The One Part 4: Lord!

“As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” – Ephesians 4:1-6 NIV

One of the profound messages I have heard was that everybody believes in and worships something, whether it is God, the Creator, or a part of God’s creation. A part of God’s creation can be an object and a person as the earth is His (Genesis 1:1; Psalm 24:1). We surrender our life to it or to God. Whatever “it” is, we call them an idol. When I was young and not a follower of Jesus Christ, StarCraft was my idol. StarCraft has been one of the popular strategy-war games in Korea. I spent several hours playing it. When I was told not to play that game by my mum, I ignored her. I even played it secretly. Pokemon game probably was one of my idols too. Now, I became Christian and know my true identity is in God through the faith in Jesus Christ, I am afraid of downloading and playing them as I might become addicted to them.   

I desire everyone to be reconciled to God by believing in Jesus Christ and with one another. Hence, I should resist my temptation of hating those who ignore my messages. I also want to evangelise who Jesus Christ is to others but I think I am still in training. Although I do not know whether my devotionals are evangelistic format or encouraging Christian devotionals, I am beyond grateful to write my devotionals as God’s servant and co-worker of the gospel. Because the gospel of Jesus Christ is so rich, I guess I want to evangelise who Jesus is to non-Christians as well as give encouragement to Christians through my devotional writing. My dream for the world is that the peace of God would be filled in hearts of everyone, so that they would worship and glorify Him all day long (Romans 15:5-6). In other words, my top wish for the world is the unification in Jesus Christ would happen from all over the world (Philippians 2:1-5).