Ijinkan saya, bagaimana kalau kata Malaysia, kita ubah menjadi nama keluarga kita yang belum diselamatkan (belum menerima Tuhan Yesus didalam hidupnya), nama sekolah, nama kampus, nama tempat kerja kita, nama komunitas, bahkan nama kota atau nama negara kita, Indonesia. Tanpa mengurangi satu kata pun, semoga isi khotbah ini memberkati Anda :)
"Has Malaysia Born in your heart?"
"Has Malaysia born in your heart?" He asked this question right after he went on stage. "I'm not asking whether you are born in Malaysia, I'm not asking your nationality, what passport you hold in your hands. I'm asking whether you have the heart for this nation! If you do not have, ask God for it!" This statement blew me away. Yes, I am a Malaysian, but do I have my nation in my heart? I wept over the condition in my heart.
"God's calling for me to come to Malaysia this time is to wake up the Holy Giant in Malaysia" He said. Long in sleep? I can see myself as someone like that. He further prepared us by saying: "Sermons are always meant to entertain, but messages are always meant to change. Listen to what God has to tell you tonight!" Yes, God had a personal message to all of us there, and here it is: He spoke from Numbers 13:31-14:9.
An incident I always identify myself with. An event where differentiates people with real faith and people with temporal faith. There were great fear and great faith existing at the same time, there were 10 people saying negative things about the promised land of God, yet there were significant 2 persons, trusting in the promise of God, not knowing how, insisting that God will grant them the land according to His promises.
Grasshopper vs. Giants Mentality
For the Israelites, some see themselves as grasshoppers as compared to the Canaanites. "How do you see yourself, people of God in Malaysia? Grasshopper? Or a Giant?" Frankly speaking, in terms of size, and the guts to stand up for righteousness, or standing against the ungodliness of what happen in our society nowadays, I cannot deny that we see ourselves as grasshoppers at times.
"God wants us to see us as Giants, not grasshoppers! Distorted eyesight! We've got saved from sin, yet we often walk blindly in our path of salvation!" What a statement! Sharp and clear!
Prayers of Faith
"When you really know God's desire and message, how would you respond?" He asked us. "Are you keep on praying yet do nothing? Do something before God let you see that He grant you what He promised! God says: "As you respond to me by faith, I'll be responsible to do what I promised to do!" He said.
"If prayer doesn't make you know clearer of what you need to do, don't pray as if you care!" True and genuine prayer leads to action. You cannot pray for a person's salvation without asking God to use you as an instrument of God's love to that person's life, and make God known to that person. You cannot pray for the salvation of a nation without bringing positive impact or making a difference to the nation.
Suddenly, I get it. I get what God heart is. He whispered: " Malaysian, you have prayed too much, and you have been complacent with your current situation now. Now go out, and do something!"
Call to Action
He then called us to the following actions:
1. Pray for Muslims – Make yourself a friend to them and love them, even though love brings much hurt! The sin of the church today is creating more 'commandments' to stop evangelism from happening to our nation. Although you are restricted by the law to share Gospel to them, but you are not restricted to 'live out' the Gospel to them!
2. Grow Christian Influence – Bring more non-Malays to Christ, equip them and grow them (businessmen, politicians). Win the leaders, influence others to a point where the government see that people are free to decide what they want to believe (law enforcement) – The Lord has the ultimate authority to decide the law, not government, not law makers!
3. Encourage and support each others! Do not compete among yourselves, church! (English churches, Chinese churches, Tamil churches, Orang Asli churchs) Unite as one, share resources! Stop criticizing others! Prepare workers for revival: Win more non-Malays!
4. Stop singing lullabies to your church or nation! Wake up! Sing song of praise! Sing songs of victory! Do not be complacent!
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31)
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