Follow God and Prevail over Bullies

In the MG cell group at the end of last month, C-Mo was prompted to give me a new name, “Prevail over Bullies”. In the past I was like having a mark on my forehead: “Easily Bullied”, but now C-Mo is turning it into “Prevail over Bullies”. At the Monthly Prayer Meeting last Thursday, I shared my life story on how I was once prone to bullies but now I could prevail over bullies and it was met with heated responses. I hope that it will also start more reflections on life!

I was born in a poor family, surrounded by gangsters and I got used to tolerating their bullies. After I turned to Christ, I knew that I had God who backed me up. So I could often let go when facing bullies. I believed that God reigned and that had gradually enabled me to live a life that can prevail over bullies.

Indeed prevailing over bullies is a choice to follow God – when I choose it as a husband, my relationship with C-Mo is warm instead of being distant or cold. The “bully” from C-Mo every day is actually her love and help to me, as well as fun between two of us. I never mind how she treats me and hence our relationship is getting better and better. As a senior pastor, I choose to let go of all the misunderstandings of others and God’s peace is in our midst. If I had chosen otherwise and calculated and argued on everything, our church would have been filled with disputes and even gone to division. Our disciples would also have become people who cannot prevail over bullies and our church would have been filled with quarrels and strife.