Repair and Renew

Recently I learned a wonderful lesson from the Lord through my old cooler. This cooler was gifted to us about nine years ago by a brother who actually used it for himself for nine years. So the cooler is eighteen years old.  I could have thrown it off and buy a new one, but somehow I did not want to throw it when it can somehow be repaired. Therefore, I did my best to fix the motor and still make it work. The whole idea of a cooler is to generate cool air for this hot summer, especially for my children. After a few days of working on it, it now works as good as a new one. The lesson I learned is, what can be repaired must be repaired and not be discarded. Make use of what seems useless. This needs burden and skill. Not only for inorganic material things but also for people; turning the useless to be useful. 

In a similar line, I also learned the lesson of renewing overseas trip for training and conference that has been put on hold for a couple of years due to Covid. Since the Lord gave me the burden to renew attending this kind of training, I brought it to fellowship with the concerned brothers. After a couple of weeks, the Lord opened the door and made it possible for a brother and me to resume attending international training and conferences. What it took me was the burden, then the fellowship which made it practical.

In yet another similar case, as I was booking flight tickets for our overseas training trip, I realized that my passport needs renewal. Therefore, immediately I took action and did all the necessary filling up of forms for the renewal. In this way, the Lord taught me a simple yet important lesson on renewal. 

Taking timely action, and renewing matters and things before it gets expired are important lessons the Lord has been teaching me these days. The same applies to my need for daily renewal and revival to stay afresh in the Lord and in my service and function in the Body of Christ.

Lord, renew me day by day.