A Calling And The Destinies Of Many

"And in this I give advice:

It is to your advantage not only to be doing what you began and were desiring to do a year ago;
but now you also must complete the doing of it;
that as there was a readiness to desire it, so there also may be a completion out of what you have.

For if there is first a willing mind,
it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.

For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened;
but by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may supply their lack,
that their abundance also may supply your lack—that there may be equality.

As it is written, “He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack.”"

~ 2 Cor 8:10-15

Steps of Faith, literally

I was very encouraged when I saw old men and women taking steps of faith yesterday during dialect church. The message was about being a new creation in God. Try telling an OLD citizen that he is a NEW creation in God, he would have looked through his blurred vision at his folded skin, degenerated muscles, clutches, and probably thought you've gone insane.

Not only they were ministered by the word, they took it a step further and received miraculous healings! One man in his 60s could not lift up his hands even before he started coming church, but yesterday he raised up both hands in testimony of God's healing!
A man, in his early 50s, could not walk and talk properly, and wasn't able to lift up his hands after he's struck with a stroke. He came forward to testify God's healing by lifting up his left hand high up without any assistance!

One Cantonese lady came forward to the stage with her clutch and declared her faith that she is a new creation in Christ, and she trusted God for her healing. She was prayed for, and then her clutch was taken away from her by the preacher. To an old lady with weak legs, the clutch is EVERYTHING to her - her independence and her strength. Initially she was shocked by the preacher's action, but nevertheless she started to lift up her knees and move her feet. The atmosphere was even more charged up with every step she took, and the band even played a praise song to encourage her to move with the rythem. Before we knew it, she's walked a good 5 meters UNASSISTED! And what's more, she actually lifted up her legs - the FIRST time she does these things! These elderlys are literally taking steps of faith!!!

So, to the many of us who need to step out in faith, what are we waiting for?! Lets go... =)