Not just refering to the elders. I also want to address the youngsters among us. Encourage you guys that, you have so many good yrs ahead of you until you reach my age. Whatever im doing now, when u r at my age, im SURE you wld surpass me by leaps and bounds. Start NOW!

Tim 4:12(NIV) Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

The abv verse is one of the 12 verses that were carried ard in the Big Move run. I missed out serving in my youth, only managed to raise up at this age. Many yrs were wasted.

Yesh, so the main point of my sharing, is really abt learning to make full use of the NOW. Not lamenting on the yrs that were over, not avoiding of responsibilities bcos you are young. Bcos the Lord can use u in watever way, NOW! Leave your plans/concerns/worries in God's hands, and He will take care of the NOW.

Ps: pls do not confuse this 'NOW' with Ps Lawrence illustration with 'Lord, give me patience... NOW...' You can be ready now, and be patient for God's plans to unfold, in His time...

bless u,cand

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