Stepping Out With God - Pasir Panjang Church of Christ Singapore

What a spirit! To stay on and on - during good times and difficult times.
Especially when others are leaving by the droves, knowing that a person is
no fool to give up what he cannot hold for that which he cannot lose.
I rather be on a losing side that will ultimately win than to be on the winning
side that is bound to lose. Moses left the riches of Egypt to take the side of
the slaves of Goshen. Today, history has vindicated him as the true victor.
Can we not learn to stay on? Members like sisters Belinda, Peggy, Foon Yong,
Lillian and others are still with us - from the very beginning. So are brothers
Ong Ann Nam, Simon, Timmy and more.
The first thing in building a spiritual body is to dig in and dig in deep with
strong, firm, sturdy feet.
Legs That Will Follow After The Truth
Next, we move up from the feet to the legs where we are introduced to a
woman who was not a Christian, not even a Jew but heathen. Yet because
her legs would not lead her to desert her family by marriage, in times of
hardship and famine, our Lord Jesus was born from her lineage.
Ruth 1:16: "And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from
following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest,
I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; where thou
diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more
also, if aught but death part thee and me."
We not only need firm steady feet grounded on the word of God, but we
need legs that will follow loyally the true God. The words of Ruth are not
easy to utter and even more difficult to follow. Her sisters-in-law have already
packed up and returned to their kampong. In the eyes of the world, that was
the prudent thing to do under the circumstances.
Alone, Ruth clung to her mother-in-law. I would like to think that it was her
good and honest heart that has caused her to embrace the true faith of her
mother-in-law that clinched her decision.
Where are our legs taking us today? What are we following and giving our
time and energy to? I put it to you that if we do not remember our Creator
in the days of our youth, if we follow other gods and pursuits as we enter in
National Service, working life or marriage, if we do what is convenient on
Sundays instead of devoting it to God, we will find no blessing.
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