Give it all to HIM

The below attached article speaks what I just experience yesterday (21 Nov 2005 - Monday) 

 

Yesterday, I went for a job interview, and after that I feel unhappy, sad and worry. This is because I don�t like the job; actually, I am in too much of worry, as they did not say I am going to get the job! HA! HA!

 

At night, I know I have to cast this burden away and I truly know that I am not in control, and GOD will take care of it. After �uploading� the problem, I feel much better then.

 

Whatever we have, we give back to HIM and HE will do the rest.

 

 

A Question of Ownership
by Os Hillman, November 22, 2005

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. - Matthew 10:39

Otto Koning was a missionary in New Guinea. He worked among a native tribe that had known only their village ways. One of those village ways was stealing from others. When Otto and his wife arrived and moved into a hut, the natives often came by to visit. The Konings would notice that after the natives left the missionaries' home, various household items had disappeared. They saw these items again when they went to preach in the natives' village.

The only fruit Otto could grow on the island was pineapples. Otto loved pineapples, and he took pride in the pineapples he was able to grow. However, whenever the pineapples began to ripen, the natives would steal them. Otto could never keep a ripe pineapple for himself. This was a frustration, and he became angry with the natives. All during the seven-year period in which this took place, Otto preached the gospel to these natives, but never had a conversion.

The more the natives stole, the angrier Otto became. Finally, one day Otto had a German Shepherd dog flown in from another missionary to protect his pineapple garden after other frustrated efforts failed. This only further alienated the natives from him.

Otto took a furlough to the United States and attended a conference on personal rights. At this conference, he discovered that he was frustrated over this situation because he had taken personal ownership of his pineapple garden. After much soul searching, he gave his garden to God. Soon the natives started having problems among their tribe. They discovered that Otto was the reason for their problems because he gave his garden to his God. The natives saw a correlation between what Otto had done and their own lives being affected by calamities in their village. When Otto gave his garden to God, he no longer got angry and was free from worry. The natives started bringing him fruit from the garden because they didn't want any more calamities to come into their village.

The light came on one day when a native said to Otto, "You must have become a Christian, Otto. You don't get angry anymore. We always wondered if we would ever meet a Christian." They had never associated Otto with the kind of person he was preaching about because his message did not line up with his life. Otto was broken in spirit when he realized he had been such a failure.

At the end of seven years, he witnessed his first conversion, and many began coming to Christ once he fully gave his garden to God. The fruit grew so abundant that Otto began exporting it and growing other types of fruit, such as bananas. His village became the most evangelized in the whole region, yet for seven years he had not one convert.

Otto realized something each of us must realize: To gain your life you must lose it, along with your possessions. It was only when he gave all his possessions to God that he became free from them. God measured back to him manifold once He had complete ownership.

Do you have some possessions that you need to give up to God today? Let God have all that you have. Become a steward, not an owner. You will be surprised at how well God can take care of His possessions.

Regards,

Chuah Chin Seng

 

Nearer to my calling?

 

I think ( and/or I hope ) this is something which is happening to me, I do not know what the future will be BUT it has been a blessed time since this month.

 

Some blessings are as follows:

-         My colleague rent her apartment to me at a very cheap rate

-         My road tax renewal has discount 40% which suppose has no discount for high capacity vehicles

-         To have one interview after many applications sent out since few months back

-     I was involving in a community service program and I find it very interesting and challenging

 

 

A Business Problem Leads to a Call
by Os Hillman, November 21, 2005

Now the donkeys belonging to Saul's father Kish were lost, and Kish said to his son Saul, "Take one of the servants with you and go and look for the donkeys." - 1 Samuel 9:3

The people of Israel wanted a king. God finally agreed. Samuel was the prophet of Israel who was to anoint the man God had chosen. God selected a young man to be the first king of Israel-his name was Saul.

It is interesting to look at the circumstances in which God called Saul into his new vocation. It seems that Saul's father had a business that used donkeys. During these times, donkeys were often used for commerce. It was obviously important to the father to find these lost donkeys, so he sent Saul and his servant out to find them.

They went from region to region, unable to find the donkeys. Finally, Saul told his servant that they should go back. He thought that his father would be worried.

But the servant replied, "Look, in this town there is a man of God; he is highly respected, and everything he says comes true. Let's go there now. Perhaps he will tell us what way to take" (1 Samuel 9:6).

Saul took his advice. Near the town they met some young girls who told them that Samuel had just come to their town that day.

When they arrived, they met Samuel who told them that the donkeys were safe and he would also tell Saul the next morning all that was in his heart. He then informed Saul of his new calling to be the next king of Israel.

Can you see what circumstances led to Saul's receiving his call? It started with a business problem - lost donkeys. It led to connecting Saul with Samuel through a number of divine appointments and circumstances. God still does this today.

God will provide the necessary circumstances to accomplish His purposes in your life. You must realize that a business problem may lead to a new calling for your life. Saul had no idea lost donkeys would be the instrument used to change his life. So, too, we must realize God's ways are not our ways.

 

Good Samaritan?

 

Date: November 9, 2005

 

Good Samaritan?

 

It is a special Wednesday night. We are having a normal cell meeting. Our cell leader share with us news articles with the title: Arab parents donate son's kidney to Israeli 

 

My first thought: !!!???

To me, Arab and Israel do not mix. They are enemies to each other�s.

How can they do good to their enemy? Another point raised by one cell member is that: Muslim usually does not donate their organs. Some says: Good Samaritan.

 

This really shows that Christians not necessary the only good people on earth.

 

And another incident happen is:

While we talking about this, there were two strangers come, one old man and one little girl. They rang the door bell and asking for food. We give them some biscuit and Milo.

(And one of our cell members mentioned the word again: Good Samaritan.)

We are told that the little girl is HIV positive.

 

These two incidents make me think:

Are we really Good Samaritan?

 

What actions we should take in these situations:

Are we able to offer help to the needy without prejudice?

We read about noble things but when things happen at our doorstep, are we willing to offer our hands?