We all know thet there is no permanent here in the earth. All are changing except the Word of God.
Since last year we kept on promoting the Mission Motivators Indonesia Schools of Missions to different churches and Bible Schools for the purpose of training missionaries to be sent out to different places both local and international, where most people did not believe in Christ yet, … to fulfill the Great Commission of the Lord in Matt. 28:19-20.
We were so busy preparing things needed for the school opening (April 2020). There were enough numbers of candidates already to start the classes and all of them had tickets already in going to Jakarta. But all of a sudden the world changed. All flights both domestic and internationals were cancelled because of the CoViD 19 pandemic issues. Out of the missionary candidates only one came before the cancellation their flights. Despite of the situation the staff and this candidate are staying together in the training school in Jakarta.
I belive that God has a purpose for this pandemic situation. We just think positiviely regarding to this issue. In this situation people could not go anywhere because of the law of the the land to be obeyed, stay at home and work at home policy So, people just staying at home all the time. God’s word said that “In everything… there is a purpose under heaven”. Ecc. 3:1. Here are some reasons why God allowed us to just stay at home:
- Self reflection & evalaution – time to examine individual’s heart in preparation of Christ return.
- Build and have quality time for the family – time to break becoming busy outside all the time.
- Build and strengthen personal relation with God – time to sit down and have time with God
- Have a deeper study with the Word of God – time to focus on heavenly things (Col. 3:2)
Despite of this pandemic situation, it was our oppurtunity to show God’s love to people by sharing the blessings that we received from God. We had our online regular meetings. The team kept having praise and worship and prayer and Bible reading marathon at the mission school.
I visited and met some of the candidates in the nearby place to strengthen their calling to move on despite of the world condition. Encouraging them to wait for the right timing of God to start the said training.
I believe that there is a time for this crisis to end. Let us keep praying for God’s perfect timing that everything will turn into normal. This is just one of the signs of the coming of Christ. So we need to focus to him always.
“BE FAITHFUL IN SERVING GOD UNTIL HE COMES and SHARE GOD’S LOVE WHILE THERE IS AN OPPURTUNITY!!!”
God bless us all always ! ! !
JERSON FERRARIS LABADIA, M.Th.
Training director, SOM Jakarta