A New Year Has Come

Year 2009 is gone and 2010 has come. The past year had been a great one for me. I've been through ups and I've been through downs. I've known some really good friends and went through hardships with them. I'm really thankful to God for the past year that I've experienced. It really helped me grow.

My church had a Watch Night Service on New Year's Eve and Uncle Chan talked on Revelation 3, about the Church in Laodecia. It says in verse 15- 16, "I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm- neither hot nor cold- I am about to spit you out of my mouth." This passage was really a wake up call for me. Throughout the past year, I've grown in the Lord and experienced Him in the most amazing way, but slowly I've realized that my walk with God lately is not as close as it used to be. Without me realizing it, I've lost my FIRE for God and became LUKEWARM. Being lukewarm is like having enough CHRIST in you that you can't enjoy the WORLD, and also having enough WORLD in you can't fully enjoy CHRIST. I have just enough Christ in me that I do things a Christian ought to do, but I also have enough "world" in me that I can't seem to have a proper relationship with God.

The message shared by Uncle Chan really was a necessary one especially as I face the coming new year. I reminded me to not be too comfortable in the place that I am now, because that's what a lukewarm Christian does, to be COMFORTABLE. God said, "I wish you were one or the other." If I'm cold in my walk with God, at least I would have realized it and be able to strive harder. But even better, God would rather I become HOT for Him! What God doesn't want is me being LUKEWARM because when I get to comfortable, I would slowly stray away from God without me even realizing it, until it' too late.

I've never been a guy who really makes new year resolution, but if there is one thing I want to put my resolve in this year, I wish it would be my walk with God. I do not know whether I could do it alone, but God tells me that I'm not alone and that He is there for me every step of the way. A new year full of PROMISES from GOD. This year's definitely gonna be an amazing journey all over again!!

BLESSED NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!!! GOD BLESS US AS WE TAKE ON THE CHALLENGES AHEAD, EQUIPPED WITH HIS STRENGTH!!!