Twinkle Star...

Are you an ambassador for Christ?

Are you practising what you preach?

I was in this cab today after my cousin's birthday celebration... had a long talk with the cab driver.

I don't know how we digress but at one point we were talking about christians. (He started it!)

He was telling me and my godma about how one woman scheming went in front of the taxi stand (ignoring the queue) to flag his cab. Then he commented how people nowadays are very self-centered... I can't help but agree. He suddenly said this, "A lot of people talk to me about christianity. But i think they shouldn't criticise other people's religion... I was also a free thinker turned Buddhist. They can tell me about their religion but they shouldn't put down other religions."Then we had a really interesting conversation...

(In mandarin)
Mr. Taxi driver: Do you know City Harvest?
Me: Yah.

Mr. Taxi driver: You go there?

Me: No.
Mr. Taxi driver: Oh good. Don't go there.
Me: Eh?
Mr. Taxi driver: The people there no good one. Fight for cab! That day i saw many people calling for cab in city harvest so i went there... aiyoh. people run across the road just like that for my cab! own people fight with own people for cab! They actually have their own taxi stand set up for them but they don't want to queue... go out and fight for taxi with own people!

I paused in silence. He went on...

Mr. Taxi driver: They are supposed to be special people! but in the end they are like all of us! no use lah. Christians are just like any other people!

'Special people' occupied my mind. In their eyes, we are 'special people'??? They recognise that we are different from the rest of the world. But that's only means that we shoulder a greater responsibility to be the light of this world.

Me: They might not be Christians at all. Many claim to be Christians but they might not be at all.

Then i went on to explain the many who are "radically-churched"... the difference between them and true Christians. I was glad he took it quite well and discussed it with me open-mindedly.

Mr. Taxi driver: You are a Christian right?
Me: Yup.

We are called to be His child - to walk in the light in this world of darkness. We have to be conscious before we do anything... we are responsible to God. We also have to know that whatever we do, we are watched by everyone else. (However, we should NEVER let this be the cause for good works.) They expect to see Christ in us!

IF WE LIE, WE SET GOD OUT TO BE A LIE.

"If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth." 1 John 1:6

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 Cor 5:17

Is Christ living in you?

Are you a new creation?

I pray that your answer is yes. I know mine is.

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