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Tuesday, 03 May 2005 @ 01:29 PM SGT
Contributed by: andrew
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Hi My name is Andrew, Im a Pastor from Australia, I have a Church, Company and a wonderful family, I am very Happy in God! But why would God call me 7 years ago to your country. I'm at a loss WHY the Lord wants me to go, and I know that I have to be obedient to His promptings, but why me? when In Singapore you have some of the best churches & Ministrys in the world and I cant understand why the Lord would want me? Hence the question? "What do you think Singapore needs"? There is only one thing the Lord has shown me, and that is?
"teach them to lay besides still waters".
Teach them to rest in Him.
I am open to your thoughts on this, and I hope that you can hear and undertand my heart, I only want to do whats right for Him. If you reply to this, I thank you as I want to know the heart beat of Singapore.
To God Be the Glory.
Andrew.
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"But when He who had set me apart, even from my mother's womb, and called me through His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son to me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus. Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days. But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord's brother. (Now in what I am writing to you. I assure you before God that I am not lying.) Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. And I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea which were in Christ; but only, they kept hearing "He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy." And they were glorifying God because of me. Then after an interval of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also....
So even Paul after knowing his calling, was not separated immediately to begin his ministry. He went to Arabia for quite some time. Perhaps Singapore is your training ground and it could be a lengthy time of more than 7 years. It took many years after the encounter with our Lord Jesus before Paul began his ministry in earnest.