Do Not Prove Disobedient 09 March 09
Posted by Dennis Ng , Wednesday, April 8, 2009 4:40 PM
To all my beloved brothers and sisters,
Reading Paul's life and how God met him, reminds me of my past life as a non believer. I used to cursed Christians for their hypocrisy, act of fake kindness, and many things. But after God met me personally, i turn my life to follow Jesus.
I too started facing persecution. The only difference from the Christians that i used to condemn is that,
weirdly, i am more criticize, comment, judged and many times put down by my own fellow churchmates rather than non Christians.
I did not say this to put anyone down, and its really true.
But i recognize that it is God who put me to a path of suffering,
learning journey along side with Him. I seriously felt hurt,felt angry and cried after experiencing many bad things.
But when i look up to the cross, i can gladly say, NO BIG DEAL MAN! Compared to the One that was
betrayed by His people and died for their sins. Amen?
Only then i believe we can serve God and His people, With no Complains, Just like Paul!
So what if we kena stone by people? Jesus already died for us! Glory Glory to Him.
But one thing that struck me during the msg God spoke through Pastor Hon,
the 3 c's that we need to repent and replace with the 1 C.
The Criticism, Cynicism and Complaining spirit in the church. And i often too, is
part of a friend of this 3 wicked c's. But i have decided to follow Jesus,
i'm going to break my friendship the 3 c's, and befriend the only friend i need, that is CHRIST Jesus.
The ultimate C that we should all replace with!!
Another one of the Sins we should UPROOT.
Remember Gods msg to us:
Repent to UpRoot
Replace to Take Root
Revive to Bear Fruit
Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. (Acts 26:19)
God does everything for a reason. God met Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus road for a purpose (Acts 9:1–9). Saul had planned to persecute Christians, but his encounter with Christ changed him forever. God did more in that encounter than save Saul from his sin. God began to reveal His will for Paul’s life. God’s assignment for Paul was clear: “He is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel. For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake” (Acts 9:15–16).God’s plan for Paul, revealed through a vision, involved both testifying before kings and suffering persecution. Paul was to enjoy the thrill of performing miracles, preaching to large crowds, and starting churches. But Paul was also to be stoned, shipwrecked, whipped, mocked, conspired against, and imprisoned (2 Cor. 11:23–28). Would we accept this part of his assignment as readily as the first?_We never hear of Paul complaining about his commission from God. He never asked that he be given a role like Peter’s, or James’s, or John’s (Gal. 2:9–10). It was enough for Paul that he be given any task in the kingdom of God. As he neared the end of his ministry, Paul could boldly state Agrippa, “I was not disobedient to the_heavenly vision.”
Oh, to have Paul’s tenacity and devotion to the Father’s will! What joy there is not only to begin well in our Christian faith, but also to end faithfully! It is God’s desire that each of us could say at the end of our lives, “I was_not disobedient.”
With Love
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