Pastor’s Corner: Pastor Victor Goh 牧者心聲 吳子瀚傳道December 2009

Reflecting on our first six months here in Toronto as a family, the Apostle Paul’s prayer for the believers in the Thessalonian church keeps coming to mind.  In a very real way, God has been graciously answering this prayer in our lives:

“So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call. May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do. Then the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored because of the way you live, and you will be honored along with him. This is all made possible because of the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ.” (2 Thessalonians 1:11-12).

In moving to Toronto from Collingwood this past July, we did so as a step of obedience to God’s calling and purposes for our lives.  This step however was not without challenges and obstacles.  In fact, the needs and complications we faced were so overwhelming that they appeared to be practically impossible to overcome, from our human perspective.  God lovingly placed in our hearts a steadfast faith to believe that He who had called us was also unchangingly faithful and unfailingly good.  So together with our dear brothers and sisters in Collingwood and Wasaga Beach, we trusted God and believed in His promises.  What followed then in those trying months was one miracle after another, one amazing answered prayer after another until …here we are serving God and sharing life’s journey together with you here at GCGCNY!

What God made clear to us, beyond the shadow of a doubt, was this: it was His strength, His provision, His power and His grace that enabled us to daily live a life worthy of His call.  To Him be all the honour and glory.  A Christian brother had once reminded me that “God is never late!”  What a wonderful truth!  We had waited upon God and His timing for almost a year and a half.  When He led and made His direction clear to us, He then gave us the grace to step out in obedience, trusting Him, even in the face of overwhelming odds.  When we stepped out in faith, He took care of the rest of the details.

Today, six months later, we testify to the same unchanging character and presence of God in our lives.  Do we continue to experience needs, challenges and questions in our lives?  Yes, we certainly do.  It’s in the midst of real life that we long to serve God for His glory and for the Gospel.  This much we know: we surely worship and serve a wise, powerful, loving and awesome God!

May God in highest heaven fill you with His presence and peace in this precious Season of remembering the gift of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Victor, Rebecca, Charlotte and Eloise Goh  

 

牧者心聲    吳子瀚傳道(恩典英語堂)  2009年12月

 

當我們一家回顧過去6個月在多倫多的日子﹐我們就想起神是如何一直如這段經文所寫﹐垂聽我們的禱告﹕

因此，我们常为你们祷告，愿我们的神看你们配得过所蒙的召。又用大能成就你们一切所羡慕的良善，和一切因信心所作的工夫。叫我们主耶稣的名在你们身上得荣耀，你们也在他身上得荣耀，都照着我们的神并主耶稣基督的恩。帖後1:11-12

因著順服神的呼召和美意﹐我們在7月份從 Colling-wood遷到多倫多居住。在此期間﹐我們也遇上不少的挑戰和障礙﹐從人的角度看來﹐有時實在覺得沒有可能勝過這一切困難。但神不斷堅固我們的信心﹐告訴我們呼召我們的主是不變､信實､從不誤事､也充滿良善。

 

靠著我們一班在Collingwood及Wasaga Beach 地區的親愛弟兄姊妹的支持﹐我們學習繼續信靠神的應許。驚奇地﹕神蹟接二連三地發生﹐禱告也一個一個地蒙應允..…直至今天﹐神實在奇妙地把我們放在這裡﹐與您們一起服侍﹐一起同奔天路。

神很清楚讓我們看見﹕能使我們活出一個配得起他所恩召我們的生命﹐是全憑祂加力量､全憑祂奇妙供應､全憑祂的大能和祂的恩典。願祂得著一切榮耀和尊貴。 

一位弟兄曾經提醒我﹕“神永沒半點遲疑﹗”這是何等真實﹗我們曾經用1年半時間等候祂的帶領﹐當祂讓我們看見祂怎樣開路﹐祂又賜我們足夠恩典踏出信心來服從和信靠祂。就是似乎力不能勝時﹐祂必定會處理其它一切我們不能承當的事。

6個月後的今天﹐我們更深感神的同在和不變的屬性。我們現在還有困難嗎﹖當然還有﹗但是我們更渴慕在這些困難中仍然為主的榮耀﹐為祂的福音來事奉﹗因為我們知道我們事奉的是一位全智﹐全能﹐慈愛和偉大的神﹗

願至高之處的神在這聖誕佳節中賜祂愛子為您降生的平安﹗

 

吳傳道一家(Victor, Rebecca, Charlotte and Eloise)

(廖傳道翻譯)

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