Yunus Perkasa Tjeng, Nations Worship
yunusp2006@yahoo.com
I have been in architectural furniture design for almost 13 years. As Executive Director of a furniture factory I led over 700 employees. Since I submitted myself to serving God in January of 2000, God has blessed us.
My wife, Linda, and I have two kids, Yuvella and Yuvender and Linda was a good teacher. We eventually arrived at the place where we owned three businesses, a car, and our dream home. We had achieved the “Successful Dream.” Everything seemed perfect. But we knew God was calling us to something more.
We had been working in ministry in Indonesia for about eight years, ministering through churches and schools. After my last trip in August 2006 to the Haggai Institute in Maui, I felt God was calling us to minister in the United States. But I didn’t know how to start.
Praise the Lord! I have found God’s will involves having a close relationship with Him. A simple analogy is the child-parent relationship. A father communicates to his child what he desires the child do. This involves relationship. The child hears and understands the will of the parent like we hear and surrender to God. In prayer, we humbly ask God for direction and share with Him our desire to accomplish His will. This involves placing faith and trust in Him, knowing that He has a plan and purpose for our lives.
We surrendered to full-time missions in coming to the United States. We left our house, our family and all of our personal possessions to follow the calling of the Lord and rely on Him. There were limited preparations but unlimited opportunities to minister in Jesus Christ. We said, “Here I am, Lord, send me.”
Often times, when we find God’s will, we have an incomprehensible peace. Philippians 4:7 says, “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
I believe finding God’s will is not just a list of do’s and don’ts. It is placing faith and trust in God, giving our life over to Him and being conformed to His image. I have found my relationship and God’s calling.
I desire to serve God and others. I have a lot of brothers and sisters in the Philadelphia Mennonite community. We are a happy family.
The opinions expressed in articles posted on Mosaic’s website are those of the author and may not reflect the official policy of Mosaic Conference. Mosaic is a large conference, crossing ethnicities, geographies, generations, theologies, and politics. Each person can only speak for themselves; no one can represent “the conference.” May God give us the grace to hear what the Spirit is speaking to us through people with whom we disagree and the humility and courage to love one another even when those disagreements can’t be bridged.