Erling Thu

Category: Religion

  • Free to create a new lifestyle

    To be somebody is to be free
    From dead forms and unnatural rituals
    – of the old traditional religion
    Not giving in to artificial patterns
    – of modern Christianity
    Not serving inhuman systems
    – of political ideologies
    Not giving in to any thing that stifles life

    To be free is to create your own lifestyle
    By submitting to the design of your Creator
    Only when you choose to be the person
    You are designed to be in the image of God
    You are enabled to create a beautiful life
    Because you are free to choose the beauty of holiness

    To be somebody is to realise
    That freedom and bondage
    Depend on your own decision

  • Pushing yourself forward

    To be somebody is to push yourself forward
    It is to lift your head above the mass
    Avoiding being choked by the boring sameness of sin
    Or being imprisoned by accepted rules
    It is to make yourself free from conventional views
    As you follow the Truth in ministering Grace
    Liberating people around you to breathe freely
    Even in the hostile environment of consumerism
    As they keep looking steadily into God’s perfect law
    – the law that sets people free

  • Eating orange

    To be somebody
    is to eat an orange
    in wonder and worship

  • Having young people for dinner

    To be somebody is having young people
    Eating dinner with you in your home
    And enjoying their company
    Sharing our life with one another
    As we talk of many different aspects
    Of our life with God and our families

    To be somebody is enjoying
    Interaction with grown up people
    Belonging to a different generation
    That could have been our own children
    But not noticing age at all
    Because we all enjoy being God’s children
    Having fun together
    Appreciating one another’s company

  • Character formation

    To be somebody is to be marked
    By the very character of God by having
    – love written all over you
    – joy crafted in your face
    – faithfulness inscribed on your heart
    – peace carved deeply into your spirit
    – patience chiselled into your very soul
    – kindness imprinted on your entire being
    – goodness penetrating your nature
    – gentleness sculpturing your actions
    – self-control engraved on your will

    To be somebody is to be in the hands of God
    Gratefully allowing the great artist of life do want he wants:
    – remove sexual immorality and
    – delete every impure thought
    – wash away eagerness for lustful pleasure
    – deliver from idolatry and participation in demonic activities
    – take away hostility, quarrelling and outbursts of anger
    – uproot jealousy and selfish ambitions
    – plot out the feeling that everyone is wrong except your own little group
    – set you free from envy and drunkenness
    – rescue you from wild parties and other kinds of nasty behaviour
    To install divine values into your inner being
    For the real beauty of holiness to be seen
    As you are radiate with the glorious grace of God

  • Giving thanks – leaving comments

    To be somebody is to give thanks
    For the small things in life
    It is to leave a comment
    On a poetic blog of a stranger
    Expressing appreciation with one word: cool!
    Telling how you will use it
    In blessing relatives and friends

    When your footsteps are a trail
    Of thanks and appreciations
    Of positive and encouraging words
    Of real and virtual smiles
    Then everyone you encounter
    Will think that you are really somebody

    To be somebody is not to take things for granted
    But allowing yourself to be surprised
    At any little token of goodness
    And every expression of kindness
    Giving glory to the Creator
    He is the source of the beautiful life
    Of a grateful heart

  • Leaving an impression

    To be somebody is to leave an impression
    Of depth and purity, integrity and love
    On the people you spend time with
    It is to make a lasting impression
    On precious people created in the image of God
    As you touch them with your life
    Of honesty and transparency
    Even though they seem indifferent to you

    To be somebody is to leave a beautiful mark
    Of the loving presence of God
    On persons you interact with

  • Responding

    To be somebody is to respond
    To the word of the Lord
    Spoken to you by a human being
    By humbling yourself
    – through prayer and fasting
    Seeking to understand the times
    – and the seasons of the Spirit
    Preparing yourself for things to come
    To live out the eternal purpose
    Of the mystery made known to you
    Knowing that the drama of eternity
    Is acted out in the present
    In down-to-earth obedience
    To the Lord of the Universe

  • Receiving prophetic words

    To be somebody is to receive prophetic words
    Concerning your future
    – your ministry
    – countries to visit
    – people to minister to
    and persons to meet

    It is to be given insight
    Into the unseen realm
    And the seasons of the Spirit
    Through words and visions
    Through signs and dreams
    Brought forth by men and women
    Moved by the Holy Spirit

    When God bothers to speak to me
    Through other persons
    I really feel that I am somebody
    If that had not been the truth
    He would not have spoken
    Encouraging and strengthening words
    Helping me to grow

    These words also help me to realise
    I am what I am only because of his grace
    Only because of his sovereign election
    I have become somebody
    To his own glory

  • Living beyond self-interest

    To be somebody is to live beyond self-interest
    Knowing that you are sent on a mission
    Knowing that your life has a purpose
    Knowing why you are here
    Not living for yourself but for something greater than yourself
    Not living for self-interest but for the will of God
    Not living for your own honour but to glorify God

    Those who do the works they are sent to do
    Are really somebody who have achieved a lot in life
    For they have embraced the cross
    And died to themselves
    To become something for others