Working for the Lord, not for men
last night in cell (Elim) we talked about what God has called us to serve Him in and the verse Colossians 3:23-24 came up which says "Whatever you do work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving." i think that for the past few weeks i have been getting stressed out about work and at the end of it all, when essays are done, i realise that during the process, a lot of the time i was trusting in my own efforts. take my french lit essay as an example. i spent ages doing research (remember this is an UNASSESSED essay) and the night before i did an all-nighter and basically got into a very bad mood and snapped at so many people. i got my essay back today and it was only a 60% (which is barely a 2nd upper) and my tutor told me that i was relying too much on secondary sources and not giving much of my own opinions. ordinarily i would have been very upset at getting a 60% but today it dawned on me that God was gently trying to remind me to put my trust in Him. because He used my UNASSESSED essay to teach me, so that when my assessed essay comes i will remember to look to Him.
weiliang was saying how he came up with these 3 steps - consult, dedicate and thanksgiving. before we do something, we consult God and then we dedicate what we do to Him and at the end of it all we thank Him no matter the outcome. i am going to just cast all my cares about my film history essay to God and ask for His hand to be in it. God has already been so good to me. On Monday i was typing out the question and i suddenly noticed something in the question i didnt see before and began to wonder if my essay plan was correct. when i talked to jose yesterday he confirmed that my plan was off-tangent (like totally) but he helped me by telling me that i could use what i wanted to say for another question. so PRAISE GOD that He revealed it to be before i started my essay.
and i am dedicating the whole tap soc elections into God's hands. i feel rather excited about running and while i am rather nervous, i am not consumed with fear of failure. i think when i was younger i had a big inferiority complex which sometimes still recurs and i admit that i was always seeking people's approval. but over the past year, the realisation that what people say or think about me doesnt matter. cos as long as God is for me, who can stand against me? yes what people say can hurt and it often does but the point is not to dwell on it. some people may be hard to love or forgive but when i think about how God forgave me (and i readily stand up and say i am screwed up without Him), how can i say that i am unwilling to forgive others. it is like that master that showed grace and cancelled the servants HUGE debt in Jesus' parable and the servant going out and refusing to show mercy to the one that owed him a fraction of what the servant owed the master.
oh by the way, i have decided to run for vice-president. :) thanks guys for the support.
weiliang was saying how he came up with these 3 steps - consult, dedicate and thanksgiving. before we do something, we consult God and then we dedicate what we do to Him and at the end of it all we thank Him no matter the outcome. i am going to just cast all my cares about my film history essay to God and ask for His hand to be in it. God has already been so good to me. On Monday i was typing out the question and i suddenly noticed something in the question i didnt see before and began to wonder if my essay plan was correct. when i talked to jose yesterday he confirmed that my plan was off-tangent (like totally) but he helped me by telling me that i could use what i wanted to say for another question. so PRAISE GOD that He revealed it to be before i started my essay.
and i am dedicating the whole tap soc elections into God's hands. i feel rather excited about running and while i am rather nervous, i am not consumed with fear of failure. i think when i was younger i had a big inferiority complex which sometimes still recurs and i admit that i was always seeking people's approval. but over the past year, the realisation that what people say or think about me doesnt matter. cos as long as God is for me, who can stand against me? yes what people say can hurt and it often does but the point is not to dwell on it. some people may be hard to love or forgive but when i think about how God forgave me (and i readily stand up and say i am screwed up without Him), how can i say that i am unwilling to forgive others. it is like that master that showed grace and cancelled the servants HUGE debt in Jesus' parable and the servant going out and refusing to show mercy to the one that owed him a fraction of what the servant owed the master.
oh by the way, i have decided to run for vice-president. :) thanks guys for the support.
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