Consistency and humility

I had a wonderful time im Camerons last weekend with our worship team. There was so much food. So much laughter, too little sleep and so much of His Grace.

We were filled with the Holy Spirit for the entire weekend and cried buckets during worship, prayers. It was an awesome time.

There were a lot of things that happened over the weekend that left a deep impact on me. It has, in many ways, changed my life. I also receive a prophecy, from 3 brothers who prayed for me seperately but consecutively, talking about the same thing. That will be another entry altogether.

Above all else that I learn from camerons, Ive been inspired and humbled and awed by brothers & sisters who have served MWM faithfully. I feel that I'm so far behind them, and feel great privilledge to be able to serve beside them so that I may be able to learn from them.

The 2 very impressive traits that stood out from them was :-

1) consistency
2) humility

(I wouldn't have swore that I could have figure that out a logn time ago... but... )

It hit me really hard when i observe that it was consistency that earned respect and gives confidence to the ppl around us. That's leadership. And a humble attitude that allow us to go far in life (in many aspect).

For the first time, I saw it differently. The effort put in to do the small things, consistently over the years speaks GREAT volume. So much volume it nearly knocked me over unconscious! My brother Ricky Liew sets the standard for consistency (he is a super meloncholy). He is always early, always prepare, keeps himself neat and tidy be it 5am or 11pm, print out immaculate score sheets...etc And Janan, whenever I missed a sermon, I'd look for his email detailing an accurate summary - all typed before work starts.

I'm amazed at all these ppl. (I only mentioned 2 here because it would take a book to write them all down). Consistency like that really translate to 'dependability'. I would be comfortable knowing that such responsible individual is my leader.

Reflecting on myself, I'm embrassed to say that consistency is almost, (almost!!!), non-existent in my life. Perhaps the only consistent thing I do is being inconsistent.

As for humility, James See says it like this when we complimented his leadership style (esp on his approachability and 'realness'), ".... truly, I don't feel that I'm coming down to your level to talk to you when I'm leading you in this team. I feel honoured that I'm leading you. Really, I feel that I'm looking up to you all when I'm talking to you because I'm so far behind you in so many things....."