Second Nature

Written by Zhey Chua |Posted on July 3, 2008 | Comments

It’s been a while since my last post.

I admit, I pushed blogging at the back of the shelf for a while while I absorbed all the new things that started to occupy me since our move here – Bruce, the interior designing, the landscaping project, the new online business that Warren and I are working on and so on… These things tie me down lately and I can’t resist. I hope our regular readers (if any) have the patience to understand me.

Anyway, while I have kept mum about the endless blessings that God continue to shower our little family, Warren on the other hand kept his fingers busy typing it all away, so you didn’t really miss much.

Isn’t it amazing how technology helps us Christians spread the Word to our loved ones? I have always wondered how can one who stays at home most of her waking hours evangelize to her friends and colleagues. I have struggled with that thought during the first few months of my life as a believer. You see, I do not work in a company, I have no friends that I see everyday, nor colleagues that I work in an office with… It’s just me and Warren, d-a-i-l-y. In our little home.

Thankfully, there are a multitude of ways to get connected nowadays. Ahhh, instant messenger makes it all easy for me to reach out. Even for Warren. And I assume that somewhere out there, there are also other Christians who use it for evangelizing and ministering to others.

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In the past months since I discovered this wonderful way of evangelizing, I have to say I have yet to slow down. There was once a time when I’d dip my finger into it, test the waters and see how someone I am chatting with would react as soon as I’d share the Gospel. If I’d get a negative reaction, I’d balk. Like a cat caught in flame, I’d back down and segue to a different topic. I was such a coward, huh?

I’m glad though that those days are over. By God’s infinite and loving grace, I finally learned how not to feel like I was severing a tie, instead, I now feel like I am making that knot on the tie a little bit tighter than before, securing the bind.

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A good friend and brother told me, with shame in his voice, that he is not what believers would consider a “spiritual warrior”.

“I am a believer, I’ve been so for as long as I can remember… And yet, not once have I attempted to share the Gospel even to my closest non-believer friends…”

Is there such a thing as a “spiritual warrior”? Is preaching and sharing the Word reserved only for “spiritual warriors”?

I am still a newborn babe, not yet fully mature as a Christian and have yet soooo much to learn… But this I know… We Christians are entrusted with God’s Word and it is our duty as believers, followers, servants and disciples to share this until it spreads far and wide even to the highest and to the lowest corners of this world.

In fact, sharing the Word becomes second nature to the true believer. It becomes life’s passion, it becomes a part of your persona, for how can you deny a brother or a sister his or her chance to receive the same honor (salvation) that you have received through God’s grace?

I had to tell my friend that his reason about him not being a “spiritual warrior” is such a flimsy excuse. “Ack! What a lousy excuse!” I exclaimed. He looked at me a bit longer and for a while, I honestly thought his 6′1″ frame would come dodging down my 5′1″ frame for a deadly tackle, but thankfully, he just forlornly asked, “You think so? Really?”

I’m excited for him, he will be attending our weekly Bible Studies starting this Saturday and even expressed intentions to come with us to church one of these Sundays. I hope and pray that truly, the light shines upon him and that God will be gracious to him.

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And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. – Mark 16:15 KJV

But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming… – Romans 10:8 NIV

Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage– with great patience and careful instruction. – 2 Timothy 4:2 NIV

Although I am less than the least of all God’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. – Ephesians 3:8-9 NIV