Serving 事奉
Author : Sis Oh Siew Cheng
Translator: Sis Charis Ong
Why do Christians need to serve? With what kind of attitude do we serve?
I attended a programme called ‘Experiencing God’ when I was a young adult. The lessons learnt helped me even to this day. I am thankful to have this chance as I learnt a lot from that programme, it helped me understand the importance of building a love relationship with the Lord. The programme also taught us how to seek His will and to understand that serving is to participate in His kingdom work, and we need to do so wholeheartedly, with an attitude of humility and obedience.
To me, serving is a form of response to God’s love and allowing Him to use me for His work. Although our challenges and physical energy differ greatly at different stages in life, in the kingdom of God, so long as we are willing to look around and take the initiative to understand the needs of God’s kingdom, there will be many areas that we can serve in. We need to approach serving with a humble heart and be willing to learn and be committed. This is the attitude we ought to have when we serve God!
There was a period when I did not serve and spent a lot of time my time and energy at work. In the end, I burnt out. I used the remaining time that I had after work to watch TV programmes instead of drawing near to God. Thankfully God reminded me, and I was able to realise my mistake. I started to rebuild my relationship with God, and gradually returned to serving. It was difficult to start out again in the beginning, and it took a lot of willpower to maintain that.
I take this opportunity to remind myself and encourage everyone not to stop serving God because of various reasons but continue to do what we can at our different life stages.
文: 胡秀清姐妹
基督徒为何要事奉？事奉的态度应该是怎样？
在青年时期上了“不再一样”的课程，让我受用到如今。我感恩有这样的机会，也感谢主让我能从当中有很多的学习，帮助我明白与神建立爱的关系的重要。课程也学习到如何寻求祂的旨意、并明白事奉是加入祂的事工、并要有谦卑顺服和尽心尽意的事奉态度。
对我而言事奉是回应神的爱，是让祂使用我来做祂的工作。虽然在不同的人生阶段，我们面临的生活挑战和体力都大不相同，但是在神的国度里，只要我们肯用心去留意，采取主动去了解，还是有很多的事奉，是我们可以参与的。我们必须带着谦卑的心去学习，并尽力的做好，因为这是服事神应有的态度！
我曾经有一段时间没有事奉，而更多的时间用在工作上，结果导致更疲劳也把其它剩余的时间用在看电视剧，甚至也没亲近神。感谢圣灵的提醒，让我重新意识到自己的行为的错误而重新建立与神的关系，并慢慢的回到服事中。重新再出发真的很困难，也需要更多的意志力去持续。
借此提醒自己也鼓励大家，不要停止事奉，按照每个年龄的阶段参与我们能服事的事工与岗位。