When I just started performing the duty of caring for the new believers, I was very happy and strongly felt that it was God’s uplifting of me. A period of time later, I was transferred to a strange place to perform my duty. In the face of various kinds of difficulties, I was full of complaints in my heart, and I really wanted to give up my duty but dared not. So, I came before God and prayed to him: “O God! In this duty, I do not know how I ought to cooperate with you. When facing the various kinds of difficulties, I always want to draw back. But I believe that everything you have arranged is good. It is only that I am too blind to discern. May you inspire and enlighten me.” After that, I opened the book of God’s word and read these words: “Some people are not willing to coordinate in the service when they are asked to. Such people are lazy ones who only seek ease and comfort. The more often you are asked to coordinate in the service, the more experiences you will have. As you have more burdens and have more experiences, you will have more opportunities to be made perfect. Therefore, if you can serve God with a sincere heart, you will care for God’s burden. In this way, you will have more opportunities to be made perfect by God. Now God is making such a group of people.” After reading these words, I suddenly felt enlightened: Actually, God has given me burdens in order to perfect me and make up for my deficiencies. However, I didn’t understand God’s considerate intention and was afraid of the sufferings and difficulties, seeking ease and comfort and thinking that I had suffered loss. I have never known that through this commission and these difficulties, I can become richer in my experiences, and through caring for God’s burden, I can reach the point of being perfected by God.Isn’t this God’s love coming upon me? Encouraged by God’s words, I was no longer negative and no longer had complaints. Rather, I faced the duty with a cooperative heart. Because of this burden, I often pondered: How should I care for the new believers so that their enthusiasm can be activated? Which piece of the word of God can be used to resolve their notions? Which of the articles on the testimony about God can be used to strengthen their belief? When I had burdens, I felt that these difficulties were not so difficult as I had imagined.

One day, God’s family asked me to summarize what notions the new believers had and which words of God had been used to resolve them. Then, I thought of those notions raised by the new believers in the past and sorted out more than thirty notions without knowing it. When looking for the corresponding words of God to resolve each of these notions, to my surprise, these words of God appeared in my mind just like the film being shown scene by scene. At that moment, I felt extremely excited and couldn’t help offering up my grateful prayer to God: “O God, I am deeply grateful to you! It is you who have given me so many truths regarding the vision. Not until now have I understood that what you have committed to me is really so wonderful and is of great benefit to my life. O God! I will not complain about the sufferings and difficulties anymore. I am willing to be faithful to your commission to me. May you add more truths to me. To you be all the glory!” At that moment, I couldn’t help singing the hymn from God’s word: “To truly taste God’s love, you have to go deep into reality and into practical life, and find that everything God does is love.…”

Yang Guang

An’shan City, Liaoning Province