Fulltime ministering

Using music to serve God has always been my calling since that very day i dedicated myself to God in a Christian rally led by Huang Guolun and his band Chun yu (Spring rain). Back then, i just turned 17. Going to use music to serve God in a fulltime capacity is something that God has been speaking to me and moulding my heart towards, only in recent 2 years.

Serving with the Samurai
I felt God calling me to explore fulltime ministry 2 years ago when i just founded SACCM Music ministry. However, God wasn't giving specific direction as in where should i serve. I consulted my youth pastor Wangling about my desire to explore Fulltime ministry and she advised me to put this feeling to the test of time because i am still doing my bachelor degree.

Serving in Forerunner
Serving with Forerunner is where everything took off. What i have learnt from FR is more than just music, but how to use music to minster to people. As written in my previous blog about music as the mean to the end and not the end, this idea really debunked all previous ideas i had with music ministry. In the past i could not imagine how my passion for music can be used as an instrument to connect with people and of course, for me to connect with God. I felt that this passion of music that i had must be subdued somehow, so that God can take the rightful place in my heart. Well, it is right to say the above, but what i have grown to know through serving with FR is that: the passion of music can be used to serve God and God's people too. And lest that i know, my passion for God's kingdom and ministries, actually is growing bigger to replace the passion that i have in music. (can read my previous blog).

My direction as in where God was calling me to, has become clearer after my 2nd concert tour with the Forerunner. I wanted to live a life that is able to connect with people, pointing them to God and of cos, making an impact in their lives. Like how Pat has made an impact in my life, i want to do the same to other people to....passing on the vision and mission. I hope to join Forerunner as staff upon my graduation. Yeah!!!

Issues that i have to overcome
I guess the greatest issue that i have to overcome will definately be money issues. Counting my cost, i know that as a fulltime minister, i may not be able to have the spending power to buy big car, big houses and of cos the stuffs that i like. Maybe, i may not be able to even get married, becos it's hard to find a girl that is willing to spend her life with me in poverty. However, i am sure that if this is where God wants me to do, i better follow. Who dares to go against the Almighty.... Ironically, if i look at the lives of many fulltime staffs like my mentor's, i could see that Joy that they have that money cant buy. Pat told me that even though he may not be able to drive big cars, live in big houses, marry the most beautiful girl in town, but the life he is living now is much more than what he could ask for. He is blessed with a nice family car, a great wife (Jac) and two lovely kids (Kyrie and Ryan)....Isn't it enough. I have faith that if God were to call me to do fulltime, He will never short change me.

I am still a work in progress...Allowing God to mould me further and more ready to join Forerunner as Staff. :>