Reminiscence

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

A "spiritual" taxi ride to the airport

This was the most fruitful taxi ride that I ever had in Singapore.

J and I took a cab to Changi airport on 4 September 2008 to catch our flight to Hong Kong.

Taxi driver: "Where are both of you travelling to?"
Jay: "Hong Kong."
Taxi driver: "What are you doing there?"
Jay: "We are going there for a church conference."
Taxi driver: " Oh...so both of you are Christians! What lead you to become Christian?"

I shared my personal conversion story and the taxi driver, who is about 40 years old, shared that he was born of a Christian family and when he was younger he wondered and questioned whether his Christian faith has any solid basis. He went on his personal research and journey of who God is in his life.

Taxi driver: "Do you know that many religions' scriptures were written by people after the founding of the religions? Before Jesus was born, there were already hundreds of prophecies written in the Old Testament about the birth and death of Jesus with pin-point accuracy. You read Isaiah 53, Micah 5, Daniel 7, Psalms 2, 110."

He shared as we grow in knowledge and understanding of who God is in our lives, we will pale in comparison to His greatness.

He used to be a chef and he worked in Thailand and Switzerland for a several years. He gave a very interesting illustration about faith.

Taxi driver: "The Chinese way of cooking soup and the Western way of cooking soup is different. To thicken the soup, the chinese add corn starch while the western adds flour and butter. The chinese soup will thicken as it is heated but as the soup is heated continuously, the soup will become watery again. The western soup will get thicker and thicker as it is heated continously. Our faith in the Lord should be like the western soup. As we grow in the Lord, our faith will grow stronger and stronger."

Our faith is like a seed that grows into a tree whose roots go deep into the Word of God. Our faith will grow strong when we build ourselves on the right foundation. If our faith weakens over the years, it is likely that we are building our faith on the wrong foundation.

Taxi driver did not give me a good impression initially as the taxi was a rather untidy. Our God does not look at the appearance but He looks at the heart. This man has great wealth of spiritual knowledge and understanding that has blessed our hearts, minds and souls.

A 45 minutes journey on the road was indeed a blessed one from the Lord.

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