Pastor’s Corner Dec 2008 (Pastor Ren|任大立 傳道)

牧者心声

任大立传道

今年对我来说，既是结束，又是开始：我在五月完成了在神学院的学习，也正式开始了全职牧会的事奉；结束了为期一年五个月在国语堂的实习，同时也正式开始带领和牧养国语堂的弟兄姐妹。

在这个结束和开始里，我们在一次经历到主丰盛的预备和圣灵温柔的引导。三年在神学院的学习，虽然少了一半的收入，但我们家在生活上却一无所缺；在寻求是否留在国语堂全职服事的过程中，神藉着弟兄姐妹的鼓励和肯定，也藉着圣经的话语指引我们，最后在不断的祷告中终于在心里确认这就是神要我们在其中共同生活与服侍的群体。

在过往几个月带领国语堂的事工中，无论是在灵修，或是预备讲道，查经，主日学时，常常出现在我眼前的一个字就是“看”。在福音书里，主耶稣看到那些被鬼附需要得释放，生病的需要医治，瞎子需要看见，聋子需要听见；他也看到很多人如同羊没有牧人一样，他的心就充满了悲悯；他也要门徒们看见这些需要，看见他如何爱这些人，看见他医治和拯救，看见他满足人们生命和心灵的需要。感谢主，他不单让我看见，更让很多弟兄姐妹看见周围有很多人生活在缺乏，痛苦，和捆绑之中，需要主的爱，主的医治和拯救；我也看见，当我们愿意跟从和配合圣灵的工作，见证主的爱，将人领到主的面前时，圣灵就施行奇妙的救恩.

Pastor’s Corner           Pastor Dali Ren

2008 is both “an end” and “a beginning” for me.   I graduated from Tyndale in May.  I also finished my 17 month pastoral internship. Then I began my ministry as the pastor of the Mandarin congregation.

I have once again experienced God’s abounding grace and the Spirit’s gentle guidance.  Looking back on my 3 years at Tyndale, my family never lacked anything though our income was cut in half.  While I was seeking God’s will, God confirmed my calling as a full-time pastor in many ways: through brothers and sister’s encouragement, through God’s words and also through our praying hearts.   God has assured us that He has led us to live among and serve the brothers and sisters here.

During the past few months, the word “see” has appeared frequently in my devotions, sermon preparation, bible studies and teaching Sunday school.  I saw how Jesus liberated the demon possessed, healed the sick, opened the eyes of the blind, and healed the deaf.  Jesus saw these people and had compassion on them because they were ‘like sheep without a shepherd’.   He also wanted his disciples to see these needs, to see His love, to see His healing and salvation, and to see how He filled people’s hearts.  

Praise the LORD! God has not only asked me to see, but He’s also helping many brothers and sisters in our congregation to see the needs of others.   Together we’re seeing people around us who are in need, in pain and in bondage. They all need Jesus’ love, healing and salvation. 

When we are all willing to obey God together and walk with the Spirit to witness God and serve Him by bringing people to Lord Jesus, the Holy Spirit will do amazing work to save people around us!