I am Retired
Dear Friends,
May 5th marks the last large group of the 2009-2010 academic school year.
That means there is no more need for me as a large group coordinator,
there is no more need for me as a worship leader,
and above all, there is no more need for me as an official Intervarsity Leader.
I have relayed my role as large group coordinator to Kim Chiang,
as I have passed on my role of worship leader to David Lee.
My friends, my role for the 2010-2011 academic year has been formally declared as a “floater”.
After lots of thought and prayerful consideration, I’ve come to this conclusion of what it means for me to be a floater:
Here is some Diction Addiction for you eh?
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(Not the real definition..)
Floater |ˈflōtər|
Noun
A servant/leader with no tangible responsibilities…!
I have been relinquished of my responsibilities as LGC and worship leader.
My new role of floater enables me to roam freely in the green grassy knolls of IVCF.
Well the funny thing is, there is no such thing as floater. It was simply something Jeff came up with on the spot at my leadership interview.
The truth is…
I do not consider myself a part of the official Intervarsity Leadership Team for 2010-2011.
If you want to be extreme, you can say that I am calling it quits with formal leadership.
“But wait, If you are not a formal leader, how are you going to serve the Lord?”
“If you are not a formal leader anymore, how can you still be a part of intervarsity?”
“But if you are not a leader, how will the Lord be able to use you!?”
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I think about these questions a lot because I’m sure a lot of Intervarsity students ask themselves these very same questions.
So you applied for formal leadership and didn’t get accepted…
Perhaps you didn’t even apply for leadership and you feel less valuable as a member of the body…
Well I am here to tell you guys that formal leadership means very little to the integrity and quality of leader God has destined us all to be. I’ve worked with teams of Pharisees where I’ve brooded in my intense disgust towards their demonstrated hypocrisy that permeates deep into the root of the fellowship itself. I’ve lead the sheep entrusted to me as a blind shepherd, king of Pharisees, who has fallen into one too many ditches. My quality of walk has fluctuated like the graph of sin(x) cycle after cycle even on my terms as a formal leader (excuse the math jargon).
What am I trying to say?
I don’t hold a reputable venerable position in InterVarsity next year…
So what?
Instead, I will embrace my role as a “floater”
I will do what I am called to do the best I can, not because it is my worldly duty, but because it is my heavenly calling.
I don’t need a weekly sunday meeting to remind me of what I’m called to do.
I don’t need to receive emails from fellow leaders to realize that there is a broken world out there.
I don’t need the prestige and honor formal leadership entices me with to motivate me to serve the God who died for me (this is probably the hardest one for me).
I challenge you, back row large group attenders
I challenge you, languid small group members
I challenge you, formal leader rejects
So we are not official leaders…
So what?
Float with me next year;
Float with Him.
Float for Him.
“Life is too short to not give 100.”
