Wednesday, December 17, 2008

OBEY HIS CALLING

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ....

Shalom! And Greetings in the name of our Lord.

This is the first part (Part 1) of my November 2008 Report.

During the past one month, I was unexpectedly afflicted with fever, diarrhea,mouth ulcers and sore throat for two days in a week, and this pattern continued for the duration of 4 weeks during the month!.... Now why this attack on my health that sent me to a private clinic, as well the hospital, for a check-up??...And all the doctors could say was : food poisoning, or viral infection!.....

Now I recall that some two years ago, God has spoken to me clearly to resign from my job as a computer professional to take up His call to serve him in the mission field...... but I kept on saying “No!” or delayed to do so for another 6 months to a year. ....Then God was quite emphatic and said: “No, you must go do mission work.".

During this period of my vacillation , my car broken down inexplicably many times in a month......then also, the power supply to my room was cut off even though I have paid my electricity bill, and many, many unexpected mishaps came to upset my mundane life!.... These shook me quite a bit and soon, I was made to realise that perhaps I have failed to heed God's promptings to me... and I began to nudge myself, "Should I not take Him more seriously His beckoning and obey His call ?"..... O yes, being human, like everybody else, it is all so natural for us to want to stick to our own seeking and ways, to stay in our comfort zones and do little for God,and to ignore or delay God's call or will for us....but, as often is the case, we too often will find that by our disobedience, we will pay a price for this disobedience, as I certainly have learnt from this since! .......

What a frightening flashback this is for me!

Now coming back to Novenber 2008 now... in early November, the Lord also prompted me to go out from Thailand to serve Him elsewhere.....but I said I would delay this till end of February 2009 ....and what happened to this dillydallying? ...... Answer : this train of sickness and ill health coming upon me!!....

So it is all too clear to me now that I cannot, and should not, delay any further!....I must make a decision to go one month earlier!.....for when God calls us , he means business with us, and we must obey and follow Him without delay and excuses!.Amen to that, yeah?

On the November 10th, 2008, God led me to the vision and the following website: http://faithwithyou.blog.com/4125908/. Tab this, and you will find God's message loud and clear for all of us!

You will recall that I have previously shared with you briefly about the transformed life of Bro. Francis Elijah Kok....you may read his testimony in this link: http://faithwithyou.blog.com/4294325. I hope you will be touched by his story.





On the November 1st, 2008, a pastor invited Jenny and me to a presentation of songs and dance by some northern hill tribes in Pathum Thani, about an hour's drive from Don Mueang Airport. This event was organized by the leader of some Hill Tribes from northern Chiangmai who are now Christians. Before the function ended, I was invited to close with a prayer .... it was such a joy for Jenny and me to witness the working of the Lord on the lives of these Thai Christians. Praise the Lord. Truly our God is Great!








The next day, I was invited to preach in the Jaisamarn Full Gospel in Bang-Pa In.. Jenny was my interpretor as I shared God's word about “ End Time prophesies”. In the afternoon, we went to visit the King’s Palace near the church..... In the evening, we went to a village church planted there recently - it is called “Bethlehem House, so appropriately named after our Lord Jesus' birthplace!.





The following Sunday, I was invited to preach at the Navanakorn Church, which is about 1 hour's drive from Don Mueang Airport. My message was based on the Book of Jonah - the importance of fasting and praying for the city of Nineveh. And its relevance today of doing the same for God's Kingdom work for Thailand..

I will be sending the next report for November 2008 (Part 2) next week.

May God Bless all of you.

Blessing,
Pastor Steve Peter H S Kok