The Dichotomy of the Internet.

RICE REVO WEBSITE LAUNCHED.
So exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been getting so many emails of encouragement lately. Dear brothers and sisters sharing what they've learnt recently; prayer points; encouraging news; words of love, as we spur one another on.

Reading stuff on the RICE Revo site is no different. Seeing other like-minded Christians, desperate for God on their knees, crying for revival, and actually seeing His response work, and move, and uphold His precious ones, as he comforts and cherishes them makes this indescribable feeling well up in me.

Of wonder and amazement at the realisation of how deep and wide His love is for us!

Seeing my dear brothers and sisters thirst for God, and seeing His reply of grace and love has been one of the most encouraging aspects of my own walk with God so far in this life, but yet I can't help to feel saddened- even appalled- at this huge... contrast between the lives of His already, saved, cherished ones, and those still sick and hungry- metaphorically and physically.

I was watching this video once on Youtube- I kinda randomly clicked on it, not really thinking that it would relate to me that much, but was interested in it anyway- on sexual temptation, by Josh Harris (HE'S SO COOL. Anyways.). Within something like 10 seconds into his talk, I was already shocked. What he said was such an obvious observation, yet it never hit me till then.

He said (something along the lines of), "I bet some of you who are watching this on the internet will be shocked to think that somewhere out there, a click away, is a porn video [he then goes on to say something about how disgusting it is to God, or something of the like]"

Like, whoa dude. Whoa. (Haha church camp win ;D)

All this RICE Revo stuff made me think of it. There's so much great stuff on the internet. People using Facebook to reach out to people; encouraging blogs, etc. It's awesome.

But somewhere, a click away, is some one, dying. Drowning. Their heart is being eaten away at on the inside; they're screaming, internally; they have no hope. They're desperate for something bigger; they're desperate for saving. A hero on a white horse comes around, but he ends up being just like the rest of them. Till there's nothing, nothing, nothing; a stone cold heart.

How I used to feel.

All this made me realise...
You're either on His side, or you're not.

It's a dichotomy; an all or nothing; there's no fence sitting.

You can dwell in His house forever, or be banished from His presence forever.
You're either righteous in His sight, through the grace given to us through Jesus, which we're so undeserving of... Or you're not.
You're so incredibly sinful (and rightfully so, as you deserve) that He can't stand even being with you, no matter how much it hurts Him to see you like this.

You're so set apart... So holy.
Now, in you, we are too.

And so, about this dichotomy on the internet.
We're but a small portion of the population.
Perhaps a couple of IP addresses versus a thousand.

But with faith even as small as a mustard seed...
Even so, I expect to be blown away by how glorious you are.

You're the God of this City, and of this world, and there's nothing you can't do.

Your name will be glorified, and nothing can stop You.