ZERO to HERO

Ah ah siol!!! (quoted from wayne.)

wassssuppp! For all you school kids out there, schools about to start, so start being smart!
Kk. Enough lameness.

For the deovtion today (Day 5), the first thing I've realised was the scripture passage looked very familiar! Then I realised, we've been doing the same scripture passage the past 2 days as well! And guess what! We're also doing the same passage today and ALSO on Youth Sunday! It's our scripture passage for youth sunday. So cool right! You all better be able to read out the passage on Sunday without looking at the bible. I'm going to test you. if you don't know, means you haven't been doing devotions. Orh hor!

Anyway, I think the other leaders have shared their bit and we now should know that God loves us, because He created us. And He created us in His image and He was willing to send His son to come and die for us. Period. No argument there.

You know, growing up as the middle child in the family, we are often regarded as the most unloved of kids in the family. Cos the oldest is always doted on, while everyone always loved the youngest. (All those middle kids would be nodding their head in agreement now..)

When I was young growing up, I wasn't the best sportsman or the best student. In fact, my brother was better at most sports than me and also getting good grades than me. And when my sister started schooling, she also became a good student, but at least I'm still a better sportsperson than her. So I sometimes got my mum or dad trying to compare me with them, which many of you who have siblings will know how annoying it is.
And on top of that, somehow, by some great coincidence, it seems like all of my dad's friends had smart kids or at least boasted that they had smart kids.

But after a while, I realised that we all had our special gifts. Mine definitely was not in studying. But I realised one thing, my identity is found in Christ. I was a christian, a child of God, and a special kid made by God for a reason.

God didn't have time to create a nobody. He only had time to create a somebody. And we are all somebody's in this world.

I loved how Reinhard Bonnke gives the analogy of how we are all zeroes. but with THE ONE, we all become value added and can make an impact around the world! Just look at Mr Bonnke, making an impact to millions. (Some of us had the opportunity to listen to him live earlier this year and he was a great speaker.)

I think being a teenager (not anymore for me) we all face alot of criticism and also face harsh words from either friends or our parents or siblings, where we get told we are losers, zeroes, idiots, good for nothings.....

But we need to keep in mind we are all good for somethings, thats the way He created us. We each have a purpose in our lives that He has put in our hearts and we each have special gifts to fulfill it. (So if you don't know what your spiritual gift is, come and look for me and I'll help you take a test!) And may our lives be our message to the world! That with Christ in me, with Christ for me and with Christ with me, I am a somebody in this world, and the world can never take that away!

So go out and be a somebody in this world, in your backyard!
You are no longer a ZERO!
You are now a HERO!

-Your friendly neighbourhood hero,
Spider-Shung