I was on the train travelling back home from G12 Conference and Mr J, my camp mate messaged me. He asked if he could sleep on my bunk bed tonight cos' his bed was dirty. I asked him why is his bed is dirty he said there's some beer on it.This evening is the opening of G12 conference. It is also the opening of the Specialists' Mess in my unit. So everyone was invited over for a (or lots of) drink; Beer to be specific. I was lucky enough to be away from it thanks for G12 conference. At least I won't get intoxicated by the alcohol be it accidental or not, deliberate or not.
So back to the beer on bed thing: After a few exchanges of SMSes, I found out that the reason why Mr J has beer on his bed was because my guys were aiming Mr A's (some guy whom everyone dislike, and i mean ultimate dislike) bed and some of the liq ended up on Mr J's.
I asked myself. If I was there, what would I have done? I started to imagine me stopping everyone from doing such a horrible act on Mr A. Saying stuff like "if you want to do it, do it to my bed first." (whoa!), or maybe using brute force to stop them.
But seriously. Would I have done that or would I just stand there and look at Mr A's bed getting trashed.
I don't know.
Maybe Not.
Perhaps.
What if...
Alright... but...
I don't know. Really.
Maybe.
Yes.
Argh!!
It would be very very very bold of me to do what I imagined. I may be subjected to scoldngs or even beer on my bed! Or at worst, being put together with Mr A and labelled at a 'reject' (although I think the possiblity of that is very very very small; my friends quite like me. Hahaha! Shameless me.) It is very unatural of me to do so. BUT...
Hebrews 13:6
So we say with confidence,
"The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?"
2 Timothy 1:6-8
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline
The power of the Holy Spirit can help us overcome our fear of what some might say or do to us. I pray that I will be able to exercise this and show the world what a true christian is made of.
To be or not to be?
2 comments:
Hebrews 13:6 reminds me of something I learnt quite some time back.
"what can man do to me?"
I was thinking of some of the things that men can actually do to you :
1) imprison you
2) torture you
3) destroy your life
4) destroy your family
5) kill you
Sounds scary right? Contextually i think this is what happened to the apostles during the NT times.
Yet they say I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
My dear brother, I believe the apostles can say that because they see life in the eternal perspective which cannot be taken away by man.
Our fear of men are actually quite insignificant in comparison with the kind of persecution they face then.
Yes, indeed God did not give us a spirit of timidity but of power and love!
Lord, help us to be bold and courageous. I know I cannot do it on my own.
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