More than a hundred years ago J. Hudson Taylor, the founder of the now Overseas Mission Fellowship (OMF), said this : " If I had 1,000 lives, I would give them all to China.”. I heard this quote for the first time during the Global Day of Prayer in Hong Kong 2 weeks ago. I was floored when I heard it.
I felt that God pierced my heart with those words. Although I was not born in China and it is only recently that I start to be able to speak Mandarin, but I still identify myself as Chinese more than my identity as Indonesian or Canadian. I was pierced by the fact that someone who wasn't related to China in any ways loved God and loved China that much to the point that he laid his life for God's Kingdom in China. Here was the person who came from distant land who was willing to leave everything that he had so that my ancestors could hear the Gospel As a person from this Chinese heritage, what will I do to share the Gospel and establish God's Kingdom among my people?
As I was worshiping during our young adult service this past Saturday, I felt like I could feel God asked me in my heart this question, " Grace, are you willing to lay down your life for the revival of my people in China?" I was floored when I heard that question. To be honest, it wasn't really a question. I think God knows my heart and He also knows that my heart is already consumed with the passion to see His Kingdom all over the earth, and specifically in this particular country. God knows my heart...
I still don't know how answering this calling look like practically but I have already given God a "Yes" as an answer. I am far from perfect and I know that I am nothing but a jar of clay. But I also know that God is not looking for a perfect vessel, rather, He's looking for a willing heart. I might not God's first choice, but here I am saying to God " Here I am, send me! "
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