LIFE-GIVING WATER FROM HEAVEN

by Bishop Dr Gordon Wong. He taught Bible Knowledge to the Sec 4 ACS boys around 1987-89. That was during the time when Singapore still allowed schools to offer this as a GCE ‘O’ level subject.

There is a saying that “Teaching is the one profession that produces all other professions.” That’s how important and significant a role good teaching plays in life. Or as someone else has said, “Without teachers, life would have no class.”

Moses was a teacher, and this was his prayer:

May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb. Deuteronomy 32:2

Moses prays that his teaching will have the positive nurturing effect of water that helps grass and plants to grow. He uses four different words to describe life-giving water from heaven: rain, dew, gentle rain, and abundant showers. Good teaching comes in different doses, different forms, different times, and different places. But all good teaching nurtures our lives.

Good teaching comes in different doses, different forms, different times, and different places. But all good teaching nurtures our lives.

Good education is a large part of the good work that God has called us to do in The Methodist Church in Singapore. Within three years of the first Methodist missionaries stepping foot in Singapore, two schools were started, and today, we have over twenty schools and pre-schools in the little island of Singapore. As we have been blessed by good education, so we thank God for allowing our Methodist Missions Society to establish several schools in other countries. This issue of Harvest Force highlights the good work of our various school boards.

Let us give thanks to God for all who serve and support our schools and school boards. May the teaching and education provided “drop as the rain, distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon tender grass, and like showers upon the herb.”