Monday, June 30, 2008
Colossians 3:23
"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.."
I've been discouraged by my cell ministry the past semester. I've been pretty affected by it. I was reminded about my ministry when I played the LIFE game during the retreat. I remembered going through the motions of LIFE with no purpose and direction. All I wanted to do was to complete the tasks that was intended during that period of the game. Then, I was reminded about my ministry, whether I was doing it for God, or whether I was doing it for myself. I thought to myself whether I'm in the ministry for the sake of being in the ministry... So I talked to Andrea then, about my struggles and all... And we concluded that I should focus on God and not on the works...
Yesterday, at YA CL meeting, we shared about our struggles in cell... And I shared about this too... Then Joseph prayed and reminded me once again that I should focus on God and not on men.
Today, at CAMY DG, Johann shared on the topic on "Where to Worship". He mentioned that one of the places we worship is our world. My world revolves around school, ministry and family. I realised that I've been so caught up in chasing "my dream cell", comparing myself with others, so much so that I lost sight of God.. that I lost the whole purpose of it all.. and that is to worship Him and serve Him. Hence, this verse stood out among the rest.
Over ice cream at Haigen Daz today with cheryl and timothy, we were just sharing randomly about the works of God, about ministry... Tim shared about a friend who has been faithful in serving God. This person calls up the cell members, conduct cell lessons, meet up with his cell members.. so on and so forth.. but end up being burnt out.. That friend was burnt out because he was just going through his checklist (going through the motion), losing the whole purpose of it all.. I think I've fallen into that many times... and we may slip into it when we're so overwhelmed by work... SO, it reminded me once again that if I don't dwell in God's presence and know Him and have an ongoing relationship with him, no matter how much effort I put into doing something out of my own strength and ability, nothing is going to work out...
The insights I gathered on these occasions were all similar... So, I learned that I should always always always fix my eyes on God, fix my eyes on what is eternal...
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