Saturday, July 24, 2010

Put God first? CHANCE?

One important aspect of religion is that it encourages us to put the first priority in God.

1. Do you live according to what you think is right? or,
2. Do you live according to what you think God wants you to do?

In case of (1), you are the center, while in case of (2), God is the center
My conscience seems to tell me to choose (2) at this point.

(1) might include: "habitual" life, "secular" life, self-satisfaction, fear, lack of confidence and conviction, following people and not God, worrying about people's eyes, all other "worries", frustration, anxiety, anger, following emotion, self-righteous, judging people, think and strategize by your thinking, not realizing that you are putting yourself first/forgetting about God, and thus not being serious about this point, and thus not making effort to change that direction,

(2) might include: true humility, deep consideration, deep confidence and conviction, basic peace, experience God's presence and his involvement, heart of sympathy and compassion, gratitude, seek for God's guidance, give enemy the benefit of doubt, try to see the bigger picture, deep commitment based on love,

It is so easy to get into the mode (1), but my conscience tells me to choose (2) no matter how challenging it is.

If everything is fine, it is so easy to automatically choose (1).
If something unexpected comes up, then that would provide us a very precious chance to take the option (2) But this is not automatic. It requires us to decide to choose (2).

First, report everything (with honesty and detail) to God
Then, ask him what he would want to say
Then, listen to what he says
And follow what you believe he wants you to do

It is still a CHANCE!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow this is very good guidance. Thank you and thank God!

Philip said...

As you know, to say is easy, and to do is the real good part, which you should not miss...

Anonymous said...

yeah that's true...^_^