Success

SUCCESS

What is the right key to success?

Everyone yearns to be a successful person , including myself . I was disappointed, discouraged when I found myself not in the path of success.

Today, I was strongly distressed and disappointed with myself . I was struck down by the thought that , I'm leaving too far away from Success.

Then , later tonight, God spoke through my environment and the friends I knew, they encouraged me although they did not know I was disappointed. Thanks to them, now I don't find myself as non-successful , yet it inspires me to reflect on " How do we define Success " ?

To each one of us, Success is measured in quantities or in amounts . Example, our achievements and awards will define how successful you are. However, Success in quantities does not bring any contentment , it brings greed , it deprives you to ask for more, and if you don't , you will sink into the torrents of disappointment. That's how I felt today.

God does not define the same way as we do. To God, no matter how much quantities or amounts you do, there will never be enough. Who can earn grace through deeds ? God defines success as how much have you done according to God's will and purpose. God does not ask for how many awards you have, he ask for how much will you do for him , how much have you done for him.

This is what comforts me when I knew that, although I'm may not be perfect in all ways , I admit that I'm not the best compared to others . But , at the very least, I had done something that pleases God , and that is my success.

Are you still measuring success with quantities or using God's measures ?

God bless !

When God's Plan Fails

When God's Plan Fails

Jeremiah 29 : 11
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Have you ever break a promise ? How will you feel when someone breaks a promise ? I believe in both situations , whether breaking a promise or someone breaks a promise - we will definitely not be happy , perhaps sad or getting angry.

How about God ? Will he ever break a promise.  God will never break a promise - but sometimes God will " delay " or "forward" a promise.

When God delays a promise , he had his reasons . Once, God delayed his promise ,  I felt disappointed with him . In my mind , I keep thinking why wouldn't God keep his word until I saw promise being fulfilled , then I realised that God has his timing . When he delay something - it means he had a better timing and a better plan ahead. I often said to myself, when plan A fails, plan B is better.

God will also bring forward a promise - the reason he only makes it fulfilled earlier because we were ready .

God will never break a promise , because breaking a promise means denying on your word. God will never deny on his word because he is faithful .

Lastly, what promise has God made for you . I had one , which I didn't share it to the public - that is he promised me that I will have a ___________________________.

Sometimes, God wouldn't want us to publicily declare his promise and making the whole world know because he had only promised you , and he wants it to be a secret for you and him.

God loves us and undeniably we serve a good God. Man will go back on his words, but God wouldn't . We may not understand why God push forward or backward of his promises to us , but surely there will be a good time for it to be fulfilled.

Afternotes : How can we be sure that is God's promise and how long should I wait?
I couldn't explain to you clearly, but I can only share with you my experience.

When God makes his promise, I doubted a lot of times too . I wasn't sure its true , so I asked for signs and I keep it quietly . ( You can ask for signs to prove and if there are signs , you know its a promise )

Second, when God makes a promise he will tell you how long it will take. If he didn't it means that the timing is depends on you and how well you trust God.

Third, when you know its a promise, God will prepare you for the promise. I'm not a person that likes to write diary, but God asked me to write down what happens each day on a note book , and surprisingly through my diary entries, I can see that the promise is getting closer each day to fulfill.
Fourtn , God's promise don't contradict.It wouldn't be today is positive, tomorrow is negative , it remains constant,

Lastly, before it fulfills, God will give you a signal to hint its ready , just like before throwing out your last card in a UNO game, you have to shout UNO game.

God's promise is for everyone, sometimes we need to wait and be ready for it, don't hesistate, just believe ! God bless !

Maturity



MATURITY

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me . For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

1 Corinthians 13 : 11-12



When I'm in Primary 1



How many of you still remember your childhood memories ? I still remember mine , how I used to call my parents when they are busy and how I always dreamt of growing up like my parents. Yet,as a young adult ,  I wished to go back to my young and carefree days.





Growing up is a process that everyone had to face it. We grow in size , appearance, the way we deal with situations.

When I was young , my parents always said to me - watch out for cars , don't play with fire and etc . I think most of people  share the same experience as I have.



2011 - 19years old



But, as I've grown up , my parents said to me - Drive often , Cook often , they hoped that I could take up more responsibilities right now.



Putting such theory into our faith , when we are like a child (we just began to know him) - God take care of us slowly and carefully . As we grow to be more like him , more committed to him , God as our father will let go and trying to let us taking up more responsibility . This is how we grow in faith - our faith should be growing not maintaining at one stage.

There's an old song called " Dear Sarah " . The Sarah in the song kept asking her mother what would she be when she grow up . I used to ask my mother what would happen when I grow up - Are you ready to grow into Christ-likeness , are you ready to grow and face whatever situations you had in life ? May we all today , be like Sarah - grow up !