Testimony 08/10/05: If We Wait
My dad has a huge fishpond. A few of us helped him cleaned it during the weekend. We all held different kind of tools: one held a brush, another a bucket, still another a hose. I held a tool to push away the dirt.
There was about 20mm of water left. As the soiled water rushed into the drain, I stood at one side of the pond and pushed the dirt toward the hole. As the muddy water went away, water from other place came and filled the gap. With it was more dirt. Staying at the same spot, I pushed it away. Still there was more water, and so I pushed again.
Then I noticed that the dirt kept coming, even though with less density compared to the one before. I realized I couldn’t make one area perfectly clean before I move on to another part of the pond. Other parts were thick with mud too. When I moved around and started pushing the dirt away, only then the pond got cleaner faster… much faster.
How many times do we wait to be perfect before we help others? How often do we insist not to evangelise till we are flawless? How many times do we wait to be “just right” in one thing before we move on to another? Once I thought I want to understand the whole Bible before I can to share Christ to others. Other occasion, I want to get completely healed from my past before I move on or help others or join a ministry. I even refused to speak Chinese until I understand everything!
If we wait to be perfect before we evangelise, then no one will get saved. If we wait to be flawless before we help others, no one will get helped! If we wait to be spotless before we join a ministry, no one will serve in church. In fact, if I wait to understand everything, I would never speak Chinese! No body is perfect! We have to go around doing good and stop making excuses not to serve the Lord with all that we are! After all, we could learn the truth we might never understand otherwise.
Acts 10:38
“…God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and… he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.”
There was about 20mm of water left. As the soiled water rushed into the drain, I stood at one side of the pond and pushed the dirt toward the hole. As the muddy water went away, water from other place came and filled the gap. With it was more dirt. Staying at the same spot, I pushed it away. Still there was more water, and so I pushed again.
Then I noticed that the dirt kept coming, even though with less density compared to the one before. I realized I couldn’t make one area perfectly clean before I move on to another part of the pond. Other parts were thick with mud too. When I moved around and started pushing the dirt away, only then the pond got cleaner faster… much faster.
How many times do we wait to be perfect before we help others? How often do we insist not to evangelise till we are flawless? How many times do we wait to be “just right” in one thing before we move on to another? Once I thought I want to understand the whole Bible before I can to share Christ to others. Other occasion, I want to get completely healed from my past before I move on or help others or join a ministry. I even refused to speak Chinese until I understand everything!
If we wait to be perfect before we evangelise, then no one will get saved. If we wait to be flawless before we help others, no one will get helped! If we wait to be spotless before we join a ministry, no one will serve in church. In fact, if I wait to understand everything, I would never speak Chinese! No body is perfect! We have to go around doing good and stop making excuses not to serve the Lord with all that we are! After all, we could learn the truth we might never understand otherwise.
Acts 10:38
“…God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and… he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.”
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