Have you caught the FIRE?

“…I find that the toughest part to write in a book is the first paragraph…” quipped Reverend Ed Silvoso during last Saturday’s Transformation Inside Out Conference. He went on to relate his experiences in writing books to the lives that we lead as Christians in the marketplace.

I began to think, and reflected on this and can’t help but agree with Reverend on the subject that it is always the first step that has the greatest inertia. Before we go on to inertia in our marketplace, I feel that there’s already a great inertia, or probably uncultivated habit; which I feel once cultivated, will in turn relate to a genuine yearning in wanting to hear the word/direction of God even for our daily dealings.

How then are we suppose to fully engage and relate to the messages that all the great speakers of God that have or will be speaking in our church? I was then led to Hebrews 5 and 6 on the topic on maturing in Christ, and not falling away from God. Where the passage encourages us to move on from milk to solid food, and from there gain spiritual maturity in producing crops of blessings from God; rather than to dwell on the basic foundations of Christ (which are also important truths) that we have already known; and from there, risk getting caught in a vicious cycle of wandering off, and to have God so graciously find us again to be kept and nurtured all over again in His pen.

Therefore, I believe that it is essential for us to inculcate Christianity as a lifestyle that’s built on our relationship with Jesus Christ, our Saviour, and from there, begin to catch His fire of revival for your marketplace, then wait attentively for His revelation, and overcome the next inertia that’s in place; which is to find courage and strength to do and continue doing God’s work.

Lance Kwok
Under the wing of Kenneth Tan