Let's start with the classic one. The classic one is how everything we have done in this life as a Christian will be tried by God. Yes, I believe that if you're not a Christian (i.e. have a personal relationship with Jesus who is God), your good works won't even account for anything (i.e. you won't reach this "stage").

So back to my point, that everything we do as a Christian will be tested by God. I guess for me, this would mean things like ministry, and also life in general, whether the things I've "built" up were done using superior or inferior materials. Were they genuine or fake.

And that's something I'll take a while to consider.

Cell group. Am I building it up the way I should be, on the foundation that has already been laid, Jesus. Or am I building it around friendship, fellowship, fancy teaching, fun activities, food or just fragile and fake/false ideas. Am I doing what I think is good, or what God has told me to do. Both may or may not have anything in common.

............done reflecting.

Lighthouse. Yup, was about to reply the email when I stopped to think is this a God or just a good idea. It may be both, one or the other, or neither. Once again, this ministry has to be built, and I know for sure that I want it to be built with the best materials, that at the end of this age, when the trial by fire comes, it will stand strong :) And so will be people who have been trained by it.

As for whether Jesus is the foundation, I'm quite sure He is. Jesus as the Living Word is what is taught. And I will ensure that anything that Lighthouse does is Bible based. Yes that is a broad definition, but one that comes with conviction rather than interpretation.

.....done talking. will pray more about this.

YA Comm. This one is a bit tricky. Well, when u're "up there", the things you say carry a lot more weight and influence. So much so that it's very important to separate the good ideas from the God ideas. The imitation from true inspiration. Is Jesus the foundation. Yes. And in this building, there have been many layers laid already so the foundation may not be that visible. But I believe the reason it still stands is because we have the right foundation. And we know it's Jesus, because that's what we're building on this year. More prayer, which basically in normal non-Christianese talk, would be having more HTHT with Jesus. Deepening the friendship from Hi-Bye to Hi-You're-everything-in-between-Bye :) I like that line. Haha :)

So yeah, I think some time off from YA comm in Australia will do me some good to reflect, and vision a bit more, to grasp the true destiny of this great calling to sit on the comm, rather than settle for a slightly better than mediocre YA ministry.

......reflection in progress.

So now, on to my second point (of view) of the passage. Taken in more direct context, this passage was talking about baby believers and how they are the temple and there should be no vandalism. I mean, who would dare to vandalize a temple? Well, I do. I vandalize my life with things that shouldn't be there. Writings on the wall, of my heart. Nice song with a new revelation of it's meaning :)

Am I building my life with the best materials. Am I settling for rock solid QT or would a quick to manufacture, pre-fab piece of plastic do a quick job and I'm done with it. Is my goal for 2010 aiming to build a monument to glorify God, or to put up a beautiful 2D billboard with special lightings. Attractive, informative, speaks of something great, but it really just isn't.

Time to get serious about goals for 2010 or it will pass me by. 22/365 already has.

And of course, back to the writings on the wall, yup, gotta think hard about that. Reminds me of the sermon that City Church preached about how the houses were cleansed. Gotta let God do that.

Yup, that's about it for now. Dinner soon. End of 21 days of fasting mostly lunch and some dinners.

Let's go for 2010!