Doing Mission in my own country?

The phone rang on Thursday night.

The cell leader asked, “Did you go through the Bible discussion question? Can you skip question number 2 during the Bible study discussion tomorrow?”

Last Friday was my duty to lead in Cell group Bible discussion. The topic was on Mission and reaching to the nations. Question number 2 deals with our attitude and behavior towards foreigners in our country, Singapore. This is a touchy topic in Singapore where 45% of the people in this country are foreigners.

I paused, and out of respect, say, “OK. We can do that.”

Perhaps, she knows the group better and how they feel about foreigners. But, isn’t it a waste of opportunity for a time of Christian education to teach our flock how to love the “unlovable”, if they find it hard to accept so many foreigner in Singapore now?

While many Singaporeans are crying foul on the country being crowded out by many nations in fluxing into this tiny country, perhaps … perhaps God is actually bring them to make mission easier for us? We now don’t need to go overseas to do mission, we can do it right at our work places, hawker centers, tuition centers, playground and even MRT.

OK, I am not pro-government or pro-foreigners. Although, I still prefer to keep the population small, but out of the inconvenient, maybe we can make use of the situation and learn to be more mission-mindedness, more caring and sharing, and be more thoughtful and culturally sensitive.

Hmmm… that is when I moved the hold Bible study discussion on the concept of cultivating mission-minedness. I even printed out my sermon notes and distributed to all the participants, which included my thoughts and reflections.

So, now, each time I make contact with a Myanmar, an Indian, a Chinese, a Pinoy, a Malaysian, it should be an opportunity to sow seeds for the Kingdom of God.

Matthew 28:19

“Go, therefore and make disciples of all NATIONS…”

Agape