“The word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” — Hebrews 4:12
These days, I have been meditating on this verse deeply.
As I prepare for missions and think about the road ahead, I feel that God is not simply looking at my outward appearance, but continually touching the deepest parts of my heart.
Before people, I may seem fine. But before the Word of God, my fears, pride, desire for recognition, and even the question of whether I truly love God alone are exposed.
So lately, I am not just preparing for missions. I am continually asking God to examine whether the Gospel is truly alive within me.
And through this process, I find myself confessing again:
“God is alive. And He is still moving today.”
I still cannot forget the worship we shared on Logos Hope.
Though our nations and languages were different, we cried, laughed, and worshiped together because of Jesus alone. Those moments completely changed my life.
In the worship gatherings on the ship, I began to see the Kingdom of God and slowly understand God’s heart for the nations.
And now, I am standing before another place of obedience.
Around this September, I will be preparing to go to Chennai, India for business missions. I will probably stay there for about two years.
In India, I will be working together with MCC Lifelong Education Center, teaching baking and helping people learn practical skills that could lead to new opportunities and small businesses.
More than simply teaching how to bake bread, I pray that hope would rise in people’s lives and that God’s love would flow through those relationships.
I also want to share Jesus with friends living within Hindu culture — not merely through words, but through life itself. I hope the love of Jesus will be revealed through eating together, crying together, and walking through life together.
The business I will be serving with includes a Korean restaurant and hotel. I will mainly work at the hotel front desk, serving Korean guests.
But I believe that place is also a mission field entrusted to me by God.
To some, it may look like an ordinary workplace. But I pray it would become a place where God’s love flows and where the Gospel is revealed through everyday life.
Right now, I am receiving discipleship training at Handong Global University and also being trained within The Points ministry. Around June, I will likely have a commissioning service as well.
And the more I walk this journey, the more I realize this:
A missionary is not someone special. A missionary is simply someone who is ready to obey whenever God calls.
“Here am I. Send me.” — Isaiah 6:8
Honestly, there is still a lot of fear in my heart.
In India, it may be only a Korean pastor and myself remaining there together. I think there will be many lonely and difficult days.
The culture is different. The language is different. There may be nights when I cry alone.
But even in those moments, I want to experience more deeply that God is truly alive.
“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” — Hebrews 13:5
So I sincerely ask for your prayers.
Please pray that even in loneliness, I would grow closer to God. Pray that even when no one is beside me, I would be satisfied in God alone. Pray that I would love God more than ministry itself. Pray that I would not merely speak the Gospel, but truly live it out.
Please pray that even through small hands making bread, and through ordinary moments meeting people at the hotel, the Kingdom of God would be revealed.
And above all, please pray that I would remain close to God until the very end.
God is alive. And He is still moving today.
And I believe the God who began these stories on Logos Hope will continue to fulfill them in the days ahead.
Yesterday, I had a time of gathering with Korean friends from Logos Hope to share about life after leaving the ship.What was amazing was that even though we were not on the ship during the same season, as we talked, we realized that deep in our hearts we were still moving in the same direction.We were still loving God. Still worshiping Him. Still living with the belief that wherever we stand is a mission field.Some are now in school, some are working, and others are living in different countries and different seasons of life.But I was so thankful to realize that the heart God gave us on Logos Hope is still alive within us.As we worshiped together yesterday, I was reminded once again that missions are not something we only do while living on a ship.Rather, life itself becomes worship, and every place we stand becomes a mission field.Together, we prayed for the nations. We prayed that God would remember the places that still have not heard the Gospel. We prayed for missionaries who are still serving faithfully in lonely places around the world.And we also prayed for Korea.We prayed that the Korean church would return to its first love for God again, that worship would come alive again, and that the fire of the Gospel would rise once more among the next generation.We also prayed for the next Korean missionaries who will serve on Logos Hope.We prayed that God would guide their steps, and that their love for the Kingdom of God would become greater than their fears.But above all, what I was most thankful for was realizing that we were not simply “people who once lived on the same ship.”We are worshipers who love the same God.Our seasons were different. The timing was different. The periods we served were different.Yet in God, we are still deeply connected.And honestly, it felt like such a grace simply knowing that we had once been part of Operation Mobilisation together.God once gave us the same vision, the same heart for the nations, and the same longing for His Kingdom.The more I think about it, the more thankful I become.During worship yesterday, this confession kept rising up from deep within my heart:“God is alive. And He is still moving today.”We may have stepped off the ship, but worship has not ended.The place of ministry may have changed, but the calling has not ended.Rather, it feels as though God is continuing to call each of us to live as worshipers wherever He has placed us.And somehow, I found myself hoping for the day when we will once again worship God together among the nations.It truly was a beautiful and thankful night.And the story of how God reconnected us again in Him felt incredibly beautiful.
Around this September, I will most likely be going to India as a long-term missionary.
Standing before this next step of obedience God is leading me into, I feel both nervous and expectant for what He will do.
I will also be updating and sharing a more detailed prayer letter soon.
Please keep me in your prayers.Pray that wherever I am, I would love God more than ministry itself,that even in loneliness I would be satisfied in God alone,and that my life would reflect Jesus wherever He sends me.
“God is alive.And He is still moving today.”
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