Real Men, Real Faith

I have recently read a book. It’s titled Real Men, Real Faith. It is a book consisting of many stories of great men of God with great faith and there are summarised stories in their life on their encounter with God, in which area of their life was their faith stretched in, as well as their breakthrough. As I listened to Pastor’s sharing during service, I began to get “flashbacks” on the different stories that were inside the book.

Firstly, People of Prayer. Every story of all these men in the book, started with a prayer. All of them prayed different prayers in their life. They were always praying and spending time with God, communicating with Him through prayer. Their faith was built up by prayer as well as medicating on the Word of God.

Secondly, People of Encounter. All these men also had encounters in their life. They all had their own “burning bush” experience what Moses had in the Bible. One was when he was drunk, one was when he was in a church camp, even Pastor Kong’s story was his encounter in Hawaii. All these men experienced encounters after encounters. Each encounter assured them of God’s greatness in their lives.

Thirdly, People of Balance. These men were people of balance. They all had a strong balance in their life between their work, ministry as well as their personal life. They all had a steady career, they all actively serve God through their gifts and talents and of course not forgetting they all have happy families where most of their children are actively serving God in their own areas as well.

Fourthly, People who engage culture. Some of the men inside were people in the marketplace!! They were engaging culture. I remember there were 3 stories of parliamentary leaders, a few businessmen, a doctor, a few athletes, a few teachers etc. All these men were engaging culture.

Fifthly, People of Relationship. All these men were people who had relationships. They had a strong relationship with God as well as His people in church. They were there for anyone who has a need and they were there immediately to meet their needs as well as healing people when they are hurt. They were all a “people’s person”.

Lastly, People of Discpleship. One thing that inspires me a lot about all these men was how humble they were. They always give thanks to God for every single thing. They were already someone really awesome in their own fields and expertise. But however, they still humbly seek mentors and people to disciple them in their lives. Even better, these guys are actually great men of God themselves. Their mentors were men of God like Billy Graham etc.

To conclude, I am extremely inspired as well as all fired up to change and be someone better. I want to be a person of prayer, encounter, balance, engaging culture, relationship and discipleship. I want to be someone who God wants me to be. I strive to pray more to build up my faith in God. I want to build up my spiritual life by praying and worshipping God always. I want to have encounters after encounters with God. I yearn so deep in my heart every single day since then for a strong touch from Him. I just want more and more of Him and less of me. I want to be someone who has a balance in my life. I want to be able to balance all my commitments etc, every single aspect of my life I can think of.  I want to be someone who engages culture. I want to be sent out to the market place to bring Christ into every social order in the earth that is within my means. I want to be someone who brings impact to the lives of many individuals though the love of God. I want to be a person of relationships. I want to build bonds and friendships with people around me. Not just one that is a “hi-bye” one, but one that is deeper, one that spends quality time with them.