Last night i'm meeting up with three friends. We were talking about many things, future and plans ahead of us. As we share our dream and vision among us, suddenly everyone is talking the same issue. Our vision is that our generation and our self will be change according to God's image and that the generation will be in one unity. Sometime, i'm asking and thinking, why is it so hard to change. Just stop from what you doing now, the wrong doing and switchfoot to a better person. That happen to me also, why is it hard for me to change in my life from the thing that i'm holding too and from the thing which is long enough in me?
Take this as an example. I was in my journey from Kuching to Miri and back to Kuching again, my car and my dad's car; location for the signal panel is situated in different place. All the way from Miri down to Kuching took 14-16 hours drive. I was driving my dad's car along the way to Kuching. And i already get use to it, all the signal location, wiper and the clutch. When we reach Kuching, i quickly start my own car, heat it and prepare myself to settle the youth camp. When get in my car i step on the clutch an accelerator, feel very different! Even it is my own car! During my driving, i suddenly switch the wrong place for signal light! I move the wiper! i laugh at myself while driving.
The thing is that, to change is take time. To change take time to adapt to the new way, new life, and new self. The changes can't be in one night or straight away to a big changes in someone life.
That is where i like this term. I thought of this term and create it my own few years back. LifeShifter basically mean we as an influencer to shift or bring impact to change other's life. We all know that only God can change others, only God can soften other's heart and mold them according to His plan. But what are we here for? Why God said "You are the light and salt of the world", "Be a lamp that placed on the table to brighten the room" or even "Shine like stars"? Are we not playing our role to bring impact and changes to others too?
This morning, as i continue my reading from 2 Cor 8 is about Love ministry. How and what is love ministry? 2 Cor 8:7 But as you excel in everything--in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you--see that you excel in this act of grace also. (ESV) and in other version 2 Cor 8:7 Indeed, the more your faith, speech, knowledge, enthusiasm, and love for us increase, the more we want you to be rich in this work of kindness (ISV). We look at the verse here, Paul suggest to people in Corinthian, that as they excel in everything (we can see the list from the verse), or even the more they increase in all those what people know of; ACT OF GRACE or THIS WORK OF KINDNESS.
So do us. This verse also refer to us and that is probably also me. All this while we are known as active in Church, in every single ministry we are well known, among the musicians, among the singers or among the dancers; we are know of our expertise, experience and our enthusiasm! But one thing we lack of, ACT OF GRACE or WORK OF KINDNESS, i mean most of the time, most of us. This time, as i check myself, as i read myself and all those comments from peoples or friends about me, it is true. Sometime we lack of this area. We tend to ministry and want all things done with perfectness. Done with less error and even done with hope people remember our ministry and event. That is nothing wrong, but what goes wrong is when there is no Grace, Kindness or LOVE in our ministry.
2 Co 8:24 Therefore, give to the churches a demonstration of your love and a reason for why we boast about you (ISV). That is the answer for my question here, why is it hard to change or becoming a lifshifter? It is love that we should demonstrate of. A little showing love in us could change or bring impact to others' life. That is why Jesus came too, is to show love to us (John 3:16), so that we can be change and be transformed, and so that we can have eternal life.
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