若是你，你还会继续吗？ Would you continue if it’s you?

 

什么是信心？什么是坚持？什么是忠心？什么是爱？

很多人很喜欢把“我对主有信心”、“我很爱耶稣”、“我会坚持到底”等等的话挂在嘴边。。。
很多时候很可能都不知道自己在说什么，还没经过考验、试炼，很多“伟大”的话最好还是不要那么轻易说出口。。。

听了韩国牧师朱圣敏的见证，我很被他对主的热忱和坚持所感动。。。

父母是牧师，却双双在他还没国中毕业就因血癌去世，他却还不抱怨上帝，心中还渴望像爸妈一样成为牧师。
艰苦的生活没打倒他、伤痛的经历没击败他。他需要边送报纸过活，边期待能考上神学大学以成为一位有神学文凭的“合格”牧师。结果十年內考了十次，每一年都落榜。。。他却还坚持祷告相信神，不灰心不放弃，最终真的成为一个很成功的牧师。在短短的六年，教会从十二个人增长到今天的七千人，而且还在迅速的成长中！会友也是百分之九十的初信者，并非基督徒转换教会。

我从他身上看到信心，我也看到坚持，我更看到他对主的热忱和信赖。。。

若换作是我们，我们还会继续吗。。。？

What is faith? What is perseverance? What is faithfulness? What is love?

Many people like to say things like “I have faith in God”, “I really love Jesus”, “I wil never give up” etc…
Many times perhaps they do not even know what they are saying. Without going through tests and trials, it is better not to say such “great things” about ourselves so easily…

After listening to the testimony of Pastor Choo from Korea, I am really touched by his zeal and persistence for the Lord…

His parents were both pastors but both passed away of leukemia when he was still in high school. He did not blame God and yet longed to be a pastor like his parents in his heart.
He was not defeated by challenging life, he was not trampled by hurting experiences. He had to deliver newspaper for a living and at the same time sitting for examination to enter a theological college in order to get a theology certificate to “qualify” as a pastor. But he sat for the exam ten times over a period of ten years and failed the exam each time… he was not discouraged and did not give up but continued to pray and trust God! Ultimately he became a very successful pastor and within a short period of six years, his church grew from merely twelve people to the current 7,000 and is still growing rapidly! 90% of his members are new converts and not just Christians shifting churches.

I saw faith in his life, I saw perseverance as well, and even more so, I saw his zeal and trust for God…

If it is us, would we still continue…?