Coming out of the train, I headed for the escalator as everybody else. Everyone was rushing for one of the two escalators and the queue became very long. I was about to join the queue when I saw that the other escalator also go up but no one was using it. Both escalators go to the same place. It was there to prevent congestion. But ‘monkey see, monkey do’ and people just join the queue. I took the empty escalator and soon enough others from the queue for the other escalator, left and use this escalator.

The world is full of people who ‘blindly follow’. It is getting more and more difficult for people to think (carefully) before they choose to act. One of the reasons is the fear of losing out. Another is the laziness to think. It is also likely the attention is taken up elsewhere and just follow. How dangerous are these reasons? They are very dangerous especially when eternal matters are concerned.

We had seen many people joining all kind of protests in other parts of the world. Putting unfair wages protests aside, some of the ideologies protests are questionable. Do the people who join these protests know what they are protesting for? Many a time, they are protesting because of a lack of clear understanding and blindly join as it “seemed right.” Appears to be right is not necessarily right, it could be absolutely wrong. In some big country, which is really totalitarian in reality, the support of gay pride is misled more than knowing why.

Brothers and sisters, know what you believe. Be clear about it. Do not follow because others do. The bible promised us that whoever seeks God will find Him. There is no worry that a person who truly seek God will be lost. The only worry is that you lose sight of your search along the way and wondered somewhere else.

So, stay your path with God and Him alone. Let not the world lead you astray. Keep away from celebrity faith. Jesus came as a humble man and not as a king so that we do not look at the outer appearance. Follow God, not the queue.

God bless,
In Christ’s service,

Barry Leong

从地铁车厢出来，我随着大家来到电动扶梯。所有的人都匆忙走向两架电动扶梯的其中一架，于是队伍逐渐变长了。正当我准备加入队伍，我发现另一架电动扶梯也是向上滑动的，却没有人乘搭。两架电动扶梯都正往同一个地点，作用是预防堵塞。但是“有样学样”，大家就跟着队伍走。我走上无人使用的电动扶梯，很快的，原本在另一架电动扶梯排队的人就转移，也改用这架电动扶梯了。

这个世界充满了“盲目跟从”的人。要人们在他们选择行动之前思想（仔细的）是越来越来困难了。原因之一就是害怕失去。另外就是懒惰思想，很可能注意力已经被转移到其他地方且茫然跟从。这些原因到底有多危险？它们都很危险，尤其当它是关乎永恒的。

我们看见很多人在世界各地进行各种的抗议活动。将那些因不公平待遇而引起的抗议搁置一旁，有一些意识形态的抗议是值得怀疑的。这些参与抗议的民众是否知道他们在为什么抗议？很多时候，他们之所以抗议是因为缺乏清晰的理解，也因为“看起来是对的”就加入。看起来是对的未必真的就是对的，反而可以是绝对错误的。有一些大国，现实中就是极权主义，对维护同性恋的尊严其实是误导过于知道为何如此行。

弟兄姐妹，要确知你所相信的。要清楚的知道，不要人云亦云。圣经应许若我们寻求上帝就必寻见祂。一个真正寻求上帝的人，不必担心他会迷失。唯一要担心的是你在路程中会失去寻索的目光而漂泊他处。

因此，在你的道路上要与上帝并单单与祂同行。不要让世界引你入歧途。远离名人的信仰。耶稣以谦卑人而不是君王的身份来到这里，所以我们不是看外貌。跟随上帝而不是群众队伍。

上帝赐福，
在督里同工的，

Barry Leong