Serving

Yoz all,remember that time we had a bible study about shi feng??here is something to encourage you and let you think about why you should serve our god :)

If you're not involved in

any service or ministry,what excuse

have you been using?

Abraham was old,

Jacob was insecure,

Leah was unattractive,

Joseph was abused,

Moses stuttered,

Gideon was poor,

Samson was codependent,

Rahab was immoral,

David had an affair and

all kinds of family problem,

Elijah was suicidal,

Jeremiah was depressed,

Jonah was reluctant,

Naomi was a widow,

John the Baptist was eccentric

to say the least,

Peter was impulsive and hot-tempered,

Martha worried a lot,

the Samaritan woman had

several failed marriages,

Zacchaeus was unpopular,

Thomas had doubts,

Paul had poor health,

and Timothy was timid.

That is quite a variety of misfits,but

God used each of them in his service.

He will use you,too,if

you stop making excuses.

Rick Warren,The Purpose -Driven Life,

"You Were Shaped for Serving God".

Many times we gave ourselves excuses when God called us to serve..common for us students is that we think we do not have the time now to serve as we should be doing our "job" of studying..this may be true to some extent,but I think we should not use our own judgement to decide when or where to serve,especially if God especially show you His will in your area and time of service :)

One major obstacle for me whenever I was asked to serve in a new area of ministry was that I kept thinking I'm not good enough for the post or that I'm not shu3 ling2 enough to serve in that particular area. But I would always remember what was written above and trust God in whatever I do and it all turned out well!! :) I realised I should not use my own limited wisdom to judge God's will and decisions.If I had followed my own thinking and passed up on all the chances to serve HIM,I would have lost all those knowledge that I had gained throughout..more importantly,I would not have been able to experience His grace for me in helping through all the difficulties I faced during shi feng!

Some of us may be new Christians and feel that we are not ready to serve,the rest of us may have been Christians for the whole of our lives and feel that it is time we take a break from serving God,but I wanna say that it is not up to us to decide and we should obey and serve Him if we really love Him :)