Significance

“A new church was built in the small town. People came from far and wide to see it. Everyone admired its beauty! Up on the roof, a little nail heard the people praising everything about the lovely structure--except the nail. No one even knew he was there, and he became angry and jealous. "If I am that insignificant, nobody will miss me if I quit." So the nail then released its hold, slid down the roof, and fell in the mud. That night, it rained and rained. Soon, the shingle that had no nail blew away, and the roof began to leak. The water streaked the walls and the beautiful murals. The plaster began to fall, the carpet was stained, and the pulpit Bible was ruined by water. All this because a little nail decided to quit.” But what of the nail? While holding the shingle, it was obscure but it was also useful. Buried in the mud it was just as obscure, but now it was useless and would soon be eaten up by rust. The moral of the story--every little part even how insignificant is important.

Every person needs to become significant. Majority of people if not all feels this way. Why? I believe it is because we are social beings created to be with someone. Even God himself noticed this need when he observed Adam, the first man created as recorded in Genesis 2:18-20, The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.”(NIV) Although Adam was busy doing the task assigned to him but there was something missing that God eventually saw.

In view of this, God took action and the following events occurred as recorded in Genesis 2:21-24, “So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he (God) brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. (NIV) This was the first recorded wedding ceremony held in the Garden of Eden officiated by God himself! In this regard, Adam became complete by having a helpmeet.

There are many other ways that provides significance to any person. In reality, there is an abundance of things to have like riches, beauty, education and such like except they cannot and will not satisfy the need for significance. They add significance but only on the surface level. The question that really matters is this: What would make your life significant to your existence here and in eternity?

You may, like the nail, feel obscure at times. But just like the nail, your absence is felt by all that depends on your contribution and part. Never underestimate what you are doing now. Never measure yourself with what others around you are doing. Just continue to make sure that you will fulfill your destiny as God has given you to do. If you come to observe how things are moving around, you’ll be surprised to know that if one misses their part, everything else suffers.

Recently, I have watched the movie “Bee Movie.” And one of the main aspects of this movie is when one bee sued the human race over the use and abuse of bees and their honey. In other words, the bee hero won but not without a price. The balance of nature was totally affected and a disaster loomed. Upon seeing the effect, the bees found their significance and the disaster were averted. It was a huge lesson learned about being significant!

Now, are you convinced that you have a major role to play in this generation and the next? Discover it in Jesus because when he did his part, humanity experienced redemption and genuine salvation through the cross. C’mon, stop sulking and begin to seize your destiny and significance today.

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To be a Glorious Church is to be a Soul Winning Church!!!

Just viewed this video to serve as a challenge that the harvest is truly plentiful. Opportunities abound all around us. Isobel Kuhn, missionary to China, issued the following challenge: "I believe that (in) each generation God has 'called' enough men and women to evangelise all the yet unreached tribes of the earth. . . . everywhere I go, I constantly meet with men and women who say to me, 'When I was young I wanted to be a missionary, but I got married instead.' Or, 'My parents dissuaded me,' or some such thing. No, it is not God who does not call. It is man who will not respond."

Attain to become God's Fishers of Men for this generation.

Watch below and see what our brothers and sisters in Christ on the other side of the world is doing to fulfill Jesus' Great Commission.

Remember, to be a Glorious Church is to be a Soul Winning Church!!!

What Would You Do?

The Man Who Fell in a Hole.

Cloud Nine Mentality

Somebody said, “Your altitude determines your attitude.” Life is a series of scaling different mountains, hills and valleys. There is always that inner desire to reach a height or “cloud nine” no matter what the cost or sacrifice involved. Any student in elementary, high school or college will say, “I will study hard… finish…and graduate.” An employee will declare, “I will work hard to get a promotion.” Even an Olympic athlete running in a 100 meter dash will prepare and practice four years to run just under 10 seconds. Their goal: to stand on the podium with a gold medal around their shoulder. No matter what you will say every achievement even miniscule compared to others deserves being on cloud nine. It is an important aspect of every achievement. It is a crowning moment! It is an invigorating feeling that you’ve accomplished your objective. And that really feels good! What a rush! Hurray!!!!

Here are some indicators of being on cloud nine: you are elated on the results; ecstatic with positive outcome; fascination with personal achievement and enjoys sharing it with others. Don’t worry; you deserve to be on cloud nine because you’ve worked hard for it and you deserve that moment. Enjoy it and congratulate yourself for it even when others do not. But do not forget the God-factor and the others who were with you on your trek. Let me give you some things to consider in order for you to avoid the trap of the “cloud nine” mentality. There should be some underlying guidelines for continuous uphill victories rather than downhill slides. Primarily, it is important to pause and enjoy every “cloud nine” moments. But never to linger too long that you will just stay put and become at ease. Never allow yourself to be pre-occupied with what you have done while saying to yourself, “I have already attained.” And lastly, never stop looking forward for more and bigger challenges. They are still out there waiting for you to conquer.

The Scripture gave us a stern warning of a man who became rich, his “cloud nine” and his reaction towards it found in Luke 12:16-20, “And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.' "Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."' "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'

As mentioned earlier, where you are determines your next move. Where you are determines your attitude and outlook on life. Never lose your edge after reaching a “cloud nine.” When you reach the top, you have to make a decision to stop and stay there or say to yourself, “I will go to the next mountain.” You might be surprised to discover that the mountain you are standing on is only one of the many mountain tops. The Apostle Paul gave a very important principle to follow in this regard. Philippians 3:12-14 states, “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” What the Apostle Paul describes is the ultimate experience of “cloud nine” in a very literal sense - Heaven itself!

All past achievements must not become your focus for what you will do next. Let them remind you of past victories and they are that: past victories. Keep them on your shelf to encourage you on next conquest. Therefore, do not lose heart if it seems that you are struggling now to reach your objective. Nobody said it would be easy! But every step you make towards it is a step towards victory and you are just few steps away from your “cloud nine.” What are you waiting for? Keep going.

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