Allah peduli

Banyak perkara
yang tak dapat kumengerti
Mengapakah harus terjadi
di dalam kehidupan ini

Satu perkara
yang kusimpan dalam hati
Tiada sesuatu kan terjadi
tanpa Allah peduli

Ref.
Allah mengerti, Allah peduli
Segala persoalan yang kita hadapi
Tak akan pernah dibiarkan-Nya
Kubergumul sendiri
Sbab Allah mengerti

Pelangi Kasih

Apa yang kualami kini
mungkin tak dapat aku mengerti
Satu hal tanamkan di hati,
indah semua yang Tuhan bri

Tangan Tuhan sedang merenda
suatu karya yang agung mulia
Saatnya kan tiba nanti,
ku lihat pelangi kasih-Nya

GOD has saved my bro’s life :)

When I woke up yesterday, I was so surprised when my grandma said, “Your little brother got an accident, mom and dad are going to hospital now!” Then I called my mom, asking her to tell me the whole story:

My bro was going to school by motorbike. Suddenly another motorbike struck my bro’s. The suspect fled, and my bro suffered wrist fractures. This evening (read:yesterday), his hand will be operated.

Then, I sang Pelangi kasih & Allah peduli (Indonesian religous songs). At the same time while singing, I kept asking GOD:

Why..why..it happened?! If only my bro didn’t ride motorbike to school today, it wouldn’t happen! Why the suspect fled away, and not helping my bro?! Why..why..why?????!!!!! What lesson do You want me to learn from this????

Then, I was reminded 2 things:

1. ~God is good all the time, that’s why I should give thanks to GOD in all circumstances.

“give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.” [1 Thess 5:18].

In order to see His great kindness, I should see this accident from a different angle of perspective.

Shouldn’t I thank GOD for saving my bro’s life?! He suffered wrist fracture only, and nothing else.
Shouldn’t I thank GOD for sending a very kind man? He brought my bro back home from the place of accident.
Shouldn’t I forgive the suspect as GOD has forgiven me and wiped away all my sins?!
Shouldn’t I thank GOD for sending a very kind neighbor? She prayed for my bro after she saw him cried out to my dad, in front of my house.

Finally, GOD enabled me to accept this happening with gratitude.

2. ~Believers are all dependent on each other

Wrist is only a small part of one’s body. Yet, when it’s fractured, it affects his/her life so much.
SO…Even if there’s a body part that seems ignorable, yet all body parts are in fact dependent on each other.

….similar to the body of Christ. Believers are dependent on each other as in 1 Cor 12: 12-17

12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

13For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

14For the body is not one member, but many.

15If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

16And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

17If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

AGM NTU-ISCF

3^rd May
AGM NTU-ISCF
(Nanyang Technological University-Indonesian Students' Christian Fellowship)

Hmm..To be honest, I am confused whether I should share this story or not.. Well, I realized that I am blessed is to be a blessing..Yet, I'm afraid of writing something that would be misleading.. XD

For ~6 months, I've been asking Father, whether I should continue my ministry in NTU-ISCF as president , hongen, exco, or subcomm. My main concern is God's calling in something else which I need to prepare during my third year in NTU (Note: I'm second year now). How do I know for sure God's calling in this or that? My friend told me, “You have to pray for it everyday.”

Frankly speaking, although I've been asking Father for this matter, I've been trying to run away from His calling in ISCF ministry as well. I said to my exco friends (one day before AGM) that I wouldn't run myself as president nor hongen. However, when AGM started, I felt God put His passion for ISCF in my heart. Since that time, I kept asking God, “Which one is Your will: this or that or even both??!! (I'm sorry I cannot share His calling in something else, I'm not ready yet).

Election time came. I was deeply confused. I decided to let God reveal His will through floor, who would determined the election result through their voting. Finally, I was elected as hongen. I've been amazed at how He called me and grateful bcos He chose me, who is full of weaknesses.

Talking about God's calling, He taught me from Exodus 4,which shows Moses' fear (vv1, vv10) and his attempt to resist God's calling (vv13):

1 Moses answered, "What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 'The LORD did not appear to you'?"

10 Moses said to the LORD, "O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue."

13 But Moses said, "O Lord, please send someone else to do it."

Then, God's response to Moses' fear: 11 The LORD said to him, "Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD ? 12 Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say."

From Moses' story, I was reminded that God never asks me to go to a place where He won't lead.

At the end of AGM, we sang "Here I am", which has reminded me of who is my Mighty Father and what should I do as His child:

~Here I am~

I, the Lord of sea and sky
I have heard my people cry
All who dwell in dark and sin
My hand will save.

I who made the stars and night
I will make the darkness bright
Who will bear my light to them
Whom shall I send?

Here I am Lord
Is it I Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night
I will go Lord
If you lead me
I will hold your people in my heart.

I the Lord of snow and rain
I have borne my people's pain
I have wept for love of them
They turn away.

I will break their hearts of stone
Fill their hearts with love alone
I will speak my word to them
Whom shall I send?

Here I am Lord
Is it I Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night
I will go Lord
If you lead me
I will hold your people in my heart.

I will hold your people in my heart...

God, I don't know when will be my last day to live on earth, but I hope at the end of the "race" I can say, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." (2 Tim 4:7). And.. I hope God will say, "Well done, good and faithful servant!" (Mat 25:23a).

Well, I'm still far beyond this kind of situation, but I am sure God helps me to walk by His side, day by day, into Christlikeness.