FIRING UP FOR GOD

"BEING PUNCTUAL TO SERVE GOD IS LIKE HONOURING GOD. LET'S BE PUNTUAL AND SERVE GOD TOGETHER!" WELL, THIS IS WHAT I SAW AT THE BACK DOOR OF HALL 9 WHEN I NEED TO ENTER TO THE BACK-STAGE AT HALL 10 CUZ I'M SERVING AS LOGISTIC FOR YOUTHNET SERVICE ON SUNDAY AT EXPO. WELL, I GUESS "PUNCTUALITY" IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITHIN US. MANY OF US (INCLUDING ME)ARE GUILTY OF LATE FOR CELL GROUP, NETWORK MEETING OR EVEN COMING FOR SERVICE EVERY SUN. SOME OF US (INCLUDING ME) ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE EXCUSES AS TO WHY WE ARE LATE. WE MAY GIVE REASONS LIKE "OH, I'VE WAITED QUITE SOME TIME FOR THE CAB TO COME". WELL, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE POINT THAT WHY WE MUST TAKE CAB TO SERVICE? THIS IMPLIES THAT WE ARE NOT PLANNING OUT TIMES WISELY. IF WE DO, WE WILL NOT HAVE TO A CAB DOWN TO EXPO FOR SERVICE BECAUSE WE WILL LEAVE OUR HOUSE EARLIER AND JUST TAKE A BUS OR MRT DOWN AND REACH EXPO ON TIME.

I STILL REMEMBER WHAT ONE OF THE PASTORS SAY WHEN WE HAVE NOT MOVED TO EXPO YET. DURING ONE OF THE YOUTH SERVICE AT TC ON SATURDAY, ME AND SOME OF MY CELL MEMBERS ARE SERVING AS CONSOLIDATORS AND WE WERE LATE FOR THE BRIEFING. THEN THE PASTOR SAID THIS, "BE PUNCTUAL IS ALSO A FORM OF SERVING GOD. YET MOST OF US ARE NOT PUNCTUAL FOR THE BRIEFING. DO YOU EXPECT TO LET GOD WAIT FOR YOU TO COME AND SERVE HIM?" WELL, IT'S TRUE. JUST LIKE WHEN U ARE GOING TO MEET THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. DO YOU EXPECT HIM TO WAIT FOR YOU IN HIS OFFICE? IT'S US WHO WAIT UPON GOD AND SERVE HIM AND NOT GOD WAIT FOR US.

WELL, LET'S PRAY TOGETHER THAT WE CAN SERVE GOD TOGETHER JOYFULLY AND ON TIME. :)