The word becomes flesh
In 1998, I walked into the HOC church Sunday service. As I was worshipping God, I had an impression of God talking to me. I wanted to sing worship songs to Him, but I ignored God first. Then the impression got stronger, so I listened to it closely. I felt that God was telling me something; He was revealing my identity to me. I picked up the church bulletin and started writing. I wrote, God has called you, Jack, to be an apostle who will reach out to the generation in the nations. After writing that statement, I chuckled and laughed at myself. See, in 1998 most believers didn’t talk much about apostleship, even among the Chinese charismatic churches. When I received this rhema, I was like Sara in the Bible; I was laughing at God’s dream in me. I brushed the thought aside. Little did I know that in the next 10 years, I would go through some rough times in my life.
1998 - I received a rhema from God, calling me to be an apostle to the nations. I laughed at it. The same year, I received a prayer from a prophet saying that I would be going through relationship problems and many trials, but at the end I managed to get back up and finish the race.
1999 – Due to the relationship crisis, I left church and rebounded into another relationship.
2001 – Another relationship crisis; made a vow with God to put Him first, not any romantic relationships.
2001 – Prayed to God for 10 young people and we will change the land
2001 – Started a youth group at Living Stream BOL with 1 person; it grew to 30 people in a year
2002 – Moved to the East Coast due to visa status, reconnected with Annie Wang
2004 – Moved back to CA, started a youth group called Impact
2005 – Impact became a church and joined ROLCC
2006 – Annie and I got married
2007 – Countless supernatural signs and wonders began in our ministry
2008 – Prophetic word from Bob Hartley and my Korean Hallelujah Obasan
2009 – We lost our first child, AJ Lee
10 years…. I stumbled and fell, but I still chose to stand up by the grace of God.
Lately I have been wondering about what I received in 1998 and 2008. God is faithful all the time. Last Sunday, an African American pastor came to Impact and prophesied over me and Impact. All of a sudden, I realized that God has begun a new season in my life. It took me 10 years to discover my identity. It took 3 years to start walking in my identity from 2008 to 2011. I believe that God is preparing me for a discovery of my identity, and I will keep exercising my authority as an apostle for the nations. Yeah, God, I wanna be faithful, and I am ready.
It surely took 10 years to turn the word (rhema) into flesh. The next 10 years, I will advance the Kingdom by force.