Prologue:
There was a time when I just
returned home from church. Our topic was about End Time Update and how we
should serve God and preach the Gospel in this short time. On my way walking, I
kept thinking about what the preacher said. I kept repeating this sentence in
my heart. “I want to serve you God, but I don’t know how.” Because, I thought,
I couldn't sing. I couldn't preach, I couldn't play music instrument, I couldn't serve Him the way other people serve at church. I said in my heart,
“Please show me the way I can serve You.”
Time goes by and I learn that
serving doesn't always to be at church only. God gives us different talent and
intelligence. For example, there are people with musical talent. They serve God
by singing and playing music instrument, composing songs that touch hearts and
change people’s lives. There are people with teaching talent. They can teach
and explain well so that people may understand easily. They can answer
questions in simple and good explanation. There are people who are good at
public speaking. So they deliver the gospel orally. There are people who are
good at writing. They tell something, share something, in written work. There
are people who are good at designing and painting, and they share the good news
visually. Why we need many ways to preach gospel? It's because people who receive
the good news have different kind of intelligence and preference. There are
people who can understand something easily when they listen and it’s explained
directly to them. There people who understand more through visual explanation.
There are people who absorb more when they read those words repeatedly.
Above all talents, there is one
that we all have and we all can do. It’s serving by praying. It doesn’t need
any special talent. It just takes the willingness to spare our time. It just
needs a sincere heart to bless other people. That’s why our chance to preach
the Gospel is so much! I believe that God has entrusted each of us with amazing
talent. It may be different but it’s as important as others. Writing is
different from singing. When you are singing, maybe you can see the direct
effect. We can see who are blessed by our service. Meanwhile, when we write we
don’t know who read our writing. We don’t know who are blessed. But they are
all important in God’s eyes. God wants us to reach people through many ways.
That’s why He gives us different talents.
Now, talking about the kind of
serving that we all can do as I mentioned above, praying. It’s really important
and it may change lives without we realizing it. However, we may not be able to
see the direct change. We may never get the feedback since the person we pray
for may not know that we pray for him or her. We may never get a thank you. But
it doesn't make praying less important that other kinds of service, right? And
no matter how amazing our talent is, or how wonderfully we are preaching His
words, all start from our prayer and sincere heart.
I believe
each of us gets the calling to serve. Know our talent and work out our strength
to make the most out of it for the glory of our King. It can happen at church,
at school, at your workplace, on the street, market, public places, anywhere.
Spread the words that Jesus Christ died for our sin and has risen up. Tell
people that God is love and what our marvelous Father has done because of His
love for us. Help people in their lowest point by encouraging words and prayer.
As Chesterton said, love the unlovable, pardon the unpardonable. Pray for
people we meet. Pray for our families and friends who haven’t known Jesus. We
all can serve. Simple things in our daily life will do, like sharing Bible verses on Facebook, Twitter, BBM, sharing videos, songs, pictures that can bless people. One more important thing, serve with a servant’s heart just like
Jesus. Leave our arrogance, our pride, our own self-recognition. No matter how
great our talent is, we should always serve with a servant’s heart. Happy
serving!
P.S. Please note that we should
be thoughtful and considerate in spreading gospel. Ask wisdom from God and pray
before we do something that we may think right because without His wisdom it
may turn out to be disaster. For example when someone is emotional and that
person doesn't even ask your opinion, you suddenly pop up and say, “It’s your
own fault because Bible said blah blah blah. You should repent to Jesus.” Well.
No matter how true the verse is, you will be just a stumbling stone for that
person and you can send the wrong message. Please remember that truth should be
spoken at the right time and by the right person, too. Don’t be confused about
“right person”. I mean, yes we all should share about the words of God. However
please imagine this. How will you react when someone says, “Don’t complain blah
blah blah” while that person always complain all the time. Got it? That’s what
I mean by being considerate and thoughtful. ^^
Epilogue:
After that
I-want-to-serve-you-God-but-I-don’t-know-how-thought, now I have found that I
love to serve by writing. It doesn't mean that I just choose one and I ignore
others like speaking and praying. But I focus more on what I can do now and it
is writing. I think writing and speaking are related (no need to mention
praying, it’s like ABSOLUTELY OF COURSE! ^^), we can see Nick Vujicic, he is a
public speaker but then he writes a book, too (and it blesses me so much!). We
also have a writer like Grace Suryani who then holds a talk show or preaches
too. I want it too, one of my dreams is to publish a book that can bless many
people, and preach in front of them. So besides knowing and learning more about
what’s in my God’s heart, I need to improve my public speaking skill! Let’s do
our best and God will take care of the rest!
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