Find Us Faithful 鉴我忠诚
Author: Ps Andrew Koh
“We will not hide them from their children, telling the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done”
This is my first pastoral message for 2022. My New Year resolution this year is to have more personal time to spend with God. 2021 had been a year full of changes for me and I haven’t had many occasions that I can spend long periods of quiet time together with God and it certainly did take a toll on me. I am determined that 2022 will not again be one that is filled with busyness.
If someone asked me, “What do you want to do for God?” 10 years ago. I would say that I want to achieve great things for God like preaching to 10,000 people in a gospel rally or planting many churches around the world through missions. But over the years, this desire has transformed. Great ambitions without a godly life are empty and dangerous. While we can and should dream God-sized ambitions for God, the foundation of the ambition should come from a very deep relationship with Him. The bigger the ambition, the deeper the inner life you must have with God. More than anything, I want to be found faithful by God and not only that but to be found faithful by the ones who come behind us. To experience God’s work in our lives and live as an example of faithfulness for the generations behind us to see and follow. That they will see that our lives are lived for God and the decisions that we make are made with God in trust and in obedience to God.
We are all examples of faithfulness to the generations after us. They will follow in our footsteps on how we walk with God. It doesn’t matter if you are a pastor or a member of the church, every one of us matters when it comes to this. In this new year, may we all strive to walk closely with God, living a life that is found faithful by God and those who come behind us?
文：许燕杰传道
“我们不把这些事向他们的子孙隐瞒，却要把耶和华应得的赞美、 他的能力，和他所行的奇事，都向后代的人述说。”
这是我2022年度的第一个牧者感言。我新一年的愿望是要用更多的时间与上帝有亲密的独处。2021年对我而言是一个充满挑战和改变的一年，也因此我并没有很多的机会与上帝有长时间的独处。也因此，在我生命中也看到了相应的影响。我定意2022年绝对不要重犯了，不要在被忙碌淹没。
如果有人在十年前问我，“你要为上帝做什么事？”，我一定会跟他说我要“为主做大事”。好像在大布道会中跟万人传福音或者是为主在世界各地植堂。但过了这些日子，我对这个问题有了新的诠释。有大的梦想却没有属灵的生命是空虚并危险的。虽然我们可以也应该为主来梦想，但那梦想的根基必须是我们跟上帝深厚的关系。那梦想越大，内在的属灵生命就必须越深厚。我渴慕上帝亲自看我为忠诚过于一切，不仅如此，我也期望自己能够被下一代看我为忠诚。在我的生命里经历上帝的工作并活出一个忠心的生命让后代能够看见并效仿。他们会看见我们的生命是为主而活的，而我们所做的决定乃是因为对神的信靠与顺服中做的。
我们都是后代信心的榜样。他们看见我们如何跟随上帝，也就会效法我们的脚步。不论你传道人或只是教会的一位成员，我们的生命见证都非常的重要。在这新的一年里，让我们竭力紧紧跟随上帝，活出一个忠心的生命。好让上帝和我们的后代都能够看我们为忠诚。