to listen to the testimonies that we shared and see the reality of God in our individual lives. Finally, after 10 years, Mum accepted Christ at our Triennial church camp. The past two years I’ve taken on the role to nurture my mother spiritually. She still has some struggles like many of us when we don’t understand why God sometimes works in ways different from our expectations. But we talk about our challenges openly and commit them to the Lord in prayer. We are now interceding for the salvation of my father. What joy it is to personally lead your loved ones to know Christ! In my early Christian years in campus, many who walked before me taught me how to honor God first and trust God to do the providing. This was a conviction I carried all the way through my early working life since graduating. The corporate ladder is a fierce one.You hear talk about coming in earlier than your boss and leaving later than them. Would I shortchange myself if I left work on the dot for carecell and block out my weekends for ministry? The joy of pleasing God and walking a life that honors God outweighs everything. I never had to fear losing out to my peers at work for I knew that when I honored God, He will honor my work. I continued to serve passionately in the church from nursery to DiscoveryLand, from Celebration Host to Traffic Marshal. God never failed to bless me when I chose to sacrifice my time serving. Within two years, I was promoted to a senior engineering position.
If you were to ask me what keeps me going for Christ? Looking back at the many years passed, it’s to seek first His kingdom and all these other things will be added (Matthew 6:33). I seek God for His direction at each juncture of my life. One day in the house of God is better than the thousand days in the world. I choose the “retreat and commune with God” approach pretty often. I believe this has enabled me to have an undying passion for God. I would take time off to attend church prayer meetings, conferences, camps and even AlphaTrack. These times have never gone wasted. Each time has helped me refresh my soul and realigned my commitment to God. We could chase many things in life. Many things can keep us busy. But like the old hymn that sings: “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face; And the things of the Earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace.” We have only one life and one God that we live for. Let us live a life abandoned to God and keep the fire ablaze. T
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