it's from the inside...
Hemm... last week we went to jamberooo with the "whole" (not really) of pemuda and with my maccers friends... i was the one organising the trip to jamberoo for my maccers friends... i thought it'll be great to "show off" my pemuda friends to my maccers friends... to "show off" the love that we've been sharing together as a fellowship and in the faith that it'll bring some of my friends to be intrigued to know God more.... and to show what real fellowship might look and feel like
because i know.. the friendship that they have in maccers... is really2 sad... it's a lonely friendship, friendship where they're just there because they need others, a selfish type of friendship... where though they may look like real best friends- they don't actually know each other that well.. only to the point of how good they are at playing DOTA or telling "fun" stories and thats it...
but i did learn A LOT during that trip to jamberoo.. hehe one of it is that... if i don't fully put my trust in God and all my plans in His hands... i will be the one left dissapointed iin the end... i will be the one left stressed and worn out at the end of it...
at the begining.. i thought that if the pemudas can show the maaccas that they want to make friends with them... or even show effort to talk to them... just ask them some silly or stupid question even, anything to show that they care and love these people... anything that shows God's love... it'll bee great! it's one step towards wall breaking.. missconception breaking... hate / disapointment / mocking breaking....
what i mean by this is that... i know ... i truly know and can emphatise with these people when they say that church people are mostly hypocrites... they are "litttle judgers" that don't even live by their own law... they can be the most evil heart-breakers in the world... Why? because some of these people... they experienced it themselves... at home... where their parents are one of those "hypocrites" christians..
that is why i thought that this trip would be a good chance for us to break that misconceptions... but God's will is not mine... i guess maybe God will show that not using my pemuda friends but with some other friends of mine or their own... hehehe .... hopefully this trip to jamberoo did not discourage my maccers friends and convinced them again that christians are hypocrites.... let this trip pass and not be used as a tool that they could use to tell reject Christians that truly loves them.. and want to share Jesus to them...
in terms of sharing faith with each other.... from this trip... i learned... that the most important thing when sharing faith, is NOT knowing Two ways to live by heart NOR any other evangelising materials by heart... i think it's a lot more truer now than before that ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS....
even Jesus acknowledges this when He was speaking to the Pharisee... in the parable about 2 brothers (if im not mistaken).. the father asked the older brother to do something and he refused. whereas when the father asked the younger one, he said yes right away...however, at the end, the brother that said "yes" didn't end up doing what he was asked. whereas the older brother did, even though he refused the first time.
it's interesting isn't it... i see it many times too... when at church the people will say "YES" "AMEN" "HALELUYAH" "THANK GOD FOR THE MESSAGE" and share all this extensive knowledge about what they know of the Bible... but... when they're put into practice... they say "NO" "IT'S IMPOSSIBLE" "IT'S ONLY FOR THE PASTOR" "IT'S NOT MY CALLING"
"IT'S GOD'S WORK TO DO IT" "I;M NOT STRONG ENOUGH" "I DON'T HAVE THE TALENT TO DO SO" etc2... and all those other excuses
interesting isn't it... that is why Jesus always emphasise the importance of being humble... because only in humbleness and fear of the Lord, that we actually want to grow... want to do His will... and have the desire to really2 please God...
it's only when we truly know that we are weak, that God will truly makes us strong! stronger than our mind and our heart!
because i know.. the friendship that they have in maccers... is really2 sad... it's a lonely friendship, friendship where they're just there because they need others, a selfish type of friendship... where though they may look like real best friends- they don't actually know each other that well.. only to the point of how good they are at playing DOTA or telling "fun" stories and thats it...
but i did learn A LOT during that trip to jamberoo.. hehe one of it is that... if i don't fully put my trust in God and all my plans in His hands... i will be the one left dissapointed iin the end... i will be the one left stressed and worn out at the end of it...
at the begining.. i thought that if the pemudas can show the maaccas that they want to make friends with them... or even show effort to talk to them... just ask them some silly or stupid question even, anything to show that they care and love these people... anything that shows God's love... it'll bee great! it's one step towards wall breaking.. missconception breaking... hate / disapointment / mocking breaking....
what i mean by this is that... i know ... i truly know and can emphatise with these people when they say that church people are mostly hypocrites... they are "litttle judgers" that don't even live by their own law... they can be the most evil heart-breakers in the world... Why? because some of these people... they experienced it themselves... at home... where their parents are one of those "hypocrites" christians..
that is why i thought that this trip would be a good chance for us to break that misconceptions... but God's will is not mine... i guess maybe God will show that not using my pemuda friends but with some other friends of mine or their own... hehehe .... hopefully this trip to jamberoo did not discourage my maccers friends and convinced them again that christians are hypocrites.... let this trip pass and not be used as a tool that they could use to tell reject Christians that truly loves them.. and want to share Jesus to them...
in terms of sharing faith with each other.... from this trip... i learned... that the most important thing when sharing faith, is NOT knowing Two ways to live by heart NOR any other evangelising materials by heart... i think it's a lot more truer now than before that ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS....
even Jesus acknowledges this when He was speaking to the Pharisee... in the parable about 2 brothers (if im not mistaken).. the father asked the older brother to do something and he refused. whereas when the father asked the younger one, he said yes right away...however, at the end, the brother that said "yes" didn't end up doing what he was asked. whereas the older brother did, even though he refused the first time.
it's interesting isn't it... i see it many times too... when at church the people will say "YES" "AMEN" "HALELUYAH" "THANK GOD FOR THE MESSAGE" and share all this extensive knowledge about what they know of the Bible... but... when they're put into practice... they say "NO" "IT'S IMPOSSIBLE" "IT'S ONLY FOR THE PASTOR" "IT'S NOT MY CALLING"
"IT'S GOD'S WORK TO DO IT" "I;M NOT STRONG ENOUGH" "I DON'T HAVE THE TALENT TO DO SO" etc2... and all those other excuses
interesting isn't it... that is why Jesus always emphasise the importance of being humble... because only in humbleness and fear of the Lord, that we actually want to grow... want to do His will... and have the desire to really2 please God...
it's only when we truly know that we are weak, that God will truly makes us strong! stronger than our mind and our heart!
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