Contributed by Darren Lim • Aug 5, 2025
Despite the incredible progress I have made in inviting God to my workplace (Serving the City @ Work), especially when dealing with work challenges where I once felt distant from Him, I am currently feeling overwhelmed. Sometimes, taking one step forward feels like taking two steps back. The escalation of the crisis at work and several health scare episodes left me feeling a deep sense of dread, confusion and a sense of futility that echoes King Solomon’s laments of meaninglessness.
However, this time, I felt a strong sense of the Holy Spirit prompting me to slow down and simply rest at the feet of Jesus. The sermon I had heard on Spotify about our Lord’s invitation to weary souls to find lightness in His yoke played back in my ear. So, in quiet obedience, I traded in my usual 5:10am training routine for a later wakeup and had a walk in the nearby park. What began as a need for clocking in daily steps turned into a prayer walk. I started with pouring out my heart to God, questioning my soul, “Oh my soul, why are you weary?”. But then, my focus shifted and I was drawn to intercede for my family, my Cell Group members and the global crises plaguing the world – Ukraine, Gaza and the Cambodia-Thai borders.
As I came full circle, praying for God to cultivate in me deeper care, compassion and being less judgmental of everyone and everything, I felt an inner shift. My countenance felt light and my spirit felt refreshed. Even while reading what I embarrassingly admit is the less “interesting” part of Scripture – the Book of Numbers this time – I was struck by a sense of awe. I was acutely aware of Jesus behind every pattern set forth in God’s commands. It was as if the Spirit shone a light through the fog and allowed me to catch glimpses of Jesus behind the backdrop of every ritual, worship requirement and commands. God had long ago set these patterns and Jesus had fulfilled them all!
Jesus is risen and I have been born again as a result. Though I may not feel like it on many days, this truth remains a steadfast reality, one to be lived out daily at the feet of our Saviour, our Lord and Master. As the sons of Korah wrote, may my spirit song forever beat to the rhythm of Psalm 84:
“My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God…Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; they are ever praising You…Better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere..”