Monday, October 17, 2005

Don't give up...

Well,I've this post from suit lin jie...Thanks suit lin jie...Really gives me motivation...So,people don't give up!!!!

Don’t Give Up by John Fischer
Do you realize how privileged you are to be on a mission? That means you are important to God. You are a part of His plan. You can’t blow this off. You can’t say you are worthless, and for God’s sake, you can’t take your life, because you are important to God, to us, and to the mission. In fact, if you are having severe problems and struggles right now, that means you are needed even more. Your perseverance will give many others hope.Somewhere we have gotten the wrong idea that the best, most powerful Christians are the ones who sail over life’s problems — those with great stories to tell over and over again about how God delivered them sometime in their distant past. This kind of "ministry" is not really helpful, because in reality, no one sails over anything in life. We only think they do. So those people with their "perfect" lives only perpetuate a myth that, in the long run, isn’t helpful to anybody.I often think of Joni Eareckson-Tada, a quadriplegic on a mission since her diving accident in 1967, and what would have happened if God had healed her 30 years ago. I’m sure that would have been wonderful for her, but not for the countless number of people since then she has emboldened by her everyday example of courage and dependence on God. The ones who can help are the ones who are toughing it through their own difficulties. They are the ones whose mission grows out of their own challenges.I have a friend who goes through some stretches of depression so intense that his idea of a good day is the fact that he didn’t take his life. And he’s a pastor! Now some would say he shouldn’t be a pastor until he gets himself fixed. I say that if he were "fixed," he wouldn’t have anything to say to all those people he is ministering to now who struggle with depression. He’s got an incredible mission field, and he is, every day, a living, breathing testimony to the power of God — not to the power of God ten years ago when God fixed him, but the power of God today that gets him out of bed, gives him words to speak, and a reason to go on.You see this is the type of mission no one is excused from. Deeper struggle only makes surviving that much more crucial. Remember? This isn’t about you. We’re not only talking about you making it. We’re talking about the mission that you will have, making it — the reach your experience will have into the real lives of others struggling with the same things.Even when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation! For when we ourselves are comforted, we will certainly comfort you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer. (2 Corinthians 1:6)

1 comment:

Miki said...

whao~cool post!
Amen!Good 2 come across these kinda posts when we're in desperations...
Yeah...all twists n turns...
r designed 2 edify us...make us even stronger..
Many may not realized...
n blame everything on God..
but indeed,He'll make a way!Always...