He who has a Why to live for can bear with almost any Hows….

This was sent to me by one of my colleague. Intriguing……

Was asked to give a testimony on “Faith” during yesterdays SOL1 lesson. There are many aspect of faith and one form of faith as written in the Hebrew language is Qawah…ie. to wait. Faith also requires waiting and waiting develops perserverance….here is th verbatim of my testimony on the “waiting faith”…..

“Back in 2003 after a mission trip to Cambodia, the Lord posed a very challenging question to me…. “Danny, I have shown poverty face to face, what are you going to do about it?” I know at this point, God wanted me to move on and to live out Matt 25: 35-36 (a passage the Lord shown me during the trip). Back then I was working in the SAF for 7 years and I have been progressing well in it despite being just a diploma holder. Besides being paid well in SAF, I was also given many opportunities for growth and development and even promotions. With that question the Lord posed, He began to show me many of the frustrations that I have pent up in the past 7 years of my careers. These began to cause me to doubt the initial passion and ideal that I had when I signed on. I was tempted to immediately to quit as I began to see more and more dissatisfactions and disagreements in my job. However, I also heard the Lord said to me, “Son, this is not the time yet, my training for you is not yet complete.” I struggled. On one hand, I wanted to simply obey God but yet God said it is not time. I finally made the move last August (2006). For 3 years, I wrestled and also waited upon the Lord (and there were times He was absolutely quite). The journey seemed dragging and heading no where, but the Lord is faithful. Through it all, He began a process of healing and developing me so that I can be better equipped for what He has in stored for me. If I have jumped the gun and not waited then, think I will be heading towards pain and disillusions, but now I have grown to be more secured in Him and resting in His promises. Amen”

“Let your roots grow down into him and draw up nourishment from him, so that you will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught. Let your lives overflow with thanksgiving for all he has done.” Col 2:7 (NLT)

Sometimes, we wonder what does it mean to grow deep? The scripture is clear. To grow deep is to grow deep and “down” in Christ and “draw up nourishment from him”. Sometime, we think too much. We wonder and ask, “What do we need to do?”, “What must we do?” etc……but to grow deep is simply to grow deep in Him i.e. getting to know Jesus more. Through the sermons in the church, through our personal time, through our reading of the bible, through our prayers, through our listening to His voice………its simply to rearrange our acitivities so that we can spend time with Him. It is not easy, but it’s going to worth all the efforts.

So what happen when we grow deep in him? Well, we will grow in faith…..”faith comes by the hearing of His words” (Rom 10:17, paraphrase mine) …..and also as a result…”stong and vigorous in the truth”, aka the word of God (“Thy word is truth” Jn 17:17). To grow deep, to know Christ and to be founded in the word ARE ALL LINKED!!! Let’s not separate them as we have, but to see them as one and all the same……

Hi all,

Welcome to my first attempt at blogging. Realised that in this life journey, many events, thoughts and impressions can simply wisked past. How beautiful it would be, if we could simply capture them so they can etch into our memories…..this is what this blog is all about. To capture the journey of my life and thoughts (those that I can share) so that we can journey through this together.