Don’t Waste Your Life

Written by Darren Lee

Instead of ‘enjoying’ his holiday, Darren Lee (our previous 2017 EXPLORE intern) used his university break to serve in the Youth Ministry for 10 weeks. Here he shares why he did that:

Since I had three months for my summer break, I wanted to use it to develop my spiritual growth and personal relationship with God instead of mindlessly wasting it away. I wanted to relearn what it means to serve God because of the struggles I faced last year.

2020 was a challenging year for me because I was wrestling with my self-worth and finding a sense of belonging in the church community. COVID-19 restrictions worsened these struggles as church services shifted online. This made me lose all motivation to go to church for most of last year. It resulted in me wanting to be comfortable and worsened my spiritual state.

I am thankful to God for the few young adults in Zion Bishan who met up with me and reminded me that God should be the focus of my life in mind, heart, soul and strength. They also helped me realise that my motivations for serving were self-driven instead of God-driven. I knew that I needed to start afresh my journey of faith with God, particularly by serving the church.

One of my biggest takeaways during the last ten weeks is that all believers are called to live as one body and honour God because we are redeemed in Christ! I took this from the Bible Study sessions with Dn Timothy, where we read Ephesians together over the last few months. Additionally, the sessions allowed me to apply what I have learned in studying in AG and SMU Christian Fellowship.

I thank God for giving me this opportunity to intern once again! Like the Apostle Paul’s call in Ephesians 4:15-16, my prayer for Zion Bishan is that we will keep coming together as one body in Christ and grow in love during this season of uncertainties.

As I am returning to school in the coming week, please pray for my continuous spiritual growth in my personal life. Finally, please also pray that whatever I have learned for the last ten weeks will not be in vain and will be useful in my walk with Him for the rest of my life.

If you would like to spend some time interning in church, or joining as a full-time apprentice, please contact Pastor Dev or Pastor Vernon.