{"id":49031,"date":"2025-10-22T11:10:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opendoors.qa.flickerleap.com\/?p=49031"},"modified":"2025-11-07T08:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:43:58","slug":"finding-faith-in-a-fast-paced-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opendoors.qa.flickerleap.com\/afr\/finding-faith-in-a-fast-paced-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Om in \u0149 stad met \u0149 vinnige pas geloof te vind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<em>Wesley het homself as \u0149 Christen beskou, maar het nie geweet wie Jesus was nie. Dit het alles verander toe hy \u0149 program bygewoon het wat deur Geopende Deure ondersteun is.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Die gegons van die stadslewe in Kuala Lumpur kan oorweldigend wees. Vir Wesley, \u0149 19-jarige student, is die toringho\u00eb wolkekrabbers en bedrywige skares \u0149 skrille kontras met die stil lewe wat hy tydens sy kinderdae in \u0149 afgele\u00eb dorpie geken het.<\/p>\n<p>Hy het in \u0149 langhuis (\u2019n groot gemeenskaplike dorpshuis) in Sarawak, Oos-Maleisi\u00eb, grootgeword. Die huis was langs oerwoude en verskeie riviere gele\u00eb, wat ver verwyderd van die stedelike gedruis van Kuala Lumpur was. Hy het na di\u00e9 stad (tuiste van 8,8 miljoen mense) verhuis om universiteit by te woon, wat \u0149 groot oorgang vir hierdie jong man was.<\/p>\n<p>Behalwe dat hy weens sy landelike opvoeding in die minderheid is, bevind Wesley homself ook op \u0149 ander manier in die minderheid: Hy is \u0149 Christen wat in \u2019n stad woon waar slegs 6,4% van die bevolking Jesus volg. Die meeste inwoners van Kuala Lumpur is Moslems of Boeddhiste, met \u2019n beduidende minderheid Hindoes. Daar is moskees, wydverspreide Boeddhistiese tempels en massiewe heiligdomme wat aan Hindoe-gode gewy is.<\/p>\n<p>Dit kan \u0149 resep vir \u0149 ramp wees \u2013 \u0149 jong Christen wat vir die eerste keer na \u0149 vinnig ontwikkelende stad kom, kan maklik van sy geloof afwyk weens die invloede rondom hom.<\/p>\n<p>Maar Wesley se geloof in Jesus het hom voorberei vir die uitdagings van die lewe in \u0149 enorme stad, aangesien hy \u0149 moeilike pad moes stap om \u0149 ware Christen te word.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2019n Christelike geboortesertifikaat, maar min begrip<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wesley se tuisdorp bestaan uit mense wat op hul geboortesertifikate as \u201cChristene\u201d identifiseer, maar geen ware begrip van di\u00e9 geloof het nie. Sendelinge het die Evangelie in die 20ste eeu na die streek gebring, maar dikwels sonder om die nodige dissipelskap te bied sodat mense dit werklik kan begryp of uitleef.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEk het as \u2019n Christen ge\u00efdentifiseer,\u201d onthou Wesley, \u201cmaar ek het nie die beginsels daarvan ten volle aangeneem of uitgeleef nie.\u201d Die gemeenskap het streng vasgeklou aan tradisionele oortuigings, insluitende eerbied aan diere as goddelike wesens en rituele waarin bome aanbid is, dikwels saam met die Christendom. \u201cEk het hierdie oortuigings heelhartig gevolg, en werklik in die kultuur geglo. Ek was heeltemal verdiep in die oortuigings en praktyke en het groot betekenis en sin daarin gevind,\u201d s\u00ea Wesley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOm die waarheid te s\u00ea, ek is nooit tydens my kinderjare aan die Bybel blootgestel of daaroor opgevoed nie, en ek het dit nog nooit tevore gelees nie,\u201d s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n<p>Wesley se gebrek aan blootstelling aan die Bybel en kennis van Jesus het hom gelei tot ontmoetings met spirituele praktyke wat algemeen in sy kultuur was. Hy het rituele gesien wat deur \u0149 plaaslike toordokter uitgevoer is en sy oom, \u2019n familielid saam met wie hy grootgeword het, was selfs vatbaar vir geestelike besetenheid.<\/p>\n<p>Tog was Wesley ondanks die oortuigings rondom hom nuuskierig oor die geloof wat op sy geboortesertifikaat aangeteken is. Hy het besluit om kerk toe te gaan en te sien waaroor Christenskap gaan.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dit het hom op \u0149 koers geplaas wat alles sou verander.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MWwccDhF3TI&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>\u201cSoos om \u0149 elektriese skok te ervaar\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Terwyl Wesley vir graduering voorberei het, het hy kerk toe begin gaan. \u201cAs ek terugkyk, besef ek dat God nog altyd by my was,\u201d s\u00ea hy. Op 17 het hy \u2019n diepsinnige ervaring by die kerk gehad. \u201cIn daardie diens het ek baie warm gevoel, soos om \u0149 elektriese skok te ervaar,\u201d onthou hy. \u201cEk weet vandag dat ek God se teenwoordigheid gevoel het.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dit het hom laat besef hoe min hy verstaan het van die geloof waaraan hy veronderstel was om te behoort. \u201cEk het nie geweet wie Jesus is, wat die Bybel is of wie God is nie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0149 Lewensveranderende program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alles het verander toe Wesley aan \u0149 program genaamd Ground Zero deelgeneem het, wat deur Geopende Deure se plaaslike vennote georganiseer en bestuur word. Ground Zero bied fundamentele Bybelse onderrig en dissipelskap aan jongmense vir die oorgang van hul ho\u00ebrskooljare kollege toe.<\/p>\n<p>Dit was die eerste keer dat Wesley werklik die geleentheid gehad het om die Bybel te lees en God se Woord te verstaan. Dit was ook hier waar hy Jesus werklik as sy Verlosser ontmoet het. Hy s\u00ea: \u201cEk het gevoel dat my lewe verander het nadat ek die waarheid oor Hom ontdek het.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Die opleiding was nie net \u2019n persoonlike transformasie nie. Dit het hom toegerus om uitdagings te hanteer, en selfs om sterk in sy geloof te staan toe sy eie gesin gesukkel het. Toe sy oom \u0149 verskriklike episode van geestelike besetenheid ervaar het, kon Wesley sy ma en oom met vertroue aanraai om nie hulp by die toordokter te soek nie, maar om te bid vir genesing deur Jesus. Hy het besluit om op die vloer langs sy oom se bed te slaap en deur die nag te bid.<\/p>\n<p>Sy oom was drie dae lank histeries voordat Wesley soontoe gegaan het en het daardie nag vir die eerste keer vreedsaam geslaap, terwyl Wesley gebid het. \u201cEk het op daardie oomblik baie dapper gevoel,\u201d onthou Wesley. \u201cEk het geglo dat God by my was.\u201d Hierdie oortuiging het na sy hele gesin uitgebrei, en sy pa, wat voorheen sterk teen die Christendom gekant was, het uiteindelik ook begin om Christus te volg.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49053 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/opendoors.qa.flickerleap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bible-campaign-Wesley-Malaysia-blog-inside-2025-10-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opendoors.qa.flickerleap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bible-campaign-Wesley-Malaysia-blog-inside-2025-10-16.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/opendoors.qa.flickerleap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bible-campaign-Wesley-Malaysia-blog-inside-2025-10-16-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/opendoors.qa.flickerleap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bible-campaign-Wesley-Malaysia-blog-inside-2025-10-16-768x269.jpg 768w, https:\/\/opendoors.qa.flickerleap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bible-campaign-Wesley-Malaysia-blog-inside-2025-10-16-600x210.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hantering van die stad se uitdagings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nadat Wesley na Kuala Lumpur verhuis het, het hy homself in \u2019n diverse godsdienstige landskap bevind. Hoewel hy die geleentheid aangryp om by ander te leer, erken hy dat dit noodsaaklik is om onderskeidingsvermo\u00eb te h\u00ea en sterk in sy geloof te staan. Hy vind krag in die Bybel, gebruik die leringe daarin om sy besluite te lei en weerstaan eksterne druk om sy geloof te verwerp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDit was uiters nuttig om die Bybel te ken,\u201d s\u00ea hy. \u201cEk sou maklik be\u00efnvloed kon word as ek nie die Woord van God geken het voordat ek hierheen gekom het nie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hy het selfs sy geloof met vriende gedeel, geduldig sy oortuigings aan hulle verduidelik en die vreugde en vrede wat hy in Christus vind, gedemonstreer. \u201cWanneer ek die Bybel lees, s\u00ea dit altyd God is by ons en ons moenie bang wees nie,\u201d s\u00ea hy. \u201cEk onthou daardie verse oral waar ek gaan. God sal my nooit verlaat nie!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2019n Voortdurende behoefte en \u2019n blink toekoms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wesley se verhaal beklemtoon die noodsaaklikheid van programme soos Ground Zero in Maleisi\u00eb. Hierdie inisiatiewe aan bied jongmense die gereedskap wat hulle nodig het om hul geloof, die Woord van God, te verstaan, kulturele druk te weerstaan en die Evangelie met ander te deel.<\/p>\n<p>Hy hoop dat Geopende Deure-vennote sal voortgaan om finansi\u00eble en gebedsondersteuning te bied. \u201cEk hoop baie jongmense sal by programme soos hierdie aansluit,\u201d s\u00ea hy. \u201cHul lewens sal \u2019n drastiese verandering van oud na nuut ondergaan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wesley dien nou in sy kerk, en sy onwrikbare geloof is \u0149 getuienis van \u0149 veranderde lewe. Sy strewe is eenvoudig \u2013 om aan te hou groei in sy geloof, God te dien en \u0149 lig vir diegene rondom hom te wees. Hy put krag uit Johannes 15:5: \u201cEk is die druiwestok, julle die lote. Wie in My bly en Ek in hom, hy dra baie vrug . . .\u201d Hy s\u00ea: \u201cAl wat ek in my lewe wil h\u00ea, is om Hom te dien. My droom is om God te dien.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hy vra vir voortgesette gebede vir sy studies, sy familie en vir die verspreiding van die Evangelie in Maleisi\u00eb. \u201cBid dat my geloof versterk sal word sodat ek enige uitdagings in my lewe met God se hulp kan oorkom, en dat ek altyd op die regte pad na Christus sal wees,\u201d s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n<p>Hy is nie meer \u0149 seun van \u0149 afgele\u00eb dorpie nie, maar \u0149 jongman met diep geloof en \u0149 blink toekoms.<\/p>\n<p><em>Geopende Deure werk deur vennote regoor die w\u00eareld om Bybels en dissipelskap-hulpbronne te verskaf aan vervolgde Christene wat druk en vervolging weens hul geloof ervaar. \u2019n Geskenk van R180 kan vandag help om God se Woord en die gereedskap om dit te verstaan, aan \u0149 vervolgde gelowige te voorsien.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<a href=\"https:\/\/opendoors.qa.flickerleap.com\/afr\/veldtogte_en_geleenthede\/bible-giving-campaign\/?utm_source=wesley&#038;utm_medium=post&#038;utm_id=BIB25\" class=\"vcex-button theme-button inline\"><span class=\"vcex-button-inner theme-button-inner wpex-flex wpex-flex-wrap wpex-items-center wpex-justify-center\">GEE VANDAG<\/span><\/a> [\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Wesley het homself as \u0149 Christen beskou, maar het nie geweet wie Jesus was nie. Dit het alles verander toe hy \u0149 program bygewoon het wat deur Geopende Deure ondersteun is. Die gegons van die stadslewe in Kuala Lumpur kan oorweldigend wees. 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