Why We Fail In Life Pt2
March 31, 2009






Proverbs 10:4: He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

We fail in life when we become lazy. A lazy person never gets ahead in life. You must work hard. We also have to beware of trying to "get rich quick", you can not apply short cuts to everything.

Proverbs 13:4 The soul of the sluggard (lazy person) craves and gets nothing, But the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Lazy people hate to see other people prosper. That is why they become "haters". They want what a diligent (hard working) person has, however they do not want to work hard for it. They think everything should come easy.

Proverbs 21:5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, But everyone who is hasty (wants everything fast) comes surely to poverty.

A hard working person has plans. They never go into something blindly. They think of what they are going to do before they do it. However, people who are always rushing to have something end up with nothing. Why, because they failed to plan.

What exactly is Patience?
April 2, 2009



The Bible speaks of having patience/longsuffering but often times we have a “Western” mindset when it comes to the definitions of those words. We think of something passive such as sitting and “waiting” on the Lord to move. However, since the Bible is a Hebrew book we must look up the Hebrew definition of longsuffering. The Hebrew word for longsuffering is rav sevel. The root word is sevel which means endurance or the ability to exert yourself for a long period of time. Endurance is also connect to the word permanence which means steady in purpose.

Let’s apply this to life. Maybe you just graduated from college and desire a job as a management consultant. However, you find the job market to be very competitive and your first few months of job searching have been sour. You gave 110% in your interviews but still were denied the job. What do you do? Do you give up and quit? Do you say ‘Well maybe God doesn’t want me to go into management, should I try marketing instead’? Or do you just keep plugging along until you get it. I strongly believe that you should continue at it until you get the management consulting position. Now you may need to use wisdom and start off as a consultant assistant but you don’t throw in the tower, or assume that God is “closing the door” just because of a few rejection letters. You endure by exerting yourself even if it is for a long period of time. You exercise permanence by being steady in purpose (stay focus on the goal of being a management consultant and seek a position that will cause you to grow in that area). Don’t get side-tracked.

Remember that James 2:20 “faith without works is dead”


Why do we procrastinate?
April 5, 2009





The main reason I procrastinate is because I am faced with a situation that I don’t want to deal with. It may be something I view as a negative, overwhelming issue such as a test for a difficult class, a dire financial situation, or going to the doctor. Instead of just facing that situation in a timely fashion I put it off until I am “ready”. That is what I tell myself, when I am ready to deal with this issue I will deal with it, but right now I have other things to do. Sometimes it's a situation that's to dreadful to face so I tell myself that I need to be “mentally prepared”. However, those are just excuses for me procrastinating. And I notice that I only deal with the issue when I am forced to. It is not until that situation is “dealing” with me that I “deal” with it.

However, it is easy to just face your fear/situation/dreadful circumstance knowing that God is on your side. He is a facilitator and let's look at the definition of the word facilitator. Facilitator is defined as "someone who makes progress easier". So look at God as being the Ultimate facilitator making hard issues in your life easier to confront.

July 10, 2009

What is Peace in God?

I believe that Peace in God is following the dream(s) God placed in your heart, your true calling. I don’t think it is walking around with warm fuzzy feelings, because our mood changes from day to day. However, when you follow your true calling; whether you are a teacher, doctor, housewife, mother, or lawyer I believe true peace comes from doing what God has called you to do. And remember whatever God called you to do; it will always impact someone else. You may be helping kids by teaching them, being the best “soccer mom” to your next generation, donating computers to a impoverished school, or defending someone wrongly accused of murder. Only when you walk in your calling will you find true peace in God.