Faith that can move mountains

Looking back at my last 5 years of walk with God, I'm pretty sure God planned for me to go through this so that I would be broken and yet strengthened in my faith in Him. Sure, service to God was a highlight of my last 2-3 years. Mission trips, evangelise, serving the church. Although I learnt alot, at times it seems as if I'm climbing a righteous ladder. 

It is pretty normal for the modern man to measure success with results that are tangible. Especially even so for a place like Singapore. With productivity and efficiency stressed, we are left feeling so defeated when we do not see results. Many a times in fact, we do not see the results of the work we do in serving God. Reading the book of John in the bible where Peter denied Jesus 3 times speaks of a self-induced guilt when we face the Lord: Peter wept terribly after the rooster crow. 


I was so burnt out because I was blinded and could not see that God does not need us to measure up to human standards. Sure, we must do God's work with our best, but the notion of success is hardly the "result-oriented". Relying on my own strength many a times, I flopped head down in ministry. 


They always say that:"press on you know, when its at the hardest point as it can be, a breakthrough is around the corner. Keep Trusting God". And I'm glad God is faithful. He always comes through. He spoke to me as I was in tatters, crying my heart out to him that I can't go on anymore. I wanted to just get back to Him, and leave behind all the ministry since the fear of failure was tantamount to leaving me so stranded and stuck in my walk with God. I had become stagnated.


He spoke one day in one of a dark moment, answering my prayer:"Hey there, faith and works go together son, you can't have one without the other. Now that you know one full side of works without faith. The other side is (faith without works is dead). I do not want you to go there. I want you to do both."


I realised at the 5th year of my walk with Christ that all the service was just as important as the spiritual devotion of guarding time with God. One must surely have both going on hand in hand.


Success, then is just simply doing what God told us to do =)


I'm ending with a song that really encouraged me to press on in faith. A song by Kutless - What faith can do. May you be blessed and ministered through this song too!