STURDY WITH GOD

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

𝐓𝐑𝐔✝️𝐇 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘

𝐄𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓

𝑃𝑑𝑡. 𝐷𝑟. 𝐸𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑆𝑎𝑏𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑜

    There is suffering that we have to face not because of our fault, nor because of common problems, but because of God’s work. Our life must be willing to be confiscated by our Christianity, because only then can we understand what simple life is. Of course, struggles in the family, and work also the struggle in which God works to mature us; as said in Rom.8:28, “in all things God works for the good of those who love Him.” The truth is, we should allocate our time only to seek God. If we have many other activities, which are actually not useful for the growth of faith, God cannot work in everything optimally to mature us.

    So, if we spend time on things that don’t need to be done, then God cannot mature us optimally. God may still work in that situation, but as a blow or a warning; not for maturing. So, blessed are people who are looking for trouble of other people, that is, when he said to God, “What must I do Lord?” God will give us a project. Then why don’t we want to reach the highest sanctity of life? most pleasing before God? The widest range of services? And if we miss this, we can be petty, naive, foolish and poor.

    Don’t think we can’t do anything. We are special, and each of us has advantages that no one else has. There are no useless people, for God can make each of us have a role in the Kingdom of Heaven. That’s why, we have to be as holy as possible, and don’t be bound by the world. God will provide us with all that is useful for our personal lives, and the lives of those we serve. We should become channels of blessing for others, but if we are blessed and then keep it for ourselves, and use the blessing for our own needs, then we cannot serve others. And what terrifying is that if this is continuously done, we can reach the level of not loving God.

    One day we will see God’s blueprint about why we have certain gender, why was born as certain etnic, or why we live here. We were designed by God for a specific purpose and we have to find it. But, if people only want to find their own pleasure, they will never find it. Remember this! Those who serve God on earth, will serve Him forever in heaven. On the other hand, people who do not serve God here on earth, will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

    We must sturdily face general problems, such as economic, or illness problems and others. Why must we be sturdy? Because as long as we live on earth, we must experience such problems, but God will surely help us since our life is God’s work. When Christians were being persecuted, God said, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” We must have a straight motive of life. We may be often shaken up and down, but our heart must be strong, because if not, then we are not trained. So, if we are tired, it must be because we carry the heavy cross, not because of the problems of the mortal world. We have to get through these problems for God will definitely help us. The Word of God says, “the very hairs of your head are all numbered“, this means that God surely takes care of us. Trust God and don’t doubt Him, even though we are often in conditions where we don’t know what to do.

    He is alive, still alive and keep alive. He is the real God, and He is the reality. Let’s not focus on this mortal world, because this life is just temporary, while the real life will come beyond the blue sky. Now, our problem today is how we have a place to be servants of God. To be servants of God do not have to just serve in church because God can give us the opportunity to help our in-laws, brothers or sisters in-laws, neighbors; and that is all God’s work.

    There is surely an opportunity for us to help people, but it has to be started from the family first; support our family, love our partner, set an example to our children of good behavior, because that is a legacy which is more than money and education. Those things must be firstly done and then, God will give us bigger projects, until He will entrust us great works. We will not become poor for helping people; it is impossible. Instead, we become sturdy and even getting sturdier.

 

WE WILL NOT BECOME POOR FOR HELPING PEOPLE, IMPOSSIBLE. INSTEAD, WE BECOME STURDY AND EVEN GETTING STURDIER.