As our leaders deliberate on how our church can become more effective and efficient, the following are two of my personal observations of the universal as well as local Church, WRPF.

When God created Man in His image, He created in Man, a capacity to choose. The outcome of Adam’s and Eve’s wrong choices made the world as we know it today – a world that falls short of the glory of God; a glory He had intended His children to be bestowed with.

God’s creation of His Church is a similar but greater experiment to His creation of Man. In this, God made Himself inseparable and indivisible from, vulnerable with, and interdependent on that which He created – The Church, with Jesus Christ as the Head of the Body.

The Church is made up of a community of believers including past, present and future. The bible describes us as the members of Christ’s Body. No wonder then, when Saul persecuted the early Church, it was revealed to him that he was really hurting Jesus. Likewise, when we commit adultery, we inevitably commit our Lord in an unholy union (1Cor 6). God has given Himself wholly and unreservedly to His Church, being part of her welfare as well as advancement.

God’s redemptive work through His Son, Jesus Christ, is His second chance at making Man what He had originally intended. The Church is the embodiment of such a bold “experiment” of God tagging Himself completely to His creation.

My second observation – if we can realise and accept that the Church has a special place in God’s heart, we WILL rise up to be what He has destined us to be – His glorious Church with His divine DNA written into our system. In the Church, God is staking His entire credibility.

His aid for us is the residing of Holy Spirit within. A privilege experienced by the OT saints, prophets, kings, judges and priests. The Bible tells us that God has given us EVERYTHING we need to fulfill His will in the world. We should be the happiest, most purposeful and empowered people on planet Earth.

WRPF is His Church and HE IS WRPF’S SPIRIT AND STRENGTH. Our passion, efforts and commitment SHOULD stem from His strength as we watch the Church unite and grow from strength to strength. The Bible tells us that the universe anxiously awaits the glorious revelation of God’s sons and daughters.

So while His spirit works within us,
We watch as the world watches,
And wait as the world waits,
For the glorious revelation of His Church,
World Revival Prayer Fellowship.

-Mark Cheong