Back in KL and the issue of piracy

It's been a long time Anyway, I'm back in KL now and going off for committee retreat later today. For those in Malaysia, I'm wondering whether you're taking up the 40 day prayer and fasting challenge in conjunction with Independence Day on the 31st of August. It's a good challenge and I wholly encourage you to take it up and pray for God to move throughout the nation. Nothing much has happened lately, except for the fact that I've been playing football two days in a row. Then of course, I won't be playing any this weekend so it makes up for the football I'll miss..hehe.. Here's something God showed me when I was Kuching.. Psalms 63:5 "My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods" and I asked God what He meant by this.. "Piracy".. I couldn't see the connection with being satisfied as with the richest of foods until I looked at my collection of music in my Windows Media Player. 2.2 GBs of pirated music. And I realized then on that I had gotten into a craze, a music frenzy that meant that I would go onto wireless broadband to download more and more music. Was I being satisfied? True, the music may be Gospel music and edifying, but I saw a powerful greed in me that always asked for more. Was I being satisfied? Absolutely not. Yet David says that by seeking and searching and thirsting for God, he will become satisfied. I learnt from there a few things: firstly, seeking God should be of utmost priority. If you were to be satisfied in your heart and soul, seek God. Second, get rid of the music. This was harder to do (and I'm sure anyone with pirated music would find hard to do as well) but I had to do it. It took me a bit of time, battling my own arguments and realizing that they won't stand knowing that God has got the greater wisdom. Eventually, I deleted the music. A waste of good music? Never. All I've done is to ensure that this greed for music is overcome in my life, including all the side effects that come out of this as well. The people who deserve to be rewarded for the effort in recording the music (the artistes, producers, song writers, musicians, etc.) are rightly rewarded. And the second most important command in the Bible states this well, to "love your neighbour as yourself". That argument comes down to whether you're willing to see piracy happen if you were in the shoes of these people in the music industry. Very compelling counterargument, I must say. In the end, its your own God-intervened conviction that would lead you to knowing what's right and what's not, just as it was He who convicted me. And just an ending note, music cannot heal or soothe your soul, neither can it give you the power to move any mountain. God can, though.. Enjoy music, friends..