A Visit to BGC

We were able to visit Bonifacio Global City during our short vacation in Manila.  Again, we were blessed with a light traffic day last January 2, and so our drive from Quezon City to BGC, was light and smooth.  When we arrived in BGC it was like being in another country.  There were traffic signs reminding drivers that they were to follow the traffic rules and regulations.  Cars were moving according to the speed limit, and THEY WERE STOPPING FOR PEDESTRIANS!  Pedestrians had the priority the moment they stepped on the pedestrian lane!  What a sight to see.  Interestingly, Filipino drivers obeyed.
And then you would see foreigners left and right.  Probably the expats who worked in the companies based in BGC.  Many of them were walking their dogs, even allowing people to pet them.  The place was clean, peaceful, a nice place to walk.  As I mentioned, almost like being in another country...a whole new world, a new fantastic point of view.

It is interesting how we, Filipinos, follow rules and regulations the moment we are made aware of them, and also made aware that we will be apprehended if we don't obey.  And I think it is human nature to adapt to the life and culture of a place that is totally different to what we are accustomed to. Hence, walking and driving around BGC changes the ways and practices of those who are there.

So similar to the Christianlife.

Colossians 1:10-13 (NIV)
¹⁰And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, ¹¹being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully ¹²giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. ¹³For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,

Many believers forget that we become citizens of a different kingdom the moment our hearts are born again.  We recognize a new King, and our allegiance changes.  We are made aware of His life and ways by the Holy Spirit through His Word.  And God begins to work in our hearts, changing our character and attitudes, bringing a corresponding change of life, how we live, our conduct, in every aspect of our life.
The key is about our being aware, our having knowledge and understanding, concerning this life of the kingdom of God that we now belong to.  Many believers seem to proclaim a belief and love for their King, but still continue to live lives according to the world from which we came.  I believe we need to be continually be reminded of the life that our God and King wants us to live.  Just like in BGC, the teachings and signs are all revealed in His Word.  All we have to do is to keep reading, meditating upon them, being led by the Spirit, keeping in step with Him.

If we leave BGC and go back to the "normal" Filipino life, we will end up living like almost all Filipinos...breaking rules, thinking of ourselves.  But when we go back to BGC, with the understanding of their ways we change.
Many of us do not remain in the Lord, reading and meditating upon His word, enjoying fellowship with Him and with other believers, and so our ways tend to revert back to our old ways.  This is why daily worship, prayer, enjoying God and His Word, fellowship with other believers is so important because it keeps us aware of the kingdom we now belong to, and He gives us the strength to continue on this new life we are now in.

Now that we belong to GGC (God's Global City), let us make every effort to abide with our King, be aware of His Word and grow in it, and walk with fellow citizens, so that our lives will be according to the new kingdom we belong to, and not the old.