Take Note - April 2015
At this moment, as I write this article, I am preparing two musical events: "Jerusalem Journey - drama and music" on Palm Sunday, and our annual "Spring Concert" on May 3. At the same time, I need to work on our Palm Sunday service, morning services in Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter services.
If I didn't have to write this article, I might not have had the chance to stop and
think about the meaning of this period of time and reflect on God's plan to
save us by the sacrifice of His only son, Jesus Christ. Because of that,
I appreciate this laboring time of writing.
In many aspects of observing the days of Lent, Holy Week, Easter, and following
time of celebration of Jesus' resurrection and our saved lives, I happened to
notice that people repeatedly got together and then easily scattered
moment by moment. When people gathered and shouted to welcome Jesus, who
rode on the back of a donkey entering Jerusalem, who would expect that Jesus
would have been turned into Pilate's court and crucified on the cross
soon after. Who could imagine that Peter, who declared to be the last
protector of Jesus during the last supper, would deny Jesus three times and run
away the next day. Who could know that those scared disciples, after
witnessing Jesus' death on Golgotha, later stood up for the mission of
spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the price of their lives.
We
can change this dramatically when we accept Jesus' invitation to trust Him and
allow ourselves to be touched by the holy spirit to carry the mission
God wants us to fulfill. Sometimes we might need to be alone, like when
Jesus stayed away from people. But when the time comes, we need to gather
our spirits together towards God and listen to Him to remember the way we need
to walk together.
At this moment I am alone writing in my room, but I look forward to the moment, seeing all my fellow believers in service, concerts, and to go out to reach all of the people to share the good news Jesus wants us to spread throughout our lives.