In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.



Once, about four years ago, when I was walking across a bridge in Darling Harbour Sydney while reading a novel, I walked into a pillar. Ouch! Yes, I know. Kind of dumb. I wasn't even looking at some beautiful woman. It very much the same with our lives. Sometimes, we are so busy taking care of material things, wants and even fantasies, we become blinded by them and end up walking into something that could hurt us.

I refer to our walk with God. Today, I overheard a conversation about spiritual attacks from the devil. Someone suggested that a speaker be brought in to spread awareness of how to deal with attacks. A second person, however, said that even so, when we do not ground ourselves in Word, faith and prayer, when the attacks come, no matter how 'aware' we are after lessons or talks from anyone with spiritual experience, we become utterly defenceless against the attacks.

For the record, i would like to say that I find this true. It is only through our relationship with God that our spirit is being strengthened, that our defences against evil is being built up, that our discernment between good and evil is being developed.

But very often, things in our daily affairs distract us from seeing the light of Christ. I, for one, am a fairly materialistic person. Coupled with being somewhat selfish, I stray away from God and lose my focus, which is supposed to be on the Lord. When we lose focus on the Lord, our level of faith starts to degenerate due to the lack of 'maintenance'. This is when we 'walk into a wall', which we could not see coming, because we lost our focus. The result is that we cave in when spiritual attacks occur, because we can't seem to even recognise that we are being attacked.

So the question is whether or not we are doing our utmost in maintaining our relationship with God. Do we spend time commiting our daily affairs to Him? Or do we just simply take matters into our own hands and become obsessed about a problem and we cannot solve without Him? Because I can tell you that no problem can be solved without Him, for the lack of God means we become nothing.

I sense that there is a strong need for all of us to ground ourselves in Christ, for a time of reckoning is at hand. A great movement is about to take place when we, in Singapore especially, will be affected by God. This is a time during which the devil will becoming very aggressive, and therefore we must be on our guard. Be ready to take up the Double-Edged Sword and carry the Armour of Faith, for there is no god more powerful than the Almighty Lord Christ Jesus.

Lord Jesus,
You are my King and my God.
Nothing moves without your intent
Holy in the Most High!

I love you, Lord, so much!
And I know you love me too.
On account of this love for us,
You have forgiven us of our sins.

Lord, grant us the courage to
Take up the journey You set out for us.
Equip us with your Word and everlasting faith
So that we may claim the victory in which
You have laid out for us on that fateful day
When You hung from that Cross!

But most of all, Lord,
continue to love us and teach us
As You have always done.

Jesus! Jesus! I love you, Jesus!
Your Name shall be upon my lips every moment of my life! Amen!

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam