If we live like this, we cannot lose.

For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto Salvation for all who believe
- Romans 1:16


You know guys, this suddenly struck me while I was in my sleep. It was such a wonderful revelation that I felt I just had to wake up at 6 am in the morning on a Sunday to tell you all what God had revealed to me. Whether you are Christian or not, really my teammates, I regard you all as my Brothers.

Our team has quite a few Christians. Eugene, Chinks, Kennedy and I used to frequently remark and rejoice at the fact that our entire EXCO is Christian. We prayed before the next EXCO was chosen. We pray sometimes for direction, for the team. We pray before races. Yet sometimes I can't help but feel that many Christians on the team have led lives seemingly defeated by vulgarities, coarse joking, lack of self-control, etc. etc. I am one of the worse examples. The Bible tells me I'm not supposed to give into this crap, but I do. And whats worse is that when we do so we aren't ashamed of it. I think Brian swear until really funny. You know other than Mongs nobody else tells him not to? We all just join in - as Michael says, by "reflex action". And you know thats not all.

I have heard from my other friends and church members about how Christian family members and friends of theirs fell away from Christ's grace and love because they gave up hope on their Christian faith ... because they were discouraged that God was not working in their lives.

Because they "couldn't feel". They didn't know. But while I was sitting on my bed after waking up, there was one quote that just went through my mind -



If you step out onto the field and lay it all out there, if you give everything you got, then we cannot lose. We may be behind on that scoreboard, but we cannot be defeated.



Then I realised that as a canoeing life ends the big picture of life on earth remains and when life on earth ends the biggest picture of life in heaven with God for eternity truly remains. And even as we fought hard and finished the races of our canoeing life like winners, Jesus fought hard and bled on the cross to redeem us from our sins so that we might finish the race of life like winners.

We may loose the battle to sin daily, but we know that we have a God who loves us, Christ who gave his own life for our victory, and the Holy Spirit to guide us every step of the way. As Christians, we have won the battle. God sees and hears every hokkien vulgarity we use, the nasty shit we say about people, the ungracious behaviour towards others, the unwillingness to help even our teammates, the ugliness of what we think maliciously in our minds sometimes (even with the Jon Neo thing which we whole day laugh about lol), all our hypocrisies ... the Lord sees all this and then he sees Christ's blood on the doorpost of our hearts, and then he says - "ALL IS FORGIVEN." Such is the grace of God through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

So what are we going to do with our life? Are we going to step out onto the field of the world and lay it all out there for Christ? Are we going to give everything that we've got for God? Are we going to make that choice, not just at the moment we said our Sinner's Prayer, but daily, to take up our cross and follow Christ? We may be behind on that scoreboard, but remember that in Christ, we cannot be defeated.

If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ... Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:31-39

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