A Servant's Heart

Matthew 42:42~47
[44] Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
[45] Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
[46] Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
[47] Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

I had a weird Sunday morning. And i DO mean really early in the morning. For no apparent reasons (to me at least), I woke up, wide awake at around 3:30am, replied Rachel's sms.. Ok, so i thought maybe my bowels are screaming to go toilet, so i go lor.. When I came back, i went straight to bed, roll here and there. CANNOT SLEEP!!!! This is super weird, coz normally, I will just lie down, close eyes and back to my la la land...

Hmm.. Anyway, since i cannot sleep, i woke up and started surfing the internet. Watch X men on youtube, surf FAcebook, and then the christmas play i was writing about came to mind, and i went on to search for songs. And thank God, i found a song called "Christmas Makes me cry", its such sweet lyrics and the video was a live recording. And the guy Matthew West (also wrote "Voice of A Saviour") shared the same theme as the play does!! So maybe, God woke me up for a reason. So i sent to the my music director, to have a listen.

Still, I found that i wasted quite a lot of time, just watching youtube, spending time on facebook refreshing the page which doesnt seem to load.. Could have spend the time, praying and writing the play, expanding it. Coz now the play basically just like skin-wrap-bones....

And by time i found the song, my alarm rang. So i washed up and did quiet time. Practise piano. Till about 8am, went opp to eat prata :p... And it was raining quite heavily for at least 1 hour.

It only let up when i finished my breakfast about 8:30am, walked to church. And i saw the most amazing act of love. I saw our church warden Uncle John, squatting by the traffic light just outside the church. At first i thought he lost something. As i walked closer, i realised that, he was clearing the leaves from the drain, so that the puddle of mud water surrounding that area could flow in, and people can walked easily without getting their legs pants or whatsoever wet.

Knowing Uncle John for over these 2 years, he's always doing his duty. ALways. Pastor said he never had to worry if the gates are not open, or places not prepared. For the number of times I spent over night in church, there are times i woke up around 3am plus, he was already awake, sweeping the church, checking the stuff around. So, i know that he is very loyal and responsible to taking care of things INSIDE the church compound.

But outside? There were several thoughts that came to my mind. Either someone, who was there at 7am, realise about the puddle, and called him to solve it. Or, he was on the way to market, and saw it. Well, the 2nd thought seemed more possible because I saw his bicycle, he usually rides it when he's going to the market.

And i came to realise, the largest possibility is, his love for the church and its members. He must have thought how would the members be walking the long way as they try to avoid the church. Or people, maybe not even members, who might get splash as cars turned that corner.

Whatever the case might be, that was the most humbling, practical act of love i had ever seen. All i could ask was, Can i help you? But he just said, no la, no more already. And i thanked him, he just smiled and told me the lunch for today is veggie rice.

Perhaps, he had always been doing this, each time it rains. And i never got a chance to thank him for it.

I remembered how he always will remind us, to keep the areas clean, or stuff like that. I dont think its because he wants to make his job easy, but in his own way, he's telling us to love the church.

I had been observing how people treat this man. Most people treated him like, a servant. Some even paid him extra, so that they dont have to clean up after a big function. The way they talked to him, the attitudes. It made me ashamed of myself, though i had never talked to him that way, but there were times i would think to myself, isn't this Uncle John's job? NO, it should be "isn't this every Christian's job?"

Maybe he sees it as his duty, but this man is serving God with such humility, i am just amazed!

As i watched left behind 2 later that night, i was reminded again, how i dont want to be left behind, i dont know if i have the courage to face the tribulations. I realised time is really running short. I saw the comments of disbelieves in these videos posts.

I got reminded of Uncle John's example again. I dont think he really cares a lot, of how or when the end times are, but all he cares about, is keeping the Church in its proper place, being there when there are troubles.

For those who always had a slightly lower view of him, maybe its time to take a look at our own serving attitude, i think he is a great example to learn from.

Give me love in my heart,
keep me serving, serving, serving
Give me love in my heart I pray.
Give me love in my heart,
keep me serving, serving, serving
keep me serving till the break of day.