Dear..
'For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.'
Romans 24:17
In the past, upon being awakened by my biological alarm clock, right on the hour, at 6am, I would ponder upon the matters for the day, to be resolved or to be absolved of.
Ever since I seek to follow the Lord our God, the first matter of my heart at 6am is to ask the Lord, what would be His will for me today and to ask for the faith to let Him lead me.
"Let Jesus Christ step off the page of the Bible into your life and grip you with his marvelous risk taking love so that you will want nothing more than to follow Him and learn from Him al the days of your life"
(from "Jesus speak to you today" promotional leaflet for seminar at St Andrew's Cathedral on 9-10 July 2009)
Christ has indeed not just stepped of the page of the Bible for me, but His very Spirit resides in all who believe and life is indeed worth living for the day, for God is Sovereign. And what about tomorrow?
This must the question on the minds of many where a terminal illness has brought them to reality, the finite nature of all our lives, but most tend not to ponder upon, till we are force to.
The newspapers lately has given quite a bit of focus on euthanasia, organ trading as well as interviews with those who are terminally ill.
'...The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdom of the earth, and He has appointed me to build a temple for Him...may the Lord his God be with him and let him go up.'
2 Chronicles 36:23
The acronym R.O.D.is a 3 letter word that remains fixated on the minds of most boys who enter National Service in Singapore, for that is the date that those conscripted into military service will see them resume their civilian life, after 2 years of military service.
When Adam and Eve sinned by eating from the tree of knowledge, all humans have a run out date, for death is certain. If truly there was no God, if there was no salvation by the sacrifice His only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, then men should indulge as much as possible, for there is no after to worry or prepare for. And if there is no life after, then men should willingly kill themselves, once they had their last fling, for to prolong a wasting body is not just fruitless, but an unnecessary financial and emotional burden on the living. In the same vein, science now allows us to detect the physically imperfect feotus, and would it not be practical to preempt such imperfect beings from coming into the world, since they will not be able to partake in the short-lived material joys of the present world?
And since all are living in the present, would it not be correct for the privileged who are better positioned to enjoy the material present, to be made perfect, by having the perfect organs of the lesser beings(read lower rankings of society) harvested to made perfect the upper strata of society?
'Better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.'
2 Chronicles 36:23
Hogwash the above might seem just a few decades back. But the science is now with us. What is holding it from being full blown reality would be the values that all of us subscribe to. Western society and its laws, are to largely founded upon the precepts of Judeo-Christianity and to a large extent the world we know the past few hundred years, given that the colonial powers were the Western powers who dominated the world..
I am from the old school. I am no modernist, globalist nor am I the so called new fangled 21st century Christians or secularist who think either God and the Bible should be updated to suit the modern world or who just simply do not believe in God, but rather in themselves.
God is still the same loving and faithful God. And many men, much as they might think othewise, is still the same sinful, greedy, selfish and self serving, prideful scion of the devil.
'Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him...'
Psalm 84:10
I can only attest that having journeyed with friends who have lasted 6-12 months before they succumbed to the ravages of illnesses, that there is indeed life even in one's last days, and God is ever present, and eternity is real, and attainable for all who are willing, even if they were not willing most of their lives.
'Dont grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength'
Nehemiah 8:10
Should we dare to hinder God's grace and now play God by deciding who should inherit this earth and bring forward the expiry date of a fellow human being, based on our imperfect and finite understanding?
'And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.'
Philippians 4:7
Till his or her last breath, one still has the choice of saying yes to God's love. We must stop counting the costs of the present, for to do so, would not just deprive a fellow being of eternal salvation, but also the many people including yourself that God wants to bring forth to His kingdom, from just this one suffering brother.
How do I and many fellow followers of our Lord Jesus Christ know that?
"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain fo what we do not see...'
Hebrews 11:1
God Blesses
Eng Hieang
(5april09)
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