Jesus and his
angels chose to visit Pastor Kuan's Christmas party this Christmas. They
arrived in his party but was not noticed by him or any of his guests. They were
invisible to all the people in the party.
Pastor Kuan
served Jesus since he was a teenager. He often went hungry because he was poor
and in China, especially among the house churches in villages, everyone was
poor and had not much to tithe to the pastor. Still, that did not deter pastor
Kuan from his call to serve Jesus as a pastor. Pastor Kuan cared more about
serving Jesus than any monetary or worldly benefits that he might receive.
Pastor Kuan
loved the Lord with a passion and would travel from village to village, sharing
the gospel with everyone he met. He would share not just the gospel but
everything he had with the people he met. He loved the Lord but he also loved
the people, whom he saw as hungry sheep, who needed to feed on the Bread of
Life, Jesus Christ, and pastor Kuan was only too glad to share this bread with
anybody who would show an interest to receive this free manna from heaven.
Pastor Kuan
often went without food in His service to the bread of life. Even when he did
have food, he would share the meagre amount of food he received with the
starving population in the villages he visited. Pastor Kuan believed that as a
pastor, he should not only care about the spiritual needs of his congregation
but the physical needs as well. He was quick to share whatever little worldly
possessions he had with his congregation and anyone who would ask from him.
Pastor Kuan
was arrested several times for his service to Jesus and sent to prison many
times. During his imprisonment, he not only never regretted his choice but
rejoiced that he got to share the cup of suffering which Jesus partook for him
when he went to die on the cross two thousand years ago. Pastor Kuan sang hymns
in the prison and gladly witnessed to the other prisioners and prison guards
whenever he could.
This
Christmas, Pastor Kuan received an enormous amount of money from a member of
his congregation and instead of spending it on himself, he chose to host a
party for the poor, blind, crippled and lame. He opened his house to anyone and
everyone who would attend.
So, Jesus
was glad to visit this generous pastor this Christmas with his angels. Jesus
was proud of the pastor and his good works and the angels were busy recording
everybody the pastor invited to his party so that his good deeds might be
recorded and he might receive one day, an abundant reward in heaven.
By inviting
everyone to his party, regardless of their status, pastor Kuan had invited
Jesus and his angels to his party, too. If only pastor Kuan was aware that the
King of kings had chosen to visit his party, he would more than rejoiced.
