In a country where revolution has played a big role to make a drastic change
in a perturbed society, we became a recipient of it and attained the freedom
and liberty all of us are enjoying right now.
And talking about revolution, we remember the noble ones who fought for
freedom, justice and liberty, the glory of their sacrifice, the desperation and
exasperation to have independence from any other control and the unforget-
table EDSA. And these, we and the next generations will make it on their
minds of who they were and what they are.
Studying some revolutions that happened throughout history, (well, by the
way, thanks to my social studies teacher who shared histories and ideologies
about that) above all their ideologies and strategies how they can conquer a
powerful regime or plans to make their will manifested, they fall in one thing
in common. They can't continue what they've started. The best plans man
has ever created to make this world humane, after attaining their goal, gra-
dually dergrades and turns into vanity. I'll give some short examples.
In Russia, the Soviet Union falled down after Joseph Stalin planned to make
their country to be a proletariat republic with Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and
other activists. After removing the czarist government, people believed and co-
operated most of the ideologies created by Karl Marx. Because they can't main-
tain the egalitarian principles of their party, the conspiracies and abuse of Stalin's
power, his regime controlled the people until World War II, that eventually led to
the fall of USSR. We'll not go farther at the second one.
People Power, in its essence have emerged due to the suppressing situation
of our compatriots in those days. Abusive power and depressing environment
of our compatriots in those days. Abusive power and depressing environment
created a momentum and sparked the flame of urgency that led to the people's
uprise. Being unconcerned is not the play of the game.
And all was history. Democracy attained but the plans that were to be main-
tained to make this nation be liberated by the social injustices this country is
still facing, from the past until now becomes still unmanifested.
Okey. "What's your point?", you may ask.
I will try to expand the idea with respect to the theme of this year's conference
in its rational and radical form.
Can you consider Christ as a revolutionary? I'll just put on my views as being
an activist.
I'll answer that for you. Obviously no, in its biblical aspect. But he became man
and experienced the same struggles, trials and injustices that we are seeing now,
and what did He do when He encountered it? He didn't turned a blind eye. He
stand for what's right, just and true and continued it up to the cross. He changed
the course of history, He broke the perverted standards of this world subjecting
under His feet. He defended the widow and the poor. He demonstrated love
and justice. He redeemed what was lost, He fought injustice and sin. And those
are the things that I may consider Him a revolutionary and others reflected Him
by being revolutionists.
And what made Him endure all of the struggles and to be consistent to what
He has promised?
His ideology was simple. It is LOVE. To make people justified and let God
glorified.
And so it applies to us today. The consistency of the manifestation in the
goals of a revolution depends on a strong ideology and how it will be maintained.
If true love will be inculcated in people's hearts, it will bring not only behavior
modification but also life transformation, and change every bad situation, and
just to end the paragraph rhythmically, quoting from my friend's comment in fb,
making that "complacency is not an option." Having God's love gives us a divine
compulsion to speak and act. Making Christ the Lord of all.
Which is only found in Him. Which will be the fuel to continue what God wants
us to do. And passion will follow. It will not fail nor deteriorate.
Get the picture. Radical or extreme as it may seem, but true.
Well, I hope it will not only end after the conference. We, as being imparted by
God's love will be the ones to impact and change every aspect of society and
making God's ultimate expression made be known until Christ comes.
An expectation I want to witness in this season of my life.
To wrap it up, I came up with this realization.
So far, after all the ideologies and revolutions have faltered its dreamed
purpose, our God will never cease to prove to us and put it in an expression that..
"Love never fails."
