I saw this video on youtube today and thought it would be good to post it here for you guys.

I'm sure most of you are very familar with this song, Mighty To Save by Hillsong. Written by Reuben Morgan. And we also used it before once in our own cell group meeting! Glad that most of you like this song.

But there's more to this song than just a nice rhythm or great guitar playing. It isn't just a song that just fill your ears but it is really one that is able to empower your soul. Here's a little something that I want to share about this song.

Mighty To Save, three very simple words but holds a powerful meaning. In every situations we face in our lives, frustrations we cannot handle, emotional turmoil that we feel in your hearts, sicknesses that comes once in awhile that cripples us, our God is definitely Mighty To Save.

But there is one question that we would ask God, 'Yes Lord, I know that You're Almighty, powerful and strong... But sometimes why do You take so long to appear? Where were You in my weakest times? Where were You when I was scolded by my parents? Where were you when I was lying down on my bed, sick, tired and feeling pain all over? Where were you in the midst of my exams, when I'm feeling so stressed?'

It's never wrong to have thoughts like that, personally I've thoughts like these too once in awhile! I remember there was once I was badly slandered by my brother's friends infront of my family while it was dinner time. Everything was going fine... We were having fun, talking, laughing, eating good food and basically everything was great! Even my brother's friends were enjoying themselves! Until my Dad had to ask me this question, 'So how's your church building coming along? I heard from the news that your that Pastor Kong is building a new church again?'

Once I hear this I knew it, it was time for VOLCANO ERUPTION LIAO. Surely my Mum will start asking, my brother will also start saying about our church being a 'cheat money' church. I knew that there was a battle ahead for me to fight.. And I was afraid. I was so afraid. Because my brother's friends are around and I cannot afford to raise my voice or try to be too self-centred. I had to learn how to handle it well, but I didn't know how!

I asked God to please show up. Please make my parents STOP talking about it. But.. God didn't show up.

In the end, I was totally slammed by every single one sitting at the dinner table. Including my brother's 2 friends. They were saying really nasty things like, 'Why are you attending a church like that?', 'Why is your church so commercialized?', 'Why Pst Kong nowadays look like Ah Beng ah??', 'How much are you giving to the church?'... and the list goes on. It was just so heart piercing and hurtful to see my own parents embarrassing me infront of outsiders.

I remember.... I goggled down my food and faster go into the kitchen. I had to admit, I had no courage, I had no boldness, I didn't know what to do or say. I was suddenly dumbfounded. The worst thing is, my Mum came into the kitchen and saw tears in my eyes. Instead of comforting me, she said, 'Aren't we right? Do the church need such a big and grand building to worship God? God is everywhere, whether it is an old, small or new, big church, GOD IS EVERYWHERE.'

That was the ultimate.. I couldn't understand why was this happening.. In my weakest times, she still had to rub the salt into the wound.

That night, everyone knew that I cried. My Dad, Mum, Brother and 2 of his friends. But none of them came to apologize, none of them came to explain themselves, none of them came to tell me that hey, it's alright. We were just talking casually about it just now. I only had myself to face. Myself and God.

I remember that night when I showered, I stayed so long in the washroom.. I just kept crying and crying. Hitting myself for being so useless.. Asking God why is this happening.. Where is He?

WHERE ARE YOU, GOD?



The reason why I remember every detail so clearly is because it was one of those incidents that I was very hurt. And I felt so slammed in the face by my own Dad and Mum. Well, I am not blaming them because I know that, in these times, we'd surely go through trials and tribulations.

Yet I ask myself again... But why didn't God show up that night?

I slowly found the answer to my own question, and it is very simple.

It is because I found my strength through my weakness.
I found my courage through my fear.
I found my boldness through my insecurities after what happened.

God is not just a God who provides you with answers, but He is a God that provides you with solutions.

So what if God appeared that night? So what if my parents stopped talking about it that night? Would it make me stronger? Would it make me bolder?

No it doesn't.. My dear friends, God does things with a foresight in mind. He sees the future, He doesn't see the present. He is not a short-term God, He is a long-term God.

Sometimes I look back and ask myself, How have I become so strong? Even until now when my parents persecute or scold me, why do I not get upset over it like the past?

Because my God is Mighty To Save. He doesn't just answer... He Saves!



Ask yourself today, which situations in your life.. or anything that you would like to overcome/change/come up to the next level? Look up and seek God my friends, for He will never fail you.

Love,
SC
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