THE THIRD DAY~

Hows everyone doing so far?? interested to read more about what happened during our mission trip!! Guess what theres another 4 more days to go after this!!

and so the story continues....

The past 2 days have been nothing short of awesome so far as we see the contacts we made (and hopefully have touched) and also even praying for people for their exams (as it was in the midst of their exam period!). Another wonderful thing i saw were our 3 new evangelist Jacqulin, Charmaine and Adeline sharing their hearts out to the people! To see them so proactively sharing to the people without letting fear grip their hearts has really encouraged me personally. GOOD JOB GALS~

Honestly this trip has really allowed me to see how much i feared evangelism. not that i always feared it but throughout the semester, that flame i use to have for evangelism somehow got smothered along the way and i felt such a fear when talking to strangers, it constricted me from openly sharing with them like i wanted and during evax i gave excuses after excuses to why i shouldnt talk that person. But on the 3rd day, i remember coming back to matt 28 again..... The Great Commission.

We were at Usyd (uni of sydney) already and we were split into our different groups. I remember being paired up with Charm and Fei on that fateful day. As a guy, i tried to not let my fear overcome me but rather just act cool and just tried my best to evangelise as per normal. But deep in me i was just so flustered about going to speak to a stranger. But thankfully we took turns to evangelise since i was put in a 3 man team, so we decided when 2 people were evangelising, the 3rd person would pray~

and so came the time when fei and charm were evangelising to this thai guy and i remember sitting down at the table next to them asking God "OH LORD! Take this fear away from me.. Allow me to remember how i used to delight in sharing Jesus to the people!" and after that prayer i half expected to feel better but GUESS WHAT......... nothing happened =_=

i remember being down and so i whipped out my bible and i was returned to Matt 28

and in Matt 28:19 - 21 it says : 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

I never fail to get encouraged by that verse.. indeed Our God is with us to the end of the age! And i begin to see my weakness as a strength. I realised this fear that gripped me should be the reason why i know i cant do it by my own strengths but rather by relying on God more!! Those simple 3 verses picked me up from the pits of fear and brought me back up again, it wasnt an immediate change but it was a small step for faith and a huge leap backwards for fear.

Although i have alot more to share especially in regards to what happened during the Lifegroup in Ashfield that night but i think i will leave it for another time before the post gets too long =p

But before i finish, i hope that if theres one thing you guys learn from this blog entry its this.....
If u think evangelism is scary.. then let that fear be your reason for relying more on Christ and slowly you will put fear at the backseat and faith at your steering wheel. Always remember God is with us always =)

God Bless
Sean