God's Glory

God's glory is a major theme from the very first sentence of Genesis to the very last of Revelation. It is always present throughout the scriptures, and yet often easy to dismiss by His people throughout the generations.
God's glory is the “substance” of God; His love, His actions, His creation – His awesomeness; all of which are uniquely manifested in His presence (Exodus 33:17-19, Exodus 34:5-6).

Exodus 33:17-19 (NIV) And the LORD said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.” Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” And the LORD said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

Glory is the essence of our Creator, and at the center of His glory is His compassion for us. The glory of the Lord filled the temple 2 Chronicles 5:13-14. In the New Testament era, Jesus is the temple, God's glory personified (John 2:19-21, Heb. 1:3, John 1:14, 2:11), and as His body, we too ought to display God's glory (2 Corinthians 3:18, 4:4-6).

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Commitment to the Way of The Cross

What is the way of the cross? When we say “Doing a Jesus driven ministry” or “to minister like Christ” or “in following Christ’s example of ministry”, what does it mean? Is it just a Christian jargon, something to validate our activities, categorizing our life as godly? Is it just a validation of our lifestyle as a Christian?

John White wrote about this as such:

“The way of the cross is a magnificent obsession with a heavenly pearl, beside which everything else in life has no value. If it were a case of buying it, we would gladly sell all we had to do so.”


In a sense, this is what commitment is – a determination to orient our lives in such a way that pursues a magnificent obsession. A commitment to follow Christ is just a manifestation of our orientation of life centered on Christ and His purpose. This is hard, requires a lot of sacrifice, risk, etc. But commitment also implies that the pursuit must be done with the same passion, intensity and rigor throughout – hence the “magnificent obsession”. It is easy to have a burning zeal during the beginning phase of our commitment, but then it usually tends to fizzles out. Is it then possible to maintain the zeal, rigor, passion throughout? It is indeed possible – only if we are obsessed throughout.

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Key People in ICF

Sebagai leaders yang aktif bergelut di dalam ICF, kita tentu sering mendengar frase “key people” digunakan oleh teman-teman sesama leaders, elders, mentors, di dalam paper-paper yang kita baca, atau bahkan, entah disadari atau tidak, kita sendiri seringkali menggunakan frase tersebut dalam percakapan sehari-hari. Yang menjadi pertanyaan adalah: apakah kita sudah sungguh mengerti apa yang dimaksud dengan “key people?” Apa itu “key people?” Mengapa ICF saya membutuhkan “key people?” Apakah peranannya di dalam ICF? dst. Melalui paper ini, kami ingin mencoba mengangkat dan memberikan jawaban atas pertanyaan-pertanyaan tersebut.

Hal-hal yang akan kami bahas adalah :
1. Definisi dari “key people” di dalam ICF
2. Peranan key people ICF di dalam functional block
3. Urgency untuk memiliki key people yang kompeten dan berkualitas

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