As the guys gear up, devotion was shared this week about our life goals and plans. Scripture in relation was taken from Exodus 3, whereby the story of Moses was shared. We see God giving Moses the goal He chose for him. We all know that Moses had fled Egypt, and settled with his family tending to his father-in-law's flock in Median. After leaving Egypt for 40 years, he probably would have forgotten the earlier events in Egypt, and his goal is probably just to retire as a farmer. Yet, God call out to him to return to Egypt to free the Israelites. This was not Moses's goal, but God's goal. Moses's reaction to God's goal for this assignment shows his humility and humanity. He questioned, " Who am I that I should go to the Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?" And yet, God still used him. God did not merely give Moses the specific goal. He defined the plan, the needed steps and skills, He provided Aaron to help Moses. God knows the goal is useless without a plan. So he told Moses where to go, to whom, for what purpose and how to eventually celebrate the victory. Often we forgot God knows everything about us, our past, present and future. We question God and point him to our flaws. We don't see the victory God shows us when He presents His goals. We need to understand a goal is the destination, the plan is the journey. The goal will be clear and unlikely to change, but the plan will be fuzzy and will have several possible paths. That is why its essential to continue to listen to God about the journey's details. Any obstacles we meet are merely learning stations that teaches us to lean on Jesus. We need to stay focus on Christ and let Him lead, for He knows the way, we don't! Our life goal is to glorify God. It gives the context for all we do and is the reason we do everything. To achieve these goals, we follow plans, which are part of our "sanctification" journey to become like Christ. And as we carry out plans, don't be surprised when conditions worsen before getting better. Always reach out to God to confirm His goals for us and to give us wisdom as He guide us through our challenges! Devotion was concluded whereby I shared the few cross-junction in my life; the path and dilemma to choose after O-levels and midway through university days.
Soccer was then preceded with about 8 a-side on a half-field, the reds-yellows versus the other colours. 10 minutes in, a couple more youths joined our kick-a-bouts and we switched to a full match field size, with goal scoring only in the 6-yard box. Goals were plentiful throughout the session, with wei-en especially getting a lot of them as he takes full advantage of the no offside-rule. Key soccer highlights were on how the PMC competitive players were able to practise their play in their respective position. Jem and WJ were in defence for the Reds wherein much defensive work was carried out against a very strong attack 4 of JZ, YJ, Shel and Jacob. Other exciting work noted was the potential shown in some of the youths who have been attending soccer fellowship with this soccer community for awhile now. Isaac and friends sure show good athletics and touches, and i'm sure in time to come, these young football enthusiasts will develop to become very good footballers. Everyone had a good 2 halves run-out under the hot afternoon sun, and the session ended promptly at 5pm.
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