James 1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and
continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the
work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Winston Churchill exemplified integrity and respect in the face
of opposition. During his last year in office, he attended an official
ceremony. Several rows behind him two gentlemen began whispering. "That's
Winston Churchill." "They say he is getting senile." "They say he should
step aside and leave the running of the nation to more dynamic and capable
men." When the ceremony was over, Churchill turned to the men and said,
"Gentlemen, they also say he is deaf!"
Former U.S. Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. said
"The human race is divided into two classes -- those who go ahead
and dosomething, and those who sit still and inquire, 'Why
wasn't it done the other way?'"
How many times have we left a job, a project, a church, an
important relationship because we just didn't
find it good enough? Some of us make a lifestyle of it! But
God wants us to be the kind of remarkable people who don't criticize,
complain and go out looking for something better all the time. He wants us
to be a people who determine to make a difference in the lives of the
people and situations He allows us to face!
Your job is boring and you need a change? Ask the Lord how you
might grow in your giftings there. Ask Him to help you come up with a
creative solution and maybe even improve your workplace altogether! You
want to leave your church because it doesn't have an exciting
children's ministry? Perhaps the Lord is calling you to help start one
up!
Let's be a doers! Let's be people of
vision! There's much too much to be done for the Lord to be sitting around
criticizing. Let's determine to stop being complainers and go forth
and do great things for Him! (George, Baht Rivka, Elianna & Obadiah)
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