The Unlikely Hero - Meet God at the Microphone!

Do you consider yourself a shy person? Do you have a passion to serve God but cannot fight the fears that hinder you? Are you afraid of stepping out of your comfort zone?
You are not alone. Many young people across the globe, including me, feel the same way, especially when it comes to evangelism. The fears of rejection, hostility and unpopularity cloud our minds and fill us with anxiety, disabling us from spreading the Gospel. However, we need to rise up - if we don't, who will?
One of my favorite evangelists, Ray Comfort, is now known for his open air preaching, passion or burden for the lost and fearless, shameless means of street evangelism, however, he was not always this way. In fact, in his earlier Christian days, he thought that he could never stand up in the middle of the street and preach the Gospel to a multitude of strangers. God had other plans! Mr. Comfort had found a cause higher than his fears - the cause of testifying to the Gospel of Christ to save the lost, however, did not find the means to cast off the fear. One day when Mr.Comfort was out on the streets, God moved his heart to speak out and preach the Gospel, he took a step of faith and God met him at the microphone - God guided him, continues to guide him and he hasn't stopped speaking out for the advancement of His kingdom.
Sometimes, it takes an act of faith and trust in God to dismiss the whispers of fear and anxiety - when we do so, like Mr. Comfort and Zac (another unlikely hero, whose story is attached below) found out, God certainly meets you at the microphone.

Don't be discouraged by your present personality or disheartened by your inability to step out of your comfort zone, God can use anybody, embrace the burden and passion for the lost, find the cause that is greater than your fear and remember - if you don't speak up, who will?

The Unlikely Hero - God can use anybody!

I'm too young to make a difference! Could something this small really change the world? I'm so imperfect, God wouldn't want to use me! If only I had... If only I was.... If only I could...

How often do these thoughts cloud our minds and discourage us from serving God for the advancement of His kingdom?

However, the truth is that God wants us the way we are, we can be used best by Him, as our imperfect selves - not as someone else. The little we do, with His help, for His glory matters a lot to Him, He notices it - We are never too young, never too imperfect, to make a difference!

The Bible is filled with unlikely heroes...

Mary - A teenager who was blessed and privileged to give birth to Jesus
David - An adulterer, murderer, shepherd who God transformed into Israel's greatest king and called him a 'man after His own heart'
Rehab - A simple gentile, a prostitute who God used to safeguard Israel and also gave the privilege to be one of the ancestors of Jesus
Moses - A murderer, stutterer, coward who God transformed and used to redeem and lead Israel out of slavery
Abraham - An idolater who become the father of Israel, God's inheritance
Paul - A murderer who chose to persecute and kill many Christians, God used him mightily for the advancement of His own kingdom and transformed him. Paul was even later martyred for His profession of faith in Christ.

The list goes on...

God is famous for using the unlikeliest people in a mighty way. In Mark Lowry's words 'God can use anybody, He has got no standards' -  He is willing to use you too, no matter who you are or what you've done - He can turn you around and mould you into what you can be with Him by your side!

Are you ready to be another unlikely hero?

180 Movie - A must watch!

A must watch pro-life documentary that will not only challenge you but change you. 

Your view on abortion will never be the same! 

Watch 180 - Turn 180

In this documentary, Ray Comfort(a committed Evangelist) draws an interesting parallel between the Holocaust and abortion, the 'Modern Holocaust'. This comparison is not only a very valid point, but one that cannot be easily dismissed or ignored; above all, it is a thought-provoking comparison that is bound to impact the audience in a remarkable way; God has used this documentary to touch and change many lives already.

Mr.Comfort not only draws out strong Biblical evidence to strengthen and validate his arguments, but also uses simple ubiquitous illustrations to help us analyse and evaluate for ourselves, the purpose and pain surrounding abortion. 

If you think nothing can change your mind on abortion, think again! 

Although '180' approaches the issue of abortion in a challenging way, abortion still remains an issue that is highly debated - ethical debates concerning individual, exclusive situations continue to baffle many Christians and medics. In situations where we lack discernment, one can only turn to the one and only reliable source of all advice and comfort, God. Remember, only God's will prevails and He is ready to help any who seek and cry out to Him earnestly.

Get to work!

I came across this command God gave Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1.

"Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them."

What a powerful command! Reflecting on this verse, my own hesitation and fear, while proclaiming the Gospel, was brought to light.
We, as Christians, have been given a task - the task of testifying to God's grace and proclaiming the Gospel - a calling to be harvesters in God's field(our world). By letting our fears and hesitation get in the way, we are not only proving to be inefficient workers, but also diminish God's power and strength that is readily available to us.
If we read the chapter further, we find out that God strengthens Jeremiah and gives him the assurance that He is always with him, thus, he will not be put to shame.

Shouldn't this verse challenge, strengthen and encourage us to stand up for Christ and get to work?! Remember, if we don't do it, God can always find someone else to do it, however, we will have to pay for our inefficiency, fear, distrust and hesitation.

What are we waiting for! Lets get to work; we've got souls to win for Christ!

The Christocentric Word - Isaiah 53

I have fallen in love with the book of Isaiah. It not only expresses the profound nature of the Bible through every single verse and prophecy, its also one of the most Christocentric passages I have ever read. Every verse points us to the Christ, the purpose and message of the Cross and the result of the greatest act of love. Below is Isaiah 53, my soul was truly filled with awe and wonder as I pondered on what this passage said; this is only one of many great chapters in the Bible that truly challenge the unbeliever and strike the believer with awe.
I do not have much to say about this chapter as its very self explanatory, if you read it just once or over and over again, you still will not be able to digest the beauty and depth of this chapter...

Who has believed our message 

   and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 

He grew up before him like a tender shoot, 

   and like a root out of dry ground. 

He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, 

   nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 

He was despised and rejected by mankind, 

   a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. 

Like one from whom people hide their faces 

   he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

 Surely he took up our pain 

   and bore our suffering, 

yet we considered him punished by God, 

   stricken by him, and afflicted. 

But he was pierced for our transgressions, 

   he was crushed for our iniquities; 

the punishment that brought us peace was on him, 

   and by his wounds we are healed. 

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, 

   each of us has turned to our own way; 

and the LORD has laid on him 

   the iniquity of us all.

 He was oppressed and afflicted, 

   yet he did not open his mouth; 

he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, 

   and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, 

   so he did not open his mouth. 

By oppression and judgment he was taken away. 

   Yet who of his generation protested? 

For he was cut off from the land of the living; 

   for the transgression of my people he was punished. 

He was assigned a grave with the wicked, 

   and with the rich in his death, 

though he had done no violence, 

   nor was any deceit in his mouth.

Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, 

   and though the LORD makes his life an offering for sin, 

he will see his offspring and prolong his days, 

   and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand. 

After he has suffered, 

   he will see the light of life and be satisfied; 

by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, 

   and he will bear their iniquities. 

Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, 

   and he will divide the spoils with the strong,

because he poured out his life unto death, 

   and was numbered with the transgressors. 

For he bore the sin of many, 

   and made intercession for the transgressors.