The Christian Walk Is Like Going Up A Flight of Stairs - Reuben Yap

This week was met with many physical challenges. First, many of us were unfamiliar with the area around Prinsep Street, Synod's office, TTC and SBC. Second, a few of us had to overcome a flight of stairs to get to the synod office. Yet many of us made it to the location and even on time! Truly want to thank God for that. 

This reminded me of how the Christian faith is like. While we know the name of the building and its location on map, we do not know the directions or the path to take. What we did was to meet earlier and head over together, and there was someone among us who knew the way and led us to the destination. We all like sheep were lost and do not know how to get to our destination. While we can gather in groups and even figure out a way, ultimately we needed a guide. We needed Jesus to be our guide and light who will bring and lead us to where He wants us to go. One thing that I have to prayerfully consider is brushing up on my mandarin. 

I’m not very good with it and don’t want to have to do anything about it. It was told that the majority of mandarin chinese speaking people are non christians. In order to reach out to them, it would be favourable to do so in mandarin. For the example of pastor Gideon, he said he was called to serve in the mandarin congregation, which wasn’t his first choice to serve in. Wherever God calls me to, I pray that I will be willing and prepare myself to go.

While walking up the long flight of stairs to get to the synod office, I was complaining why there wasn’t a lift or an easier way up. There was an easier way, but we would have taken a detour, and a much longer time to reach. We were already late, so we shouldn’t take that path. Our walk with Christ wouldn’t always be easy; sometimes the path is filled with obstacles that we must face in order to go up. We must focus on our final destination, not giving up halfway. While it may be difficult, we have faith in Jesus who will be with us as He walks with us on this path. There are others like us who are facing the same trials, so have faith and let us walk together!

Reuben Yap