Sunday, December 14, 2003
man I really thank God for yesterday.. I was really quite worried about my paper!! but I passed!! well actually I more than passed, I am 4th in my course and the top NSF achiever, so I must really thank God for that! Now hopefully I don't have to write some course report and stuff.. hahaha!
Anyways yeah Jeremy shared yesterday about how do we see the people around us, our generation? And I knew God was also speaking to my heart... you know everybody out there, all the young people, all of our generation, they all are looking for something, something that satisfy them, something that can fill the void inside of them, something to make them feel whole...
they're waiting for a miracle.
they get involved in drugs, in music, in smoking, in gambling, in rioting, in clubbing, but yet at the end of the day does that really occupy them and make them joyful inside?
they're looking for an answer.
some are in broken homes, getting into all sorts of things to avoid problems and situations that they might have, some are looking for some action, acts of rebellion to have their parents chase after them and show them that actually somebody does love them...
nothing works for them...
yet we all have the answer that they're looking for, but are we sharing that today? Are we pulling our friends aside and saying, "Jesus is the answer! Jesus is your solution! Jesus is your miracle! Jesus WORKS!"? I speak guilty of not putting in my best to win people to Christ... yet Lord I ask that You would help me, to overcome my fears, to overcome my uncertainty, to overcome my unwillingness to share You with everyone else around me...
Like the man with the infirmity in John 5:1-9, our generation has been in this state for so long, that when the answer is stands before them, even they cannot recognise it... We've got to show it to them. We've got to let His Light shine. We've got to be the one that stands in the gap to carry people into His Kingdom.
Lord, have your way in my life, help me be used to the fullest of your potential in me...
~~derek~~ at 12/14/2003 05:45:00 pm
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