As a new Christian,
a new pastor and a new missionary…. everything is first so exciting, and we are
attracted by the fantastic new ministry with God. Even if the new circumstances
are tough, we still see everything wonderful, so beautiful and we see the mighty
hand of God.
Over time, we can fall into becoming “Home Blind”.
The Christian life, the church, the mission field and also our families can
become - not so blessed any more. We can
be 100% Christian and preach 100% the Word`s God, but …. we have lost our good
news, our own testimony. We are still 100% biblical but the World does not become
our personal Living testimony any more.
As the new Christian, Acts 4:20 spoke to me very
strong: “For we cannot but speak the things
which we have seen and heard.”
The last months I have been greatly touch by seeing the unity of the power of God`s Word and the power of our personal Testimony.
If I believe all in the Bible but have no living testimony … well the question
is if I am only doing religion? The world is indeed fed up with dead religion.
We now feel in Ubon-Pakse that …… “For we cannot but speak the things
which we have seen and heard.”
We find that life as a missionary is more exciting
now than when we first started in India and Bangladesh. We ourselves see and
hear amazing things, but the most amazing thing is to see how our dear friends
and coworkers are blooming. With God everything is new and exciting .... my
whole life. Ingvar
