Saturday, 21 November 2015

REND the heavens 2015



Last night was the end of the REND Worship Conference 2015. And Eddie Ma came and delivered God’s message on what it means to be radical, and why we worship.

I’m still in awe of what has been said and what has been given to me. He came calling, just like Bob and Kimberley Johnson before him, and Philemon Choi before them. “Young men’s visions will fulfil old men’s dreams before they end.” he said. I believe him, because God gave them big dreams, and he gives us, this generation, glorious visions.

So was it a calling? Maybe. For me, it was a timely reminder of what Radical Christianity is about. Real Christianity. Lifestyle Christianity. However you call it. The spiritual warfront. “How can a few radical guys from the dark end of the world strike fear into the heart of the world? The answer is, we are not radical enough. If we responded to God with the same radicality, we would be fulfilling the end time prophecies now.” If we read in Revelations, Christians raise up and go to the ends of the earth, sharing about God fearlessly, with the truth of God’s promises in their eyes and their hearts. That is because they have asked to see and hear and know God’s promises fulfilled, and with that reality in their hearts, they can stand strong against all atrocities. Nothing can stand against our God, whom shall we fear if He is our King?

We are in the end times already. The war has already started. The enemy is gathering troops. If we see this as a war, we can clearly predict what is going to happen very soon. The world is already in chaos. It’s time, brothers and sisters. It’s time to pick up our cross and follow Him. It’s time to go out, soldiers of the Cross, and fulfil what we are called to do.

What are we called to do? Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and might. Love your neighbor as yourself. We have always been called to fight darkness with Love, and Love is the only way. What is a radical lover? Eddie Ma says a radical lover stops at nothing to love. I know you are radical, but are you radical in everything that you do? Are you a radical lover of God and of people? Are you radical enough? To die to the cross every time you do anything. Radical in your singing, radical in your dancing, radical in your tithing, radical in your loving. What would it look like if you were to sing as if you were to die for Jesus? What would it look like if you were to give as if you were to die for Jesus? What would it look like if you were to love as if you were to die for Jesus? Is that what you are doing now?

Raise up, my brothers and sisters. It’s time. It’s time to be radical again. The world won’t last, but His love will. And His will. So fix your eyes on Him, and not on this world. Fix your eyes on His promises fulfilled and not on the lies of the enemy. Fix your eyes on how to live radically as a Son and Daughter of God, and not as a son and daughter of this world.

Abide by heavenly rules, and not be blinded anymore. Choose. Choose to live for God, or to live without God. There is no middle ground anymore. If you hear, and understand, you need to make that choice now. The cost is great, living for Jesus. But the cost is even greater, living for the world. Which side will you be on? You have the will to choose, you have freewill. One thing that God made sure to give us. Even when the enemy makes every attempt to tell us that we don’t, we do. So, use it. Make your choice.