Consecration: -noun.
1. the act of consecrating; dedication to the service and worship of a deity.
2. the act of giving the sacramental character to the Eucharistic elements of bread and wine, esp. in the Roman Catholic Church.
3. ordination to a sacred office, esp. to the episcopate.
(as refered from Dictionary.com)

I would use the first meaning for this post...

What does it actually mean to consecrate? It is to dedicate your all to the service and worship... Today, during second service, Vincent gave an altar call to those who want to consecrate their lives to God. I was like, "Should I go up?" and then I just thought of the times in school where I completely dishonored God by a LOT of things, like for example

- Taking credit for what was supposed to be the work of Jesus
- Letting impure thoughts take root in my mind
- Allowing myself to be like "a den of robbers"

Huh? What "den of robbers" are you talking about? Well, in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Paul writes,

"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body."

Ok, in 1 and 2 Corinthians, Paul is writing to the church of Corinth, which is pretty screwed up. They sleep around, divorcing is as common as we breathe... So Paul wrote a letter to sort of "rebuke" them while paving the way for them back to God. Jesus died for us. He was the scapegoat for our sins and when we accept Him, the Holy Spirit fills us and dwells in us. The Temple of God is "God's house" (technically), where prayers are heard. I was kinda wreaking my own Temple, which is not good at all.

So yeah, getting back to the altar call. I was kind of struggling with the option to go up or not. I want to be consecrated with God, yet a part of me is tugging me, as if trying to tell me to keep whatever addictions I had. I have no idea what made me do it, but I just stepped up.

First, some background info of my life for the past 3 weeks.

I finished almost all of my homework, except for my mother tongue. The Youth Music Min in church is also starting a... new structure, where a group of people will lead worship/play the instruments every week. Minwei (the head), was asking me last week if I can join the new commited band so I was like, ok... And I got rostered for guitar next week, so being the very anxious me, went for a direct crash course of guitar lessons today before second service... Fingers are still aching now...

I was rather peaceful these couple of weeks, of course with hiccups here and there...

So as I stepped up for the altar call, to my surprise (sort of) I did not feel anything, did not feel any power filling me... I had no idea what I was supposed to do cos my mind was rather clogged and I was not thinking clearly... So I just prayed for consecration to God, that I will live a life that is like Jesus. Of course, I did not know that I would get my first trial today...

My addcition kicked in again today and I stupidly decided to follow the addiction... I dunno what happened, but when Reuben talked to me on MSN, I glanced at his PSM and saw this:

"Zhao Zilong of Changshan is here"

And suddenly I felt like playing Dynasty Warriors 5... The Xbox had been causing me a lot of problems... stupid CD keeps ejecting for no reason... So I went and play it, doing so cutting off whatever I was doing (aka the bad addiction). And surprise, surprise. The CD lasted for an hour! A record I must add. Btw, if you do not know who Zhao Zilong is, please refer to the post titled "Random Review"

This proved... something. I am not sure actually but I think God got Reuben to talk to me! Cos if Reuben did not talk to me, I would have succumb to my addcition! God is great man!

Indeed, in Paul's letter to the Corinthians:

"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." 1 Corinthians 10:13

That is about all I got to say actually... Can you solve the above riddle?

God bless,
Yong Quan