Find, Prepare for, and Pursue the Work You Were Born to Do!
The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their gray head [suggesting wisdom and experience]. – Proverbs 20:29, Amplified Bible (AMP) In Proverbs 4:7 (AMP), God teaches us that: The beginning of Wisdom is: get Wisdom (skillful and godly Wisdom)! [For skillful and godly Wisdom is the principal […]
Whatever may be your task, work at it heartily (from the soul), as [something done] for the Lord and not for men. – Colossians 3:23, Amplified Bible (AMP) Why do you do what you do? In other words, what motivates you to action in the day-to-day hum-drum of life? Does money motivate you? Does praise […]
Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city and spend a year there and carry on our business and make money. Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? You are [really] but a […]
Let’s say there is a Pharaoh that needs to be warned of God’s impending wrath, and God just told you it is your job to deliver the message. How do you react? Hopefully, you obey immediately. But, odds are that your reaction will be just like Moses’. When commissioned by God to be His messenger […]
In 1981, the movie Chariots of Fire won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The movie tells the tale of long-distance runners Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, both of whom earned Olympic medals for Great Britain in the 1924 Olympic Games. During the movie there is a scene in which Eric’s sister, Jenny, accuses Eric of failing […]
Children learn a lot of things by watching their parents, and one of the biggest lessons I learned watching my mother was this: get the job done, even if you don’t feel like it. While growing up I saw my mother come down with her fair share of colds and other ailments. But I remember […]
The movie Shenandoah, starring the late Jimmy Stewart, tells the story of widower farmer Charlie Anderson and his family during Civil War times. Although not an overtly Christian movie, the story demonstrates how the prideful Charlie learns just how not in control of his life he is. Through a series of tragedies, he finds humility and faith in […]
For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.] – Romans 11:29, Amplified Bible (AMP) God gives us a specific package of gifts to help […]
