Dear Friends,
I hope this
finds you well. In the course of the past two weeks I have learnt a lot on how
to have patience, peace in the middle of a storm, perseverance, long suffering
and extending grace to those people that do things not expected of them.
Reflecting yesterday on the grace and mercy of God I could not help but really
be inspired by the daily reading I went through.
Each one of us
is on a mission to complete an assignment that was given to us by our Maker. We
are created in the image of our Lord and Saviour and through Him we can do all
things. What is the one reason why you exist on earth? Is it to minister to
lost souls, provide a soup kitchen for the hungry, be a minister of the gospel,
take care of widows and orphans in your midst or are you just a food being? The
latter being people who just lazy around without any clear mission or purpose
designed for them by our Creator, the best they can do is consume food. They
may have good jobs, nice cars and the like but still not be able to impact
meaningfully on the lives of people around them.
A week and half ago,
my best friend over lunch asked me, “why do we as Christians make money”? “why do we run our businesses to
make a profit”? for what purpose in the Kingdom? I was too hesitant to answer
at first but as I thought more about it I managed to respond. As God prospers
the works of our hands we too have a duty to ensure that the weakest link in
the chain is made strong. By remaining tight fisted and not supporting the
growth, development and success of other people we too become guilty of not
moving the Kingdom agenda forward.
Ephesians 2:10,
gives another very clear indication of what is expected of us. “ for we are God’s workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared before hand, that we
should walk in them”. Whose I am should reflect in my daily walk, the work I do
and the value I add to the lives of people around me. The things that we go
through are designed to be used as an experience either to help someone we
connect with or to teach us valuable lessons about the things we ought to be
doing or not doing. The different gift sets that we possess have been given to
us to make a difference in “your” world.
We each have an assignment given to us, pray about it, find it and begin
implementing it.
As you wake up
to a new day, realise that you have the necessary tools to tackle each and
every challenge that comes your way. I always say find what ever excuse to be a
blessing in someone’s life each day. As you go out today doing various chores,
be sensitive to the Spirit of God, He is saying something and you can only be
aware if your antenna is tuned in to the right frequency.
God is at this
moment making various moves to ensure that your life connects with someone and
that you make a difference OR that a difference is made in your life.
Blessings,
Patrick
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