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Sunday, January 4, 2009
Today's Reading: Luke 12:22-24
12:22 Then Jesus said to his disciples:”Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.
12:23 Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
12:24 Consider the raven: they do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!
Have you ever asked yourself what is the purpose of your life? Do you believe that your life in this world is not without purpose? Do you believe that your life in this world is not only about eating, drinking, and clothing?
I am not starting a philosophy class or trying to think philosophically with you or ask you to argue about philosophic matter. Instead, I would like to ask you to find the clear and best answer in the Bible.
People have spiritual reason in their live. Not just eating, drinking, clothing or fulfilling their physical needs. Even though people have their eating drinking and clothing activities but all of that, are not the main reason and not the most important thing in people's life.
Below are the God's messages to human:
1. To seek Kingdom and its righteousness first (compare to Mat 6:31-33)
2. Seek with all heart (compare to. Acts 17:27).
3. To be His disciples and make other people His disciples ( Mat 28:19-20).
4. To repent and serve God (compare to Acts 26:20).
5. And still many other things to meet His need and call in our life.
The fact is that to be worry have prevented people to follow God's Call or Will. Worry have caused people to not put God as their first priority. Worry came from the products of not believing in God's providence, in which have prevented people to trust in His love. Isn't God ever told that He looks after every human being and provides their needs more than the lilies and birds in the sky that is not working? So if someone worries about his life, then he actually doesn't trust in God's statement about the human preferences.
This truth is stated not to make people not to becoming good manager in their life. Because the principle of good management is from God. But management can not be a reason for being worried and not to put God as first priority. People supposed to managing their time beside treasures or other things. And putting God as first priority in their life management.
In the business world and working environment a lot of worried people and the people who don't believe in God's providence. The worst thing is that they became greedy and the only thing in their mind are business and working. These people usually think that they are the only one who can fulfill all of their needs. They forgot about God who's the only one who can fulfill all their needs. Because everything that people have comes from God. Without God, people can not do anything. In other words, people's effort are in vain if without God.
Businessman or Christian workers have to be able to differentiate between businessman or workers who based on worry and the one who's hard working. Worried businessman or workers moved by their worry to make them working like crazy and even more they became greedy, cheater or deceitful. But the hardworking businessman or workers can control themselves and be optimal in accordance to the time God has provided where God still be the first priority. Beside that, the hardworking businessman and workers also provide his time for other important things such as to have rest, family life, social life, and other things.
In this modern time, people learn from their mistakes in the past which are to work smart, in effective way, and work as a team. All of that are the results of learning process from crazy work or workaholic where in the end has proven to fail many of businessman and workers in private, family, and social life. Some workers find themselves lay down in the hospital's bed for very long time because they never have time to rest. Haven't that showing you that God's word is truth about not being worried instead to trust in the Lord?Not only by managing the worry but really stop to be worried at all.
The reason for living is to meet God's Call and Will, not other things. Let God fulfilled all your needs. You are the being who are much more higher than the plant or animal. You are not living for eating, drinking, or clothing but for the higher reasons which are spirituality and godly.
It's so sad if people only living for eating and drinking. If that so what is the different between human than (sorry to say)animal or plant? Isn't far more worthy if somebody lives to the Glory of God. In order to fulfill his/her needs, do God's will, to work, to do something, to serve, to give contribution to the Kingdom.
We are existed for Godly reason!
Word of Prayer:
God thank you for the lesson this morning. Give you servant ability to meet your call and will and not other things. In the name of Christ Jesus. Amen
Today's Reading: Luke 12:22-24
12:22 Then Jesus said to his disciples:”Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.
12:23 Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
12:24 Consider the raven: they do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!
Have you ever asked yourself what is the purpose of your life? Do you believe that your life in this world is not without purpose? Do you believe that your life in this world is not only about eating, drinking, and clothing?
I am not starting a philosophy class or trying to think philosophically with you or ask you to argue about philosophic matter. Instead, I would like to ask you to find the clear and best answer in the Bible.
People have spiritual reason in their live. Not just eating, drinking, clothing or fulfilling their physical needs. Even though people have their eating drinking and clothing activities but all of that, are not the main reason and not the most important thing in people's life.
Below are the God's messages to human:
1. To seek Kingdom and its righteousness first (compare to Mat 6:31-33)
2. Seek with all heart (compare to. Acts 17:27).
3. To be His disciples and make other people His disciples ( Mat 28:19-20).
4. To repent and serve God (compare to Acts 26:20).
5. And still many other things to meet His need and call in our life.
The fact is that to be worry have prevented people to follow God's Call or Will. Worry have caused people to not put God as their first priority. Worry came from the products of not believing in God's providence, in which have prevented people to trust in His love. Isn't God ever told that He looks after every human being and provides their needs more than the lilies and birds in the sky that is not working? So if someone worries about his life, then he actually doesn't trust in God's statement about the human preferences.
This truth is stated not to make people not to becoming good manager in their life. Because the principle of good management is from God. But management can not be a reason for being worried and not to put God as first priority. People supposed to managing their time beside treasures or other things. And putting God as first priority in their life management.
In the business world and working environment a lot of worried people and the people who don't believe in God's providence. The worst thing is that they became greedy and the only thing in their mind are business and working. These people usually think that they are the only one who can fulfill all of their needs. They forgot about God who's the only one who can fulfill all their needs. Because everything that people have comes from God. Without God, people can not do anything. In other words, people's effort are in vain if without God.
Businessman or Christian workers have to be able to differentiate between businessman or workers who based on worry and the one who's hard working. Worried businessman or workers moved by their worry to make them working like crazy and even more they became greedy, cheater or deceitful. But the hardworking businessman or workers can control themselves and be optimal in accordance to the time God has provided where God still be the first priority. Beside that, the hardworking businessman and workers also provide his time for other important things such as to have rest, family life, social life, and other things.
In this modern time, people learn from their mistakes in the past which are to work smart, in effective way, and work as a team. All of that are the results of learning process from crazy work or workaholic where in the end has proven to fail many of businessman and workers in private, family, and social life. Some workers find themselves lay down in the hospital's bed for very long time because they never have time to rest. Haven't that showing you that God's word is truth about not being worried instead to trust in the Lord?Not only by managing the worry but really stop to be worried at all.
The reason for living is to meet God's Call and Will, not other things. Let God fulfilled all your needs. You are the being who are much more higher than the plant or animal. You are not living for eating, drinking, or clothing but for the higher reasons which are spirituality and godly.
It's so sad if people only living for eating and drinking. If that so what is the different between human than (sorry to say)animal or plant? Isn't far more worthy if somebody lives to the Glory of God. In order to fulfill his/her needs, do God's will, to work, to do something, to serve, to give contribution to the Kingdom.
We are existed for Godly reason!
Word of Prayer:
God thank you for the lesson this morning. Give you servant ability to meet your call and will and not other things. In the name of Christ Jesus. Amen
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