My topical talk last Friday 19/9/2008 was entitled Day to Day Living. As I was researching on what to talk about, I realized that I could not even grasp the very root and foundation of living a Christianity life. As such, I was in no position to give a talk or sharing on an even bigger topic, until I at least convinced myself that I knew I was going in the right direction, from the basics.
As I researched more, I further saw that there were many many basic rules (which I hereby proclaim as "Commandments") as a Christian, however, I tried to narrow it down, from 27 to half (15), and then to 13 and then to 10 (since 10 commandments would be appropriate), but then I saw that 2 of the commandments were linked, and so, it became...
The 9 Commandments.
The 9 Commandments.
CC suggested that I put up on this blog all that I have mentioned during cell, for the benefit of those who were unable to come, and for those who (like me) forgot commandments 1-8 as I reached 9. Therefore, I decided to blog each commandment on a separate day, so that we can all have a longer time to absorb each one and to think about and ponder on our position on it.
COMMANDMENT 1 - DO EVERYTHING FOR GOD
If you were doing something and your boss was standing next to you looking over your shoulder, would you make doubly sure you did the best job you could? Would you do your job any differently when nobody was looking?
Colossians 3:23-24 states "And whatsoever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."
In many circumstances we do things differently depending on who is looking and depending on who will benefit from what we are doing. We do things because we are obligated to do it, not because we do it out of love. We do not always give everything our best effort. Many times we do things unwillingly and with a grumbling spirit. Try doing as the scripture suggests and do everything as if you are doing it for God and not for men.
If you feel you never receive the recognition and appreciation you deserve that will change. God always sees what you do and always appreciates the fact that you are doing it for Him. You will be rewarded in some way. Your most immediate reward is you will lose the angry and grumbling attitudes that you might have had. You will enjoy what you are doing because you know it is appreciated. Remember, it goes for whatever you do. . .making meals, shoveling doggy poo poo, cleaning toilets, taking out the garbage, scraping gum off the sidewalk. . . everything! What will it hurt to try it?
In many circumstances we do things differently depending on who is looking and depending on who will benefit from what we are doing. We do things because we are obligated to do it, not because we do it out of love. We do not always give everything our best effort. Many times we do things unwillingly and with a grumbling spirit. Try doing as the scripture suggests and do everything as if you are doing it for God and not for men.
If you feel you never receive the recognition and appreciation you deserve that will change. God always sees what you do and always appreciates the fact that you are doing it for Him. You will be rewarded in some way. Your most immediate reward is you will lose the angry and grumbling attitudes that you might have had. You will enjoy what you are doing because you know it is appreciated. Remember, it goes for whatever you do. . .making meals, shoveling doggy poo poo, cleaning toilets, taking out the garbage, scraping gum off the sidewalk. . . everything! What will it hurt to try it?
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