大家一起7979 用爱接待·没有阻隔

12/15/2021

大家一起7979 用爱接待·没有阻隔

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用爱接待·没有阻隔
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HOST WITH LOVE · NO OBSTACLES
Together We Go & Save · Written by Rev. Andrew Wong

“Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers …” (Heb. 13:1-2)

In the month of August, Malaysia’s COVID-19 confirmed cases have been increasing steadily, people around us started to get infected too, cries of confirmed COVID-19 family members who needed to be quarantine becoming louder and closer too. By the moving of God, HISTEAM responded by setting up safe quarantine house, foremost we learned how to transform our staff’s quarters into a safe quarantine facility. Meanwhile, we also fasten our pace in sharing Quarantine House’s vision and execution program with Chinese speaking churches. In general, the responds we received from pastors and leaders who attended our Quarantine House Briefing could be either agree with it or totally disagree. Nevertheless, we are very thankful for our Lord’s leading, throughout Malaysia there are 18 churches working together with us, in setting up 21 quarantine houses to host individuals of group B close contact group. We really appreciate our overseas mentor Rev. James Xia for his trust and love to us by setting aside a sum of money from Taiwan CCRA into our Quarantine House startup fund, this is indeed a big encouragement to our team to walk the extra mile. As I looked back at our Quarantine House program, I had never expected that for the past 3 months, churches all over Malaysia had hosted 58 individuals (statistic till end of October). Individuals stayed at our quarantine house came from all walks of life, we gave priority to people of B40 group or financially disadvantage. Thank God that we have the privilege to host friends from other races, foreign workers and ex-drug addicts.

Actually we were just boldly depended on God when we opened up and prepared our vacant premises to take in neighbours who needed a temporary and safe quarantine space. During quarantine period, we provide them with food, company, care and prayers. From the sharing of brothers and sisters who involved in this quarantine house ministry, they found that their faith and boldness has increased in this pandemic as they care for and host quarantine individuals. In the process of hosting, God reminded me that ministry of hosting is an unavoidable ministry that we must adopt in this end time period. This time it was due to a pandemic, that a space was needed to host our neighbours, in the future it could be a natural disaster, war or even persecution that will cause diaspora of refugees. Actually, what we need to prepare is really not a physical space but the space in God’s children hearts, i.e. a heart that willing to host. When time comes, we will either be the one who take in someone or the one who desire to be taken care of. Ungodly lifestyles will be more common during end time, people hearts are becoming more indifferent too, if the church does not wish to be judge by God’s righteousness like lukewarm Laodicea Church, or Ephesian Church that lost their first love, than we end up with only one choice that is to depend on Holy Spirit and turn our indifferent into love, until the unbelievers around us can experience the unforsaken love of our God. Yes! This is the love in Christ Jesus that leap over life, death, time and geographical limitation. Where there is love, then there will not be obstacles.

“你们务要常存弟兄相爱的心。不可忘记用爱心接待客旅……”（希伯来书13:1-2）

8月，大马新冠肺炎的确诊人数正往高峰攀爬。身边被感染，或家中因有确诊者而需要隔离的呼声，离自己越来越靠近、也频密被听见。全人凭感动回应设立安全隔离屋，先学习将空置的同工宿舍转换成安全的隔离设施。同时，也加紧与华人教会分享隔离屋的异象与操作方案。教会牧者、领袖听了隔离屋的解说后，反馈不一。感谢主的带领，全马各地有18间教会与我们合作，一起设立21间隔离屋来接待近距离接触确诊者的邻舍。感激海外督导夏忠坚牧师的信任与爱，率先将台湾救助协会一笔奉献注入设立隔离屋的经费，深深激励我们团队为主多走一里路的信念。回头看这隔离屋方案，真是无心插柳柳成荫，在过去三个月，各地教会奉主耶稣的名接待了58位入住者（截止10月尾）。入住隔离屋的邻舍来自不同的生活背景，我们优先接待B40及经济条件较差的对象。感谢神，我们有机会接待各族的同胞，包括外劳及更生人。

其实我们只是靠主鼓起勇气，预备空置的产业，并打开门欢迎需要临时及安全隔离空间的邻舍。隔离期间，我们为他们提供饮食、陪伴关怀并为他们祷告。从参与隔离屋肢体的分享，我领悟到在疫情中接待邻舍可以提升我们对主的信心与勇气，爱心趋向成熟。神在这个过程中提醒我，这是教会在末世临近时，无法选择、责无旁贷的服侍。这次是因为瘟疫，我们需要腾出地方（空间）接待邻舍；未来则将会因天灾、战争、逼迫引来大量的难民潮。其实真正需要预备的还不是隔离的空间，而是神儿女内心的空处，即一颗愿意接待的心。到时候只有两种角色让你我选择扮演，或是提供接待的人或是渴望被接待的人。末世光景，不法的事越发增多，人的爱心却渐渐冷淡，教会若不要被至终审判者责罚，像老底嘉教会那般不冷不热、以弗所教会那般丢失初爱；其实也只有一项选择，就是选择依靠圣灵的加力将冷漠化为爱，让身边未信的人感受到上主不离不弃的爱。对了，就是那种能够跨越生死、跨越时空、跨越地理，在基督耶稣里的爱。有爱就没有阻隔！