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Barack Obama slammed into the history books after his historical win at becoming America’s first black President. Obama, 47, will be inaugurated as the 44th US President on January 20 next year.

South Africa’s iconic first black leader Nelson Mandela said that Obama has shown that everyone can change the world.

“Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.” –Nelson Mandela.

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The blacks were slaves in America just 60 years ago until Reverend Dr Martin Luther King stood up to make a change. Look at the glorious winning of Barack Obama this season. He has certainly proved that things can and will change if someone have the guts to do something.

Is it time for us to do something we think and know we should do? Or do we still want to sit and wait for someone to go ahead and then we follow?

We Christians are no longer slaves to the world. In the Words of the Bible, “The Truth will set you free.” What and who is the Truth? The Truth is Jesus Christ. If we know Jesus, we are free. If we have Jesus in our hearts, then the Kingdom of God has come upon us because a kingdom is basically a place where a King rules. And if Jesus rules in our hearts, then the Kingdom of God is in us. This kingdom is not a physical one and it is much stronger than the physical one because what is physical cannot destroy what is spiritual and unseen.

Why then should we be afraid to do what requires of our King when we know our citizenship is not of this world? We may be Malaysians in the physical but we are truly Christians and our citizenship is in heaven.

Until we realize that our citizenship is of another realm and we belong to Christ, we would never understand the importance of denying ourselves.

I came across Lillian’s blog this morning and I was encouraged to read shat she wrote.

Barack Obama and all the world leaders are striving for world peace. But I can tell you that there will never be a world peace as long as Jesus is not the King of this world.

So what will you do?
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Barack Obama talked to NEWSWEEK's Lisa Miller and Richard Wolffe about how faith plays into his everyday life. Excerpts:

What do you think about the Kingdom of God? Is it attainable on Earth by humans?
I am a big believer in not just words, but deeds and works. I don't believe that the Kingdom of God is achievable on Earth without God's intervention, and without God's return through Jesus Christ, but I do believe in improvement.