Deeper Reflection
WE ARE COMPLETING our 43rd year as a church this week. What has the Lord spoken to us this past year? 2020 will go down in history as a pivotal year! The whole world entered the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Our lives and livelihoods were affected. We had to learn new things such as working from home, home-based learning, video conferencing, mask-wearing, safe-distancing, church at home and Zoom CG meetings. All this has certainly not caught the Lord by surprise. Everything is going according to His purposes. So what were the Lord’s intentions for us through this pandemic? We believe that the Lord is leading us through a season of revelation, for us to repent of our sins, so that He may rebuild His church to become more like what He intends (Deut 29:29). That is the framework – revelation, repentance and rebuilding – that we will use in this week’s devotions to reflect upon our 43rd year. Let us begin with revelation. Many of us would have experienced “cold wars”, in which the persons in conflict refuse to speak with each other. When people refuse to communicate, it is very hard for the relationship to progress. Relationships grow when we consciously choose to reveal what is upon our hearts. We are grateful that our God does not keep silent. He has chosen to reveal Himself to us, that we may know Him! The texts we read remind us that God speaks to us through His creation, His Word, His Spirit and His Son Jesus Christ. God reveals Himself to us so that we may know Him and have relational intimacy with Him. Praise God!