Monday, July 31, 2006
REFLECTION LETTER July2006I want to thank God for being so gracious to me in showing me the mistakes that I have made this month. He has shown me the 3 areas of my life that I have to work very hard on.
First: Service
I sometimes bring all the anger, troubles, anything that is bothersome (e.g. exams, quarrels with people) which I have gathered throughout the weekdays into service. And thus I really cannot concentrate and focus on God.
But I have learnt that what I am actually doing is going in self-centeredness and saying “this is my problem, my issue, I have to handle this first, You can wait”
So what I must do is to just get my focus back onto God, which is to focus on my purpose (to learn God’s word) and not on my problem.
Second: Evangelism
I have realized that I have been avoiding evangelism for quite some time.
It hit me big when I went to the romans trial and they had given all of us there this form, written on it was “how many friends have you shared the gospel with this month?”
I know that I have not been doing that apart from street E because I have to be accountable to the leaders. BUT that should not be my attitude, because in the long run, when there is no one checking up on me, will I still be sharing the gospel???
AND there is no excuse for me not to tell others about Christ because it is what God has called us to do
Matthew 28:18-20
18And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
19"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Third: My Heart - Matt7:24-27
I find myself finding myself OK, in the sense that I think my walk with God is “quite good” and I have also had the mentality that man is sinful and thus it’s “normal” to fall back into sin sometimes. But what I did was to deceive myself that at least I tried…at least, like the foolish builder who built his house on sand, and like him in the long run when trials and temptations come (wind, rain, flood) I will fall.
So what I have learnt is to be like the wise builder who built his house on a firm foundation, even though it is harder to build, but it is also lasting.
I have also learnt that every time we persevere through a trial, it is like adding a few more stones to the house to make it stronger so we are ready for the next one.
And all this we do because we Love Him.
Matthew7:24-27
24"Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
25"And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
26"Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
27"The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
So am I willing to go the extra mile for God?
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