M E D I T A T I O N & I N S I G H T S (3)

TIPS FOR MAKING YOUR LIFE COUNT 

 You’ll know if you are adding value to people when your encounters with them make their eyes shine brightly, make them smile, or make them say “thank you।” On the other hand, you’ll know if you are depleting from people if every day your encounters with them make them frown, make them groan “Oh no, not again!” or make them say “I’m sorry.” Now that you know, make your life count every day in 2008!

DISCERNMENT AND SENSITIVITY  

In our bid to enforce what we think is right we sometimes find ourselves fighting against God without knowing. How? Humanly speaking, it was not proper for Joseph to be the favoured son of his father and for him to still be telling his brothers about his dreams. It was not proper for an ordinary carpenter to rise up one day and claim to be the Son of God and be preaching doctrines that were at variance with the law of the day. It was not proper for Stephen to say that he saw God and Jesus seated on the throne (who has ever seen God and live?) and not expect to be stoned to death. It was improper for some people to claim to be of The Way (Christianity) and be practising a religion contrary to Judaism, why shouldn’t someone as fervent as Paul persecute them to death? It was improper for Pharaoh, a pagan king, to rise up one day and claim the LORD asked him to go fight a battle; king Josiah was one of my favourite personalities in the Bible, but he met his death at age 39 trying to stop Pharaoh on his God-assigned task. It takes discernment and sensitivity in the spirit to identify the God-factor in any situation and then act appropriately. Of all the foolish things a man can do, running on a collision course against God (knowingly/unknowingly) is the most dangerous. The result is predictable. 

Shalom