Encouraged by God!

thank God for affirming my serving in drums once again! :)

for the past few weeks, when project deadlines are near, exams juz round the corner, i started to feel stressed. not juz feeling stressed in school work, but i was also feeling quite stressful when serving in drums too. i dunno why, but juz felt that when i'm playing the drums, i felt very restricted, the feel wasn't really right. and i started to have lots of negative thoughts, and also lose my confidence in playing drums. but like what i've shared before in one of my previous post, the more you want to try to get away from serving, the more you get to serve.

i was serving for baptism service yesterday and i felt really very nervous. actually there's nothing to be nervous about, but i dunno why i juz felt so. haha. and i remember joshua telling me something like, juz imagine that you're the only one left in the world to worship with drums, how or what are you going to play to worship the Lord? and i felt that this is an interesting question. :) this question came to my mind again when preparing for 2040 service worship today.

the feedback given during 2040 worship debrief was that the worship today on the whole was good. the way i played the drums had a different feel, and the feel was good. and it's not just me, even the way shumin led worship today was different. :) and i believe that each and every one of us can definitely make a difference for God! :)

anyway, i thank God for the encouragement He gave me through many people for my serving in both yesterday's baptism service and today's 2040 service. and i was reminded that it's not a matter of how skillful you are, even though skills are important too, but most importantly, we need to serve with the right heart! :) ultimately, the one in control is not us, but God. and we are not serving for our own glory, but God's glory! :)