who is the god?

Saturday, September 23, 2006

who is the god?

Several years ago, I was sitting with a group of college students at a coffee shop. The conversation was casual, nothing too serious. Then one of the students asked me first in Chinese and then in English, “who is your god?” Wow! The question caught me off guard. Never before in my whole life had someone actually asked me who my god was—as if there was more than one! I responded humbly in Chinese, “I am a Christian; Jesus is my God.”

About a year ago, another college student asked me, “Manda, who is the God? What is his name?” Again, I told this dear friend that I followed Christ Jesus.

Then, last night, after telling another Taiwanese college student about how God had changed my life, the student said to me, “I would like to trust a god, but I don’t know which god I should trust. Which god do you worship?”

When was the last time someone wanted to know which god you were talking about? Although I live on “the island of a thousand gods” (title of a brochure I picked up at the airport), it’s not exactly a question I ever get used to being asked. However, it is one I am happy to answer.

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Would you please join me in praying for the people of Taiwan who don't know which God to trust?

“Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel . . . Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should” (Ephesians 6: 19, 20).

"也為我祈求，使我得著口才，能以放膽開口講明福音的奧秘 . . . 並使我照著當盡的本分放膽講論" (弗 6:19, 20)。

Sep 23, 2006 9:31:02 AM | culture, life in taiwan, missions