ONE WAY !!!

Everybody in the FRONTLINERS(RGBC YOUTH
MINISTRY)… knows my personal theme song is "ONE WAY"
by Hillsongs. Check it out. It has a catch tune.

I want to let u guys know… why i love this
song so much. Why i never get bored eventhough i listen to it 100 times a day.
I can just play One Way again and again on my mp3 player… and still
have my first love for this song. WHY?

Everybody knows, ive backsliden for 2 years. To find out more, read my
" from backslider to FRONTLINER " episodes. I turned
away from GOD. But God is gracious to me all the time.

I had no holidays for the past 2 years. It was a stressful and eventful 2 year period for me. It was at that time I learn that no one can help me but GOD alone. I prayed hard for a holiday. KL was my destination. Ive always loved the city lifestyle. I missed the tall buildings and canggih stuffs u can get in KL. I miss my favourite HOKKIEN MEE ( tai lok mee - the big black noodles ). And, i wanted to meet 2 good frens of mine and another childhood fren. These guys has been an encouragement and an impact to me all this while.

This guy asked me one day… hey… r u coming to KL end of this year? I replied, err… u gotta pray  for it. Cos my dad wont let me off. So after that, i diligently prayed for it daily.

One day, i asked my dad, can i go to KL? Miraculously, he let me go, even when i had to miss my classes. God is great. I wonder wat changed my dads mind… :) It has to be the prayers.

So… i finally went to KL. When i reached KL, the first guy i wanted to meet was Eric Lim. He picked me up in the LRT station. We finally got to lepak like the good old’ INTI days… :) He brought me around KL, we ate at Satelite Ngah Choy Kai (Ipoh bean sprout chicken) and then lepak kow kow. Crapped for hours, then we went to 1 Utama.  Praise GOD… after such a long time, i finally got to lepak with this guy. Wonderful guy. And a very encouraging brother as well. This guy calls me all the way from PJ and even Australia to keep in touch with me. So proud to have such a fren. Keep it up brother.. :)

I stayed at Adrians place tat night and the following days. This is my childhood fren i knew since standard 1. We got to share a lot.

The next day, i went to the church i used to attend during my INTI days, Glad Tidings PJ. I cant wait to go there, cos, they finally moved to the new building. It was so touching, when i finally saw the new building. I did pledge a very small bit for the building, thus i had a sense of belonging with it. God rewards when we are faithful. They had 3 sanctuaries. And all of them runned at the same time.

The other guy i wanted to meet was Ah Pork. This guys another brother who had an impact on me. Thru his lifestyle… i saw GODs grace all the time. I see how God can be faithfull in spite of the failures we go thru in life. I met him in church and we went lepaking and crapping the whole day. We finally prayed for each other and said words of encouragement to each other.

I remember… he told me " Press on to JESUS. U will be a stronger person after u trust HIM ". " Dun worry, no matter how screwed up u are, God can change everything, as long as u repent ". Those words still stood in my mind till today… :)

The next morning, i woke up at around 11am. Adrian went to help his mom in their restaurant. I was alone in the room. Suddenly, i felt like praising GOD. The feeling was so intense. i locked up the room. I took the discman and played the song by hillsongs, ONE WAY.

That morning, i praised GOD personally on bended knees, with tears flowing. I told God thank you for giving me this holiday which i craved for 2 years. I got to meet the people i wanted to see. People whom impacted my life. People whom prayed so much for me. I couldnt have come tat far without them.

I sense the HOLY SPIRIT tat morning, telling me, God already has a great plan ahead for u in Penang. Tat morning, i promised GOD and made a covenant with HIM, that i will serve HIM wholeheartedly. I promised HIM, that no matter wat happens, i will never ever give up on the visions he has given me until i complete it. I promised never to ever complain about things again. I know that God wants me to be a FRONTLINER. This time… to be a true FRONTLINER.

Since tat morning, i never looked back again. The past is the past. Let God deal with it. I never even think of past glories anymore. I let go of my INTI days where i enjoyed to the max and saw the world. I must move forward. NO TURNING BACK !!!

Tat day, adrian sent me to the LRT station, i was returning to Penang. I felt weird. Cos, everytime when i go back to penang from KL, i was very reluctant and depressed. But this time, i cant wait to go back to penang. I know ive got a destiny to fulfill !!!

True enough, i look back from today, i am no longer the same person i was since i made that covenant. I am no longer the same playful and undependable slacker i used to be. I am a more driven person now, serious with my commitments. An ex-classmate of mine told me recently, " This is the first time i ever seen u serious in ur life ".  I am like the apostle peter after the days of pentacost. It is the work of the Holy Spirit that changed me this far. God is a God who sees the heart. It is only God who can get the best out of our hidden potential … :)

So u c, the song ONE WAY… had a significance in my life. I dun get bored with it. I can still jump with tat song. Because it reminds me of the day, LEPAK CHAN finally followed Jesus Christ with all his heart.



1 Comment so far

  1.   Tee on September 13th, 2005

    Hei MingHwee

    Thomas here. i certainly enjoy reading your blog man…you’re very good at storytelling.

    i get excited reading about how you’re so passionate for Jesus! God’s worked in you, i can tell, and He will accomplish what He has started!

    God bless you, man! see you around! (you can visit me at http://thomasleong.blogspot.com)

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