We are two weeks into the New Year. A tabloid newspaper suggested that all New Year resolutions die by the time we get to Week 3. Sales on "How to Diet Successfully" books would plummet and the ones already bought would be left to gather dust. Everyone is back to one's normal self - eating what one craves.
But for those who want to achieve greater things in life, we should aim to stick to our goals and game plans. So, for the first 2 sermons, I chose the theme "How To Live An Optimum Life". The sermons were "Planning is Key" and "Managing for Success". Time and tides truly wait for no man. We have to maximise our opportunities in making God's voice heard.
Having been back in the market place for a year, I can see the importance of being a voice for God in every sphere of the world, inside and outside the church. God's Kingdom is advanced when His Voice is heard in a fallen world through our deeds and speeches. I see so much wisdom in the servant of God Moses when he prayed "Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.......Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days......May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children. May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us-- yes, establish the work of our hands."[Ps. 90:12-17 NIV] I can really relate to Moses heart cry. I need God's favour to go through each day!
I try to influence my boss and colleagues with Christian principles in business dealings. I stood firm when my boss tried to cheat our client for money that we did not earned. It may cause some strain between the two of us, but one cannot avoid tension when one is fighting against what is evil. I know integrity pays at the end because God will back us up. "Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty. "Not a root or a branch will be left to them. But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall........." [Mal. 4:1-4 NIV]
Our holy God desires us to be holy. He does not mince words when He says "If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,"[Mark 9:42-50 NIV] Scary stuff but true!
Be sure to know that "Ill-gotten treasures are of no value, but righteousness delivers from death. The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth."[Prov. 10:2-5}
Amen!
But for those who want to achieve greater things in life, we should aim to stick to our goals and game plans. So, for the first 2 sermons, I chose the theme "How To Live An Optimum Life". The sermons were "Planning is Key" and "Managing for Success". Time and tides truly wait for no man. We have to maximise our opportunities in making God's voice heard.
Having been back in the market place for a year, I can see the importance of being a voice for God in every sphere of the world, inside and outside the church. God's Kingdom is advanced when His Voice is heard in a fallen world through our deeds and speeches. I see so much wisdom in the servant of God Moses when he prayed "Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.......Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days......May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children. May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us-- yes, establish the work of our hands."[Ps. 90:12-17 NIV] I can really relate to Moses heart cry. I need God's favour to go through each day!
I try to influence my boss and colleagues with Christian principles in business dealings. I stood firm when my boss tried to cheat our client for money that we did not earned. It may cause some strain between the two of us, but one cannot avoid tension when one is fighting against what is evil. I know integrity pays at the end because God will back us up. "Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty. "Not a root or a branch will be left to them. But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall........." [Mal. 4:1-4 NIV]
Our holy God desires us to be holy. He does not mince words when He says "If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,"[Mark 9:42-50 NIV] Scary stuff but true!
Be sure to know that "Ill-gotten treasures are of no value, but righteousness delivers from death. The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth."[Prov. 10:2-5}
Amen!
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