Am I too tough? Am I demanding too much from people? Sincerely I do not think so. But if you ask me whether I often set higher standard? "yes" is my answer. But I only set a higher standard in upholding what I believe to be God's principles as for other things in life, perfectionism is not for me.  This is my convictions, to love God with all our heart, mind and strength and to obey Him to our upmost. Anything less than the best is not for Him, not worthy of His name, not worthy of what we've been called for!!

 

And this is not only for my sake, not only because I'm convicted, this is so that we can be strong and biblical. Strong and biblical disciples do not serve God based on convenience or what seems right to oneself. Strong and biblical disciples dare to make tough decisions to the extent of costing one's own comfort, pride and intellect. When they learn to make tough decisions in God, though the circumstances may become more challenging and difficult, true strength and characters will grow as they walk through God's refining process. These are the ones that are truely STRONG and have faith that is UNSHAKABLE!!

 

I am in no way imposing this "standard" on people. That has never been my intention. The only things that compel me to explain, to state my stand and to explain again without compromising in any way are His and my love for you ,and my real concern of you becoming STRONG in the Lord. I see the need and the call for all of us to take our walk seriously.  I'd rather be misunderstood or judged because of the correction than seeing people remaining weak and fall away because they could not take the trials or stand up under temptations.

 

My committment to God and people in discipleship is NOT to make them feel happy so that I may be the "nice" leader that everybody likes. My committment to God and people is that by His grace, I will do my best in discipling and guiding so that we all will develop strong and biblical convictions and characters that will last our life time and through the harshest challenges.