Preparing my heart…

While preparing my heart to work full time in my church, one question sparked up although I have peace and “on fire” to work directly/fully for God’s kingdom. The realistical question is the pay. Haha… I am challenged on this issue for a few times since the day I have submitted myself for God’s kingdom. In Chinese churches, the pay is low. Can I survive with the low pay? Am I able to have financial independant? Am I able to provide my future family with basic needs? Wow… worry… God’s answer to me is… look at the birds! They do not keep “tomorrow” food, but they still can survive.  I believe God is taking care of me and His blessing is abundantly for me. Some more, this article (http://necflc.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-much-do-we-pay-our-pastors.html) has encouraged me. I will not be poor but I will be rich in God’s kingdom. God won’t want His servant to have a poor life, that could not glorify His name. And His heart to me is FOCUS on His kingdom, do not worry of the needs of life.

Second challenge is…. will I be “katak di bawah tempurung” by serving in my home church? Will I be limited for more exposure and updates from other place of the earth? I hope I can still update myself and expose myself to other ministries/church movements while serving in my comfortable home church. Well, I will never know the real situation until I step in it. May be there is a lot of challenges ahead of me. Serving relationship challenge? Work environment challenge? I am a hypercritical person. Am I able to cope with “cing cai” in Chinese culture and non-systematic environment? The answer is… I don’t know until I go into it. haha…

So, be prepared for the new chapter of my life on this coming Thursday. Please pray for me to have anointment and wisdom from the Holy Spirit. God bless me.