Life's dream.

Today church’s service was by far the most enlightening message I’ve ever received. It was sort of unexpected when I hear Pastor Kong said that he will be referring to a Christmas story in the bible, I expected something typical and plain but guess what..i was so damn wrong! I have to be honest, that I’ve underestimated the “Christmas story” from verses (Luke 1: 30 to Luke 2: 52) which depicts the happenings between Mary-Birth of Jesus and the angels talking to her. The main topic of the sermon was “Life’s dream” how to make it successful and meaningful. Many a times we (especially Singaporeans) are thought to strive it big out there, to earn tons of money, to lead a successful and rich life in order to feel good about one’s self and other will respect you..respectively. Another school of thought is to live simply and enjoying life as it is. Search your inner peace, live happily, contented, plain and simple is good do not care what others think of you etc
I’m a type of person that cannot live simply to be frank, I prefer much the latter school of thought , which is to strive for big things. But then again, I’ve seen people who are deemed “big” in life living miserablely , having make so much money but still not really happy inside(yes this is very true), I’ve also seen people because of making it that big, their egos turn them into haughty monsters with demeaning eyes, in addition people who just like to live simply, not having goals, pointless in whatever they do, they lead a boring uneventful life, bluffing themselves that life is like that, not giving a shit about what people think about them is also one situation I would want to avoid leading my life into. So since both sides of living the prefect life have their weaknesses, which type of life should I go for? That was today sermon all about. The pastor highlighted the importance of achieving a dream from GOD, by following that dream, will lead you to a better if not a perfect life. So the very first step is to

1) Get your dream from GOD (Luke 1:30-33)
In order to succeed in life, you got to get a vision /dream from none other than our creator GOD/Jesus. Having said that, you need to first have an encounter with Jesus, which is what I managed to wrote down. What I think the pastor is trying to say here is to constantly repent (because sin draws you away from God) and make an effort to draw closer to GOD by reading his word, lovingly him wholeheartedly, building a relationship with him and then ask him for a dream, a purpose, your purpose, what are you supposed to do on earth in accordance to his will.

2) Asking God for a strategy (Luke1: 34) The pastor talked about asking God through prayer, like which school should go to? What subjects should I take? Which career should I choose? etc Ask him to open doors for you not you opening doors for yourselves. Perhaps then it is best to always pray before making major decisions in your life. In addition, once that opportunity or door is open, or going to open you must have faith that it is the right path for you. Having childlike faith is important, shows that you trust him with your life.


3) Let the Holy spirit come upon you (Luke 1:35) With regards to praying, there are many forms of prayers, it could be casual like just talking to God, telling him how you feel about this, gossiping to him about certain people etc lol..another type will be serious praying, pray until you break into the spiritual realm, like what pastor Kong said about him spending 30mins speaking in tongues until he focused on God without any distractions in his mind. I find his revelation about “pray until you enter into the spirit realm” quite fascinating. I’ve never prayed like that before, could always try. Also mentioning about speaking in tongues, the main purpose of doing so is not for others to hear you speaking it but to allow the holy spirit to enter your soul. Constantly speaking in tongues will allow the holy spirit to guide you in life easily as time goes by. I must admit, until now I cannot speak in tongues, I always pray with understanding , I find tongues very hard to achieve because I’m a very logical person , perhaps again I should give this a try. =D

4) Balance. Next is this step whereby you need to have a balance between being spiritual and knowing and applying the word. Some people are so spiritual that they are so obsessed with getting slain, constantly crying and getting deliverance, they are people who everyday they claim to see angels and hear voices in their heads. On the other hand one also cannot be so obsessed with the word, they are people memorizes the bible and easily shoot out verses at a moment’s notice, having their hearts so stone cold that they are not sensitive to the holy spirit or God. Just like eating everything in balance is important, so does one have to have a balance between two important aspects of being a true Christian.

5) Surrender to the will of GOD, trusting him by having faith. This point is the most enlightening among the 7 steps, it basically asking you, that at the end of the day GOD must be more important than your dreams, desire and your blessings. If you get a vision from God telling you to follow this path in life, can you do it without any guarantee of having a blessing? Even if there is no financial blessing by following the path chosen for you, will you still obey? Pastor Kong said that, even if there is no heaven, him walking with Jesus alone is MORE THAN ENOUGH! Wow!

6) You will face threats of losing your dream (Luke 2: 42-44) This is a short point he shared , that there will be attacks, trails and tribulations, events, happenings, problems created by yourselves or Saturn to derail you from your dream, what is important that you always come back to the house of the Lord and be deeply rooted in the bible. Therefore I always pray to God to help me love his word despite it being a bit boring during some of the chapters Ive read.


7) Finally the last point is that God’s dream will grow and increase in your life. (Luke 2:52)
God doesn’t want you to live a plain normal life AMEN! That what i really want to hear, beacuse im soo scared to lead a boring plain life. He wants me to be a world shaker, a history maker for his kingdom. Sounds more like the first school of thought yeah? This time however if God is really incharge of your life, you’ve have a dream or vision from him, to know which direction or path to take on, I strongly believe nothing will overcome you for he is greater inside of you then he who is outside? Something along that line..LOL.. a merry Christmas to all and a warm and welcoming new year ahead! ^^