Sabado, Setyembre 1, 2018

Am I Authentic


My answer is that, "God has the final say."
Last August 19-21, 2018, God has given me a privilege to join a Young Professional Camp hosted by Living Word IT with a theme, AUTHENTIC.
I remember my very first time to join a Youth Camp hosted by Fundamental Baptist Churches last 2007 and God used that opportunity for me to encounter Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. I have been joining Sunday School for 7 years already at that time and knew about Jesus Christ, but right there at the camp, God slapped me with this reality, that knowing ABOUT Christ is different from knowing Christ HIMSELF.
What matters most is our personal relationship with God and it's not about what we know about God and what we do for Him, though knowing about Him and doing things for Him come after we got to know Him (our personal relationship with Jesus Christ).
As I joined for the very first time a Young Professional Camp, God moved me to follow Christ, AUTHENTICALLY.
God reminded me during the camp that,
 "A true disciple of Christ will FOLLOW Him."
He convicted me with this truth that,
"Jesus is not only worth LIVING  for, but He is also worth DYING for."
He helped me come up with this equation from the message I have heard from the speaker that,
JESUS ➕ NOTHING = EVERYTHING
EVERYTHING ➖ JESUS = NOTHING.

God again struck me (with a lightning bolt and good thing it's not literal) with a gentle reminder that,
"LOVE completes the picture of LIFE in the FELLOWSHIP with GOD."

The last bbut not the least, God confronted me with this emphatic statement,
"To SAVE our LIVES, we must be willing to LOSE it for CHRIST'S SAKE."

Above all, my great takeaway from the camp was not really the rest, refreshment, nor the enjoyment in a physical sense, but it was knowing Christ deeper, understanding Him in a broader sense, and experiencing Him in a more delighted manner as I realized that LOVING CHRIST is to be DELIGHTED in Him, to be SATISFIED in His presence, to REST in His UNCHANGING CHARACTER, and to SEEK HIM all the days of my life. 💟🙏🙌

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