God can turn winds of adversity into showers of blessings.

This morning many was shocked to hear the news of few churches in KL being torched by some unidentified people. Many relates this to the latest tussle on the usage of the word "Allah" but again this are just speculations. What ever it is, we as a Christian need to be calm.

Being a human being, it is so normal for anger to sip in when we read such act of violence especially in places of worship. My feeling is mutual towards all place of worship. I would personally get pissed if someone torched a mosque, temple, gurdwara and etc. No matter what different opinion we have over another faith, we still need to show respect to one another. For me this cowardly act is uncalled for. Thank God there is no life lost in this incident.

As I was reflecting on this , I am reminded that God can always turn winds of adversity into showers of blessing. I guess the only reaction we Christian should take is to go on our bended knees and pray. Pray that the Lord will give wisdom to our Governmental and political leaders and pray for peace to reign in our nation. Luke 6:28 teaches us to pray for those who mistreat us.

It is really good to hear that some political leaders from both the ruling party and opposition have come out and condemn this act of violence against the church. In fact a fellow Malaysian Muslim urges people to donate towards the repair of Metro Tabernacle. Dr. Rafick Khan through his blog site http://rights2write.wordpress.com/ wrote a good article on this and started the ball rolling in collecting the fund.

This incident also reminds us, Christian, especially the church leaders and pastors to be wise on how we spend our God given funds. Instead of building mega churches (many times for our own pride and glory) and constantly upgrading our facilities (many times for our own comfort), we need to always remembers our calling is to glorify Jesus through helping the needy and the poor. We need to be reminded that we are not in a business of building exclusive clubs. We are in the business of bringing hope to the world that is so lost and blinded. I pray that we will learn to view our church as a hospital for sinners, rather than a club for saints. Jesus said "I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

We as Christian need to go our knees like never before and intercede for this nation and set our priority right.

Be Blessed.