Christmas day! At the stroke of midnight I was at the ampang mamak, Suzi’s corner, with friends and we did a group hug around the dinky mamak table! Yes things have changed somewhat from celebrations at fancy hotels or restaurants or even a cosy home! We had just attended a Christmas eve service where we viewed a Max Lucado Christmas movie entitled, The Crippled Lamb. This short 22 minute animation was warmly received by adults and kids alike and spoke to me about one thing – the unsung “heroes” of the moment when Jesus was born. In every story of life, those who achieve “greatness” are never without the countless unsung heroes that have laboured on their behalf.
I just read a devotional from RZIM entitled Saintly Shooting Stars. If you have time read it. If you don’t have time, you should try to make the time. The author cleverly weaves through the different characters that received brief mentions as well as John the Baptist. What was their purpose in life? Just to be present and to do the will of God at that one big moment that was recorded in history! What about the rest of their lives? Prior and subsequent to that moment? We don’t know the entire story and that was not what this article as about. It was about everyone of us recognizing that no matter how mundane the task we are called to, it is NEVER mundane in the greater picture that God is weaving for us. Has it been years of waiting for that miracle and fulfillment of the promises? Or just years of obediently doing “boring” things and not recording any outward sign of progress? Whatever it may be this was wat struck me the most,
“…God takes special interest in the roles He assigns to each one of us. The sheer number of names in the very pages of the Bible and the countless ordinary, unnamed individuals through whom He has accomplished his purposes in the world testify to that. Thus though my God-assigned role in his program may not seem as glamorous as the roles played by others, it is an indispensable piece of the larger puzzle in the mind of God. The hymn, God Moves in Mysterious Ways, contains a warning that is really worth heeding, especially in light of the apprehensive mood in which many are entering the Christmas season and the coming New Year: Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,But trust him for his grace;
Behind a frowning providence,
He hides a smiling face.(1) “
I am so relieved by this assurance that God is mindful and has not forgotten all that has been spoken into my life. Till the fulfillment, I want to be found faithful in the mundane and the exciting. God never forgets the unsung heroes or even unnamed soldiers. All are accounted for and whose obedience shall be credited as righteousness before the Lord. What does 2009 hold for me? How will 2008 end? All this calls for more intimacy with my Lord. Will get back to blogging when He speaks clearly enough! Till then…Blessed Christmas!
