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Power in weakness

July 6, 2009 at 6:40 pm · Filed under Personal, Spiritual Issues and tagged:

I’m being reminded again and again over the last few months how weak and incorrigible I am. I cannot stop myself sinning when I want to, I find pride so entrenched just when I think I’ve reached new depths of humility.

I still work so slowly, and am so inefficient with the time I’ve been given. But each day comes as a gift, and no other time in my life have I been grateful for each breath, each step. And as I rejoice in each smile, hug and embrace of the Lord, I know the meaning of my life is found not in what I can do or have done, but in who I am becoming.

Perhaps true obedience is not as easy as some people make it seem to be. I have yet to learn that lesson.

6 Comments »

  Ruth Ng wrote @ July 7, 2009 at 8:05 pm

I can so identify! :) Keep on keeping on in the journey,

  siehjin wrote @ July 16, 2009 at 3:53 pm

i also can identify, with the sin part =)

but on the work and inefficiency part, i wonder – is efficiency that high on God’s value list? i mean, if i’m working on a task, and someone comes to me with a personal problem, interacting with them will drastically cut down my efficiency in dealing with that particular task. but that would not necessarily be a bad thing, if i were able to help that person. u know wat i mean? =)

i believe that ministry must be relational, but to efficient people, building relationships can easily look like wasting time. and the outcome of relationships can’t really be measured or predicted, so it’s wasting time for questionable results! yet it is (i believe) an integral part of what we’re called to do as Christians and as Ministers. so i’m just saying, let’s rethink that value. =)

  yourshoeah wrote @ July 16, 2009 at 3:56 pm

Dear Ruth,

An update will be on the cards (soon)! Still trying to be more efficient with my time.

Dear Sieh Jin,

Thanks for the thought provoking ideas. My inefficiency here is not related to ministry ‘interruptions’. I think we’re square on that. I get distracted with Facebook, what else? XP

  Karcy wrote @ July 24, 2009 at 6:40 pm

Hi Yosh,

Lately, I’ve been wrestling with the lack of confession in a Protestant setting. I feel as though my spiritual walk cannot progress — I am afraid of self-examination, as it leads to so much self-condemnation — and I was wondering how you handled that.

  yourshoeah wrote @ July 24, 2009 at 9:26 pm

Once you put in place a basic principle to not condemn yourself, you will be freed to discover yourself in greater honesty. Without which you probably cannot accept, change and maximize your weaknesses for strength. That is one of the beautiful things about the Christian faith.

  Mariel Nonis wrote @ October 19, 2009 at 8:18 pm

I have to say it is comforting to know that even Yoshua gets distracted with facebook :) haha take care, scary man.


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