CCF: Succeed in Balancing Your Life: KEEP GROWING
Sunday message by Pastor Peter Tan-Chi.
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How do you
balance your life? This is one of the most common question people tend to ask
to successful people. Before Dr. Billy Graham passed away, he was asked what
was his greatest regret in life. Dr. Graham responded that if given a chance,
he will spend more time with his children, as some of them have gone through
ups and downs. There are unnecessary pains that we go through in life simply
because we don’t follow God’s design.
And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favour
with God and men. – Luke 2:52
Jesus continue
to make progress in his walk. The Christian life is like riding a bicycle, the
day you stop moving forward, you are going to fall. Do not think that you have
arrived spiritually and stop growing in your knowledge of God.
To understand
why you need to balance life is the reality of tension between business,
ministry and family. The truth is, right amount of tension is good but if it’s
left unstable it can be damaging.
True success is becoming all that God wants you to be
and doing all that He wants you to do and hearing Him say “Well done, good and
faithful servant.”
The primary
focus here is the “being” or your character – becoming all that God wants you
to be – with your mind, body, spirit, relationship etc. In life you won’t have
time to do everything, however you will have enough time to do everything that
God wants you to do.
Jesus grew in wisdom. Wisdom is different from
knowledge, it is the application of knowledge. To be wise you must know the
will of God. To have wisdom is to know how to make the right choices.
Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as
wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. So
then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. –
Ephesians 5:15-17
Jesus grew in stature. Your body is God’s temple. Remember
that you are precious to God - you and your body belongs to Him. Take care of
your body, find time to rest just like how God commanded you to rest on Sabbath
day.
Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in
you? -- 1 Corinthians 3:16
For you
have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. -- 1
Corinthians 6:20
Nowadays, technology has taken the best of our time because of
addiction to mobile phones/computer and games even for kids. We should learn to
use our resources efficiently by limiting use of mobile devices/computer – make
a schedule. Do not let technology manage you but manage technology for your
benefit.
Jesus grew in favour
with God and men. Notice the order, God first before men. According
to research, the most common predictor of success in the corporate world is not
IQ(Intelligence Quotient) but EQ(Emotional Quotient). Emotional intelligence can
be greatly affected by SQ(Spiritual Quotient). Spiritual intelligence is seeing
things from God’s perspective.
For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light. – Psalm 36:9
In Your light we see light. – Psalm 36:9
Life is only
10 percent of what happen to you, how you react to your circumstance make up
the 90 percent. Do not allow your emotions to control you. Be filled with the
Holy Spirit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control
– Galatians 5:22
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