{"id":11888,"date":"2022-09-06T12:39:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T04:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/?p=11888"},"modified":"2022-09-06T12:39:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T04:39:39","slug":"sermon-reflection-the-god-who-sees-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/sermon-reflection-the-god-who-sees-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon Reflection &#8211; The God Who Sees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Posted by Adeline Ting \u2022 Sep 6, 2022<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_10 vc_sep_border_width_5 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_custom_1653980010483\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span  style=\"border-color:#b11f24;\" class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span  style=\"border-color:#b11f24;\" class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God sees. With this proclamation, I felt like a tiny organism in a Petri Dish, placed under a stereomicroscope for observation. My life will be \u201cdissected\u201d and examined by the One whom I serve. Nervous surely, awaiting to know \u201c<\/span><b><i>Would God be pleased if He sees me?<\/i><\/b><b>\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This calls for a self-examination. I am both a follower and a leader, within my very own personal microcosm. I can honestly say that I have less pressure as a follower, but as a leader, I felt the weight of responsibility, accountability, and judgement, sitting firmly on my shoulders. I have goals as a leader, but I tread the thin line between having goals and turning them into idols. Striving hard for perfection to achieve my goals as per my playbook, I have often found myself tipping the scale towards idolatry. Career and performance are threatening to out-weigh God on the other side. My reflections also revealed that I am in such a vulnerable position to falter easily. Favoritism, bending rules, misreporting of data, dereliction of duties, are just a few of the near misses that I navigate through consistently. Pausing, I realized that I am not a perfect leader. My struggles are real, and as a leader, I have followers who would bear the consequences of my actions. What I do and how I do it, will impact others as we are a team. I am accountable for every follower I have, and I will be judged on my leadership.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clearly, this is not something I can do on my own. And I truly believe I have not been alone all this while. God is with me, His faithfulness abounds, and He has walked ahead of me. Perhaps, <\/span><b><i>God sees I am trying.<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And He has kept me on the right path by opening my eyes, and stirring my heart time and time again, so that I am aware of what is right. He calls me back when I go astray. He forgives when I repent, and He continues to mould me into a better person so that I can live a life He has crafted for me. Although the world is corrupted and the cultural norm deviates from the ways of the Lord, I am anchored in the truth that there is hope for God\u2019s people for He is our perfect leader. This is the goodness of the One whom I serve. And I am happy that God sees me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God sees. 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