Your Life is a ministry

I have often wondered this phase - " Every part of life is a ministry unto God." And then after I watched Pastor Wayne share on this and personally experienced a situation in my life, did i understand what it truly means. I highly recommend Ps Wayne's Podcast. Its really very good

Someone once told me that as Christian we should always serve God in the ministry, but if Life is a ministry then Church ministry is part of the equation, not the whole equation. Because we are called differently and are part of the body in the church. Therefore we cannot all be called to be leaders in the church or serve God full time.

Yes.. of course we have to serve God fully, but i believe the word fully... is different for different people because we are all created differently. Some are called to be businessman so that they can provide finance, some are called to be teachers, some are called to be musicians. Putting a single direction for everyone... would in reality cause more problem.

And the key is that this principle is also found in the bible... God separated the 12 tribes of israel to different roles. Levites were the priests, the danites were the builders.... etc. In the new testament, we see that in 1 Corinthians where God said that there are many parts but one body. And many of us are called to different roles in the kingdom

I think the misconception for most people is that they confuse service to God and the role of a Christian . I believe that all Christian should develop their relationship with God, all christian should live their life as a light in the world, they should be a soul winner and one with a great character and exhibit the fruit of the spirit. Then everything else is a ministy unto God - Family, work, church

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Vision and Dreams

Isn't it interesting that many of us often have dreams that never truly become a reality? I think its not because we are afraid but many times we just don't know how to achieve it. To say that life never pose a challenge is truly an understatement.

Every great dream requires sacrifice, and every sacrifice requires determination and time. If you have a dream, you might wonder what we should be doing. I came to a conclusion that the key to success is to build strong foundation .

If you want to build a successful restaurant, you must first understand food, study about food, learn about the styles of food. If you jump into a restaurant business without any strong cooking foundation or understanding as to how to run a restaurant, you will be putting your dream in jeopardy. Some might say you need to be in the fire to understand the pain., but unfortunately not many would survive the fire, if you are the lucky few who did well what can i say

If indeed you have a vision and dream in your life, why not take the time to build the foundation so that this dream of yours will not suffer like the perennial failure of the general masses.

Remember the key to success is the depth of foundation we have built in the pursuit of our dream. The dream itself is not the goal but the ability to sustain the dream is.

Don't only work hard but also work smart and work efficient. Speed is not the key...the ability to sustain the dream is....

So... in 2008.... the life marathon begins........

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The new book

I have been wanting to write a book about some of my ideas. And would like to share some of my inspiration in the blog and provide some excerpts from a book I am planning to write. …Recently i have been asked if i would like to help pioneer a church in Joondalup. Though it may have sounded exciting, there are a lot of things that needs to be considered. One thing I have learned is that Christian life is a marathon and not a sprint. There is always a very fine and delicate balance in building ones spiritual life and trying to outrun God’s plan in my life.

Some wise person once told me… that as a Christian we must never try to run ahead of God cause that is the one main reason for burnout in our life. Many times we try to dictate our own spiritual life instead of allowing God to show us step by step how He plans to prosper us. I hope in the course of the book and blog I could share some of my insights.

There are often 2 extreme to building one’s spiritual life. One path says that we should only serve when we are ready, while the other says that we need to keep serving then we can keep growing.

While I for one would prefer to take the balance and middle road. We should serve to grow but we should tamper that with wisdom in our pursuit of stronger spiritual life, there are times when we should run, there are times when we should wait, there are times when we should build. Ecc 3:1 is a good verse. Pray and test everything. God has a plan and a time for everything under the sun

For example :

You cannot expect to challenge a new convert to lead and be a leader in just a couple of months.. even the bible says so in the book of 1 Timothy 3:6 when timothy was citing the criteria for leadership in the church - 6He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.

Many in their zeal ran the race but many have also fallen and have disqualified themselves in the race. Zeal tampered with pearls of wisdom from the bible will benefit many of us in our walk with God.

I really do believe one of the hardest aspect in our Christian walk is trying to balance our life so that we can grow from strength to strength in our walk with God.

But one thing we cannot discount is that everyone runs at a different pace, and that ultimately whatever you can finish the race is how you run the race. The key is to make sure that at the end of the day, you will be there at the finishing line.

It’s not how fast you start but how you end the race which counts, no one is responsible for your life expect you yourselves. And only you know how fast you should run at this current point in your life

In my next blog… I hope to share some of my ideas as to how the bible can benefit us practically. ….. Part 1 – Understanding true vision

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Life is an opportunity

Recently, while feeling rather free i decided to go the video store to rent a movie. I came across Evans Almighty. I initially thought that it would be just one of those funny and senseless movie. But I am truly amazed at the message behind the movie.

My housemate told me that actually the movie Evans almighty and Bruce almighty is written by a christian. I truly recommend the movie to friends. It is one of those movie which has an underlying theme.

The movie starts off with John Baxter aka ( The-40-year old virgin actor) and his wife praying to God. One asked to change the world while the other ask that the family have more time with each other......and of course God answered their prayers.

But the one sentence which struck a chord with me was when "God" spoke to them. He said, when you pray to be patient does God make you patient or he gives you an opportunity to be patient, when yo pray for love does God give you a fuzzy feeling or an opportunity to love.

The bible says in James 1:2 Dear brothers and sisters,^[a] when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. 3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

Life is truly an opportunity for Growth. Every situation may be an answer to your prayer. Though it may not be always the way you would want it but it will be they way God intended

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Time to start

Its finally here 2008. this year will be a year i would like to see my resolution come to pass. Hopefully my blogging can stay alive. Sometimes life is so busy you dont have much time to do anything.

My resolution for the year

1. loss abit of weight. Yes. .... i aim to stay fit and alive........

2. Finish CPA

3. Write a book

4. Start a business

5. Finish the bible in one year

6. And of course to be more discipline in my life.

Lets hope this year will be a good year

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