Today’s guest speaker was Rev Dr Daniel Koh
Whose voice was powerful but sometimes slow
He read from Matthew six, verses nineteen to thirty four
Reminding us that heaven’s treasures are worth so much more
The verses also tell us that worry we should not
As God is in control and will not let us rot
He talked about the world’s consumeristic culture
Which has taken over many people, that’s for sure
Do we take our guidance from our faith
Or from what the world sayeth?
Rev Dr Koh raised questions three
If good Christians we are to be
The first is about what we treasure
Is it worldly things that give us pleasure?
He said that possessions and savings are OK
The key is not to get carried away
As the more things we possess
The more things do us possess
The second is about our vision
And the accompanying ambition
This includes a spiritual and physical aspect
We should give up earthly views, in this respect
The third is about our life’s centre
It it God or money we yearn for?
We need to be monotheistic
And avoid being money-theistic
We need to escape from worry
Consumerism oft makes us hurry
God must be what we seek first
For His love we must thirst
It is important to fast and pray
These are Godly exercises, Koh did say
God should be our one and only king
An exclusive executive, in a manner of speaking
By following His value system
Above the world we do put Him
Linked to justice is the concept of virtue
For one’s self and the church community too
Because of greed, the world is in a big mess
The need for a Christian counter-culture he did stress
So to God we should bow down
Then upon us He will smile, not frown
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