I am from Taiwan and now study in a two-year college in Austin, Texas. I come from a Christian family; and I received the Lord in 1990.

By the sovereign arrangement of the Lord, I had a chance to pursue my bachelors degree in the U.S. However, it was not easy for me to study in a foreign country with the cultural barriers I had. Sometimes the circumstances frustrated me so much that I felt I couldn’t go on with the Lord anymore. Although I didn’t feel really pleased about my situation during that period of time, inwardly the Lord spoke to me just to stay with the brothers and sisters in the local church. I followed what He said to me and practiced a church life with the brothers and sisters in the local church in Austin.

One day I was reading a book called The Economy of God, by Witness Lee, with a believer on campus. One portion from the chapter, “The Economy of the Triune God” enlightened me. It says, “This glorious God-man lived on earth for thirty-three and a half years and experienced all the common and ordinary things that make up the daily human life. He was tired, hungry, thirsty, and He wept. His human sufferings were also part of His daily life, which included many earthly troubles, problems, trials and persecutions” (p. 12). After we read, prayed over, and considered those sentences, we saw that when the Lord Jesus was on the earth, He revealed God’s heavenly life to the people on earth. Even if they didn’t know what He talked about, it didn’t frustrate Him. He still did the things that pleased God.

I realized that although I already knew the doctrine concerning His human life objectively through the Bible, it hadn’t been so real and subjective in my experience and in my circumstances. Moreover, Hebrews 12:2 says, “Looking away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of Our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God.” Then, I just said, “Lord, I want to experience you. I want more of You.” Therefore, I exercised to turn my eyes upon Jesus and to open my whole being toward Him during that period of time. Even though the situation was still there, I was full of joy and peace.

Hallelujah! Our Lord is so experientially subjective and so available to us. He knows what we are going through and how we feel about it. When we look to Him, He will minister life and strength to us that we may be able to run the race and live the heavenly life on earth.

S.L.

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