Day 4

Last year I was facing a difficult time. I felt like I'd run out of road and all of the paths I had followed led to dead ends. At that time I prayed desperately for something to change, but I didn't know exactly what I needed, because all of the things I thought I needed had fallen apart in some way or another.

God’s answer took me to a path I had never imagined, following Him and serving in His ministry. Sure I’d helped out at church and other Christian events but even when friends suggested working in ministry to me I couldn’t actually picture myself pursuing a career in God’s service. But where once I was unable to envision that, after diving in at holiday club, I could now see clearly what I couldn’t see before. A way forward that freed me from stagnation and gave me a way to use my gifts that I thought were doomed to be abandoned and waste away.

Before I even had time to properly consider what my next move might look like, God already opened a way forward by connecting me with a Bible college. It all happened so fast, I had no idea what to do, but after a year of praying for God to break the stalemate I was facing He did so spectacularly, having me in full-time education again within a month of this realisation.

I never imagined I could or would serve God in this way yet now, a year later, I’ve learned so much and done so much to step up my game in serving Him. Writing this as a new semester approaches I am delighted to be going back and taking the next step on this journey, at university and pursuing other opportunities with the church. I’m just so thankful to God that He has given me such a fulfilling path forward and restored my hope at a time where I was losing grasp of it. For much of my life Jesus was nothing more than a story, and the fact that in spite of that He personally came to intervene in my crisis and welcome me onto His team means the world to me and more, and is a far greater blessing than 400 words can contain.

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Duncan Tong

Re:Hope Southside

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As you pray today, remember that God may answer in ways you could never have imagined. Let that stir your hope and expectation!