The turnaround in the crisis

Just a few days ago, on the 27th, we had a Newcomers' Party at a condo to welcome those who had recently joined our church or attended our recent activities. It was really fun and interesting, although it started off with a few shocks. The first shock was that the function room that was booked for us was booked by someone else!! After some checking, it turned out that there had been some problem in the booking system, allowing for 2 people to book for the function room at the same time. So we switched to the rooftop instead. The second shock was that the number of newcomers coming for the party dwindled from 14 to just 5!! Haha quite a number of us were shocked, but it was quite ok in the end. To make things even better, one of the newcomers accepted Christ during the party! I was so happy to hear about it the next morning.

It was quite a different situation 1 year ago. It was the day of the May Prayer Meeting for 2005. At this point, I was coming to church only because some youth leaders had encouraged me 2 weeks before to stay in church. However, I knew that this encouragement would not sustain my staying in church for much longer. I knew that nobody could help me, and that it would take a miracle for me to continue remaining in church. These thoughts were still in my mind even as I went for the Prayer Meeting that night.

This Prayer Meeting turned out to be one which made me examine my faith very deeply, more deeply than I had ever done before. The Prayer Meeting started off with a devotion that asked several questions, especially on how much we trusted God. It made me realise that despite all I had gone through, I still didn't really trust God. Then we sang the song "You Alone". As I sang the song, thinking through the lyrics, I realised how much my faith and trust depended on friendships. This faith that I had grown to desire so much, all along was never really genuine. I knelt down and I broke down. I felt so disappointed and so upset that my faith was never really what I thought it to be. That very night, I asked God to give me a genuine faith and trust in Him alone.

I didn't know it then, but that Prayer Meeting was the beginning of a life-changing period and series of events. On Sunday, just 2 days ago, we sang "God Will Make a Way", and thinking back to what I went through, God did indeed make a way for me.

God will make a way
When there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way
He will make a way