Day 22 : 禁食日记 / Fasting Diary （神拣选的人 / People God chooses)

 

第二十二天：10月24日(一)
今天带了朴传道到我们新堂地点祷告，她跟孙传道惊叹于上帝赐给我们的土地如此美好及不可思议。
她回想说十六年前她本都没计划来我们教会，后来也不是很甘心来那么小又默默无闻，只有屈屈几十人的教会，但还是顺服圣灵感动来了。

朴、孙两传道对我的第一个印象是瘦骨如柴，弱不禁风，因为那时也恰逢我个人进行21天禁食。她们说看着我帮她们提行李的背影，我见犹怜，心里想这个瘦弱年轻人怎样牧养教会啊？

后来为我祷告时，朴传道说看到一个让她很讶异的异象，就是我们的教会将成长如一棵大树开满极大又漂亮的白色花朵，后又结满果子，树干、枝子向天空延伸，叶子茂盛，各样有需要的人都憩息在树荫下。。。
看到这异象，两个传道再看看我的模样，感觉很难相信所看到的异象。。。

十六年后，她们相信那异象已正在开始成就中；只要忠心在神面前，没有什么是不可能的。

我由衷感谢主的恩待与保守，我如此不配，他却信实看顾、赐福到如今！
所以鼓励大家，不要轻看自己或现况如何，专心仰赖、信靠、亲近主，他必使你成大器！

这让我回想起，我开始做传道时，上帝给我的经文：

“神却拣选了世上愚拙的，叫有智慧的羞愧；又拣选了世上软弱的，叫那强壮的羞愧。”
～ 哥林多前书1:27 ～

建堂工程进行中。。。
Church-building in progress…

 

Day 22 : Oct 24th (Mon)

Today we brought Pastor Park to our new church site to pray, both her and Pastor Sun were in awe of such wonderful and unimaginable piece of land God has given us.
She recalled sixteen years ago she did not even plan to come to our church, and later she reluctantly came to this small and unknown church with only a few, less than a hundred members, but she obeyed the Holy Spirit to come.

The first impression of both pastors toward me was skinny as a stick and seemed so weak to be easily blown away by the wind. That was due to the fact that I was on a full 21-day fast at that time. They said I looked so pitiful as they looked at me from behind, carrying their luggage, and they thought to themselves as to how this skinny young man could ever pastor a church?

But later while praying for me, Pastor Park said she saw a vision that amazed her, that is our church is going to grow like a big tree blossoming with very big and beautiful white flowers, and will later bear much fruit. The trunk and branches are big and strong stretching to the sky, with lush leaves and many people with all kinds of needs resting beneath the shade of the tree…
Seeing this vision, both pastors took a look at me again, they found it hard to believe the vision…

Sixteen years later, they believe that vision is now in the process of accomplishing; as long as we remain faithful before the Lord, nothing is impossible.

I am whole-heartedly grateful to the gracious protection of the Lord, I am so unworthy and yet He is so faithful in caring and blessing till this day!
So, I want to encourage you all not to look down on yourselves or how your situation is at the moment, trust and fix your eyes on the Lord faithfully, draw near to Him always, He will surely raise you to become a mighty vessel!

This reminds me of the verse God gave me when I started pastoring:

“But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.”
~ 1 Corinthians 1:27 ~