It is the best of times, and the worst of times

10 April 2011

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going directly to Heaven, we were all going the other way.”

How fitting the above paragraph describes our present time, though the writer penned them nearly a century ago in his novel.

There are great opportunities for faith proclamation and great resistance against spirituality. There are wonderful possibilities of hope and yet enormous apathy and indifference. Ours indeed is the best of times and the worst of times.

The church living in our age and time needs the Holy Spirit. Discernment of God’s will require that we grow toward spiritual maturity. To be filled with the Spirit, led by the Spirit and live in the Spirit must be our life aim and goal as a church of disciples.

A redeemed lifestyle starts with a renewed mind. A renewed mind has the mind of Christ which results in kingdom-fuelled purpose. May the Holy Spirit enable us to understand our times and pray in all earnest conviction, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven…”