Chinese New Year and God’s Blessings

Chinese New Year is just around the corner, soon the year of Tiger will pass and the year of Rabbit will be ushered in. Hey… wait a minute, why is Pastor writing about Chinese Zodiac? Shouldn‟t we Christian leave all those behind?
Please do not get me wrong.

I do not believe in horoscope, whether it is western or eastern horoscope. To me, the Chinese zodiac system is just one way to calculate and compare how old or young we are. If you are using the zodiac in this manner, it is no problem at all. After all, Chinese zodiac is something very deeply rooted in our culture and community.

However, if you start to read those predictions about which zodiac will be better or worse off in the new Rabbit year; and/or what should you do in order to be better or to avoid some mishaps; what is your lucky number, lucky color, etc., then it is definitely a wrong thing to do.

As Christians, our source of blessing is God and our greatest gift is the life bought by the blood of Christ. Rather than putting our trusts in those far-fetched predictions of some unproven geomancer, we should put our trusts in God‟s word which grants us eternal life.
As we celebrate the Chinese New Year, others may wish us a new year full of good luck, prosperity and wealth. Let us wish them a blessed new year where they may be truly blessed by the only true God. Let us pray that we will be used as the instrument to tell them the good news – the Gospel of Life!