Deeper Reflection
We need to dare! Dare to dream! Dare to love! Dare to share Christ! Dare to take our stand for the Lord! Dare to believe that the Lord can and will transform us and others! Imagine a great “cloud of witnesses” (v.1) cheering us on. “Throw off the weight of sin! Run with endurance! Run the race of faith! You can do it! Dare to press forward!”The opposite is that we choose to cruise along and become comfortable. Choosing the easy path, we trade the “dare to run with endurance” for “don’t believe”, “don’t run” and “don’t get involved”. If we do that, we will become a church that rather stays in our own church bubble than to do faith exploits for God.We read in Hebrews 11 a list of commended people who acted in faith. They had eyes to see, faith to believe and courage to act! By faith in the Lord, they faced the unknown, various challenges, multiple adversities, wicked enemies, violent threats and cruel treatments! They dared to run with endurance the race that was set before them!As Covenant EFC turns 45 years old, let us head into the future by faith! Dare to disciple the generations, Singapore and the nations! Dare to be unashamed of the Gospel! Dare to take our stand against the hostilities of spiritual and human opposition. Dare to reach out and love the outcasts and the unclean the way Jesus did. Dare to engage and evangelise the unreached people groups in the world! Dare to exercise faith as we prepare to meet King Jesus!