Scripture
"Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, . . . And God permitting, we will do so." Hebrews 6:1, 3
Observation
The will of God is the best place for every one of us. When you are in the will of God, you are in for success and fulfillment; satisfaction and victory! Where God is must be the place of desire. Any motion toward God is a forward motion. Even repentance is not a retreat toward the past but a decided march into a more glorious future. Restitution is not a return to yesterday but a step into a blessed tomorrow.
There is such a thing as going backward in the spiritual life. There is such a thing as a retreat from a spiritual position once held by us as individual Christians. And there is such a thing as the church making a wholesale withdrawal from ground once won at tremendous cost.
Application
Today, we will bring our mooncakes to the community and run another Lantern Carnival tomorrow. Over the years we have gained much ground with the solid endorsement of the community. This year we forge ahead still and this time with the passion to raise the visibility of the church as a house of healing.
This week, the Police, who have graciously given us permits for the Lantern Parade over the past five years, told us that they are no longer in the position to do so because the ruling has changed recently. We must now seek endorsement directly from the MP.
Because the call of God is for us to forge ahead and not retreat, I wrote to the MP on Wednesday morning and yesterday evening, we got news that he has given us his endorsement to hold the Lantern Parade! God is still in control and his will is that we continue to gain more and more ground in the community. Let's just go on!
In our Christian walk, if we find that we have gone back, then we should immediately reverse the direction and again go forward. Let there be no wasting of time in a futile mooning over the past. Rather let us arise and go! Let us go forward to a new and better place in God. The land lies before us. Let us go in and take it.
Prayer
From Your Word, Lord, from the lives of Your people in the Bible, I know there are bridges to cross and mountains to climb that take me deeper into You. I want to go on by Your Spirit! Amen.
