Faithful* - Go West

Easter 2008 has come and gone. It has been a very different kind of Easter this year. But more about that later.

We had Tony Anthony with us this Easter. I'm sure just like meself, most of us would not easily forget one of the true story he told us - it was about this man who lived in Sydney years ago. To cut the long story short, for 40 years, this man went along George Street and handed out Christian pamphlets to strangers, asking them if they died, would they go to heaven or to hell. Day in and day out, he would do that. Many people actually became Christians as a result of their encounter on George Street - people who came from all over the world and from all walks of life.

Someone tried to do the math and figured that more than 150,000 people became Christians as a result of this one man. This is based on the number of people who confirmed actually meeting this man - there are prolly many more in the world.

It was only when he was old and frail when people discovered the extent of his efforts. He was visited and told of the fruits of his labour. With tears rolling down his wrinkled cheeks, he said that for the 40 years of doing that, he never knew of anyone who actually believed in the message.

Now that's faithfulness! He never gave up. He kept on at it. That was all he could do - so he did it.

I am reminded that God has not called us to be successful. He called us to be faithful.

p/s - Easter this year is one of the earliest i've ever celebrated. Easter almost crept up on me. There was also no Easter Conference! It was also one of the rare ones where we did not come out wif a presentation. So no practices, no scripts to memorise, no songs to learn. We decided to let Tony take over the entire meeting - so all we did was just handled the worship session. It was fun playing together in a band - i must get a good guitar... once i have enuf money. It makes such a huge difference!!!!

*One of the 2(?) hits that they are remembered for!