Convictions, Idealism... stand on what you really want

Woah, yesterday was a super powerful day.

We had AE weekend, meaning that Pastor How was sharing with us about the importance of school, that it's not about just attending school, but it's about loving to learn. That since birth, we all have the desire to learn, just that many of us aren't brought up that way. So from us, the next generation's going to be different, many geniuses will be brought up.

After that, some of us had discipleship class with Pastor and it was simply.... woah..... We watched Lions for Lambs, and it was really a great movie. Wells, it's alot of dialouge, but yet the actors did it really well. Tom Cruise can really act, he doesn't just look good!

Convictions, idealism. It's so important for us. We need to be a people of convictions, that we stand and hold on to it, no matter what life tells us. Idealism, that we hold on to our ideals, beliefs that even though it might never happen, we end the race knowing that at least we tried. We need to hang on, hang on to our convictions and idealism, even though when things don't seem to be going our way.

Also was talking to Ivan at his place last night and we were just talking. Talking about church, about people, and about what Pastor How shared during discipleship class, ha. It was really a powerful session and I shared with him about how I got a revelation from God while praying in camp. So it goes like this;

I'm re-coursed. If you don't know what that means, wells it's basically, I'm going back to do training instead of duties. And it really was getting very frustrating as I felt that I shouldn't even be there in the first place. Thus I was really praying to God to help me get out of it and also was praying for some of the guys.

When suddenly God reminded me, that whatever the Enemy meant for evil, God always turns it around for good. It really blew my mind away as I began to see that no matter how tough the problem is, or the circumstance is. God is always there, just that we don't see it. Why? Because we are too focused on the problem, too focused on getting it solved in our own way that we never really look upward and see that God's hand is already in it and that a work is being down in the background.

Oh how I hope that you would receive that into your heart. That no matter what you are going through, stand strong, stand on your convictions, hold on to your idealism. Because if you don't, you will never be who you are at this point of time. The promise and the potential, it's fickle. Meaning that it can disappear without you ever noticing it.

Am really feeling for this... Stand people. Fight the fight of faith. Run and finish the race. Don't give up just because things aren't as good as they seem, because at the end of the day, are you really happy with what you have become? Lost of idealism, lost of convictions, that you compromise and no longer fight. That is such a sad thing, and when that comes, you'll look back and think, 'what might have been, if only I held on 1,2,3,5,10 years ago?'

Stay strong people, attack life! Don't live a life of regret, but faith and success. I hope you get what I'm trying to put across!