A historical moment of LIFE...

We had a mock pledge for Arise & Build two days ago in cell. To put it simply, I think my amount was simply not faith-filled enough.

This morning after water baptism at 3K, Sarah sat me and Leena down at a nearby kopitiam and began to challenge us to give more for Arise & Build. She threw two amounts to me: Amount A, and Amount B. Amount A is reasonable and safe amount for a working adult like me to pledge. Put it this way, if I pledge Amount A, I would wake up the rest of my life as if it's just another normal day. Safe path...

Then she said, why not amount B (which is 2.5x more than amount A)? Trust me, if you're any normal working guy who just came out and worked in the working world...amount B is like...you could a lot of things with it. I looked at her, I wrote amount B on a white paper...and put a question mark (?) beside the amount. She laughed and said, "It's up to you." I thought for a moment, and felt I should settle for amount A instead. Just to play safe...anyway, amount A is quite a big amount too.

And the night comes...when Pastor Kevin challenges us to give our best for Arise & Build, I was almost wanting to pledge amount A, when a sudden faith surged in me. It's those kind of faith which only people like David got when he went out to fight Goliath. A thought came to my mind. Why not pledge amount B?

I think I ate too much porridge for lunch. Amount B? Serious? But God, amount A sounds much reasonable and more wisdom-filled. If amount A, sure can fulfill one. But if amount B, got risk what if I can't fulfill that much amount? But God told me that He would provide ways, and asked if I should trust Him. I said, I would love to do something for you that would require to step into my FAITH zone.

And so I wrote the Amount B on the pledge card. I knelt down and prayed before God, now that I have laid out my commitment, I must do whatever I can to fulfill it. There's no turning back. I don't want to end up with unfulfilled pledge. I must do whatever I can to fulfill that amount.

Have you ever prayed a prayer like, "God, if you don't come through for me, I don't know how else I can do it?" Yes, that was exactly the same thing that happened to me. Then I realised, faith pleases God, without faith it is impossible to please God. And God loves to challenge us to do things which has never been done before, to challenge us to step into the realm of FAITH.

I remembered the last time when I had this scary but faith defining moment when I was chosen to lead Local U cluster. And even greater faith is required when I set a gold medal target for my cluster to achieve. Ever since after Emerge, it just felt as if life really slowed down a lot. Everything is back to comfort zone.

And now God is asking me to step out of the boat again...

Now I will require all the faith that I need to fulfill the amount...

Are we able to do the impossible? Only when we step out in faith to do what God wants us to do...then only will we achieve it.

The journey has just begun...