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2 Corinthians
12:9-10 9 But he said to me, "My
grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore
I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power
may rest on me. 10 That is
why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in
persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
I have entered into my first year in Good Samaritan
Church. It was like yesterday to me because I still remember how quick I have
to prepare everything for this unexpected transfer. But I have faced the whole
year with challenges, difficulties, struggles, stress, and at one point I even
got into a minor depression that I was considering if I should quit. But God’s
grace is sufficient for me and his power is made perfect in my weakness. This
one whole year has helped me to get closer with God and my faith level has
grown as well. I spent more in prayer and reading the Word of God. I never pray
for a church as intense as I did in my first year in Good Samaritan.
Throughout the year I asked the Lord what is His will for
Good Samaritan Church. In this one year, God often asked me these two clear
questions repeatedly in different occasion, whenever I pray for this church:
1. How many pastors and priests have Good
Samaritan produced?
We have produced many fulltime
staff in the past. The question is, how many of them still remain? How many
have become pastor and priest?
2. What will be the first impression of
people, especially young people, when they see our church – physically and
relationally? Will they stay after visiting us for one time?
These two questions have thus become the vision of the
Church. I want to impart these questions to you as Good Samaritan Church. God’s
grace is certain for our church when we come together in unity to achieve what
God wants us to achieve. All we need is to embark with faith and to see God’s
work in this church.
Isaac
