Recently, I received several letters from
our dear young sisters, who told me about their struggles in their spiritual
life in the midst of the modern, materialistic church settings. Their struggles
are real, for although their soul longs to abide in heaven, their environment
is too shallow and fleshly. Where can they go to obtain solid spiritual milk? Where can they learn the true sense of reverence and awe in Christian worship?
Here is an excerpt of my letter to one of
our sisters;
"Now let me share with you something
which I perceived; I think, a part of your struggles and my struggles are
derived from superficial Christian cultures around us today. You have been
bombarded with lots of shallow, pop-culture-like messages, phrases, images,
music which often excite our stimulation and emotions but does not give us
lasting impacts or repose upon our soul.
A church that can't worship must be
entertained;
and people who can't lead a church to worship
must provide entertainment.
-A.W. Tozer
Where can we sense His holy presence?
O Lord, save us from these confusions and chaos.
Because of this phenomenon, which often
makes us unstable in our Christian life, I've made a resolution to start
seeking the bare basics. I am striving to gaze upon the core part. I
threw out the superficial stuffs, messages, images, books, music into the
garbage and started on the journey to find the naked, authentic truth which is
revealed in the Gospel. As a result, I became like an oddity among friends,
family and relatives but I believe firmly that this is the way which He wants
me to proceed. I believe that He wants you and me to go deeper and to seek the
solid path. So, my dear sister, shall we go together, hand in hand?"
The Lord is in His holy temple;
Let all the earth keep silence before Him,
Amen.
Let all the earth keep silence before Him,
Amen.
Psalm 136 Praise the LORD in Serb