SCRIPTURE: “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.” (Deut 30:19 KJV)
QUOTE: “When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you. -Lolly Daskal
NOTE:
BODILY Cultural tendency: Maintain lifestyle, treat health problems with surgery and medication. Principle: prevent diseases and problems by aligning lifestyle to be in harmony with established, universal accepted principles of health.
MENTALLY. Culture: watch television, “entertainment.” Principle: read broadly and deeply, continuous education.
EMOTIONALLY Culture: use relationships with others to forward your personal, selfish interests.
PRINCIPLE: deep, respectful listening and serving others brings greatest fulfillment and joy.
SPIRIT. Culture: Don’t succumb to growing secularism and cynicism.
Principle: recognize that the source of our basic need for meaning and of the positive things we seek in life is principles – which natural laws have their source in God. Now, keep both these universal challenges and your own unique challenges in mind. As you do, you will find enduring solutions and direction. You will also find the contrast between the popular culture’s approach and timelessness; principled approach of the ages will become more and more evident.
On a final note, I ask you this question: How many on their deathbed wish they had spent more time at the office, or watching TV? The answer is, No one. They think about their loved ones, their families and those they have served.
ILLUSTRATION:
Rev. Tony Akinyemi, the health expert, had a very sorry health experience some time ago. He became partially paralyzed. He suffered for long until he made a proactive decision to search for answers in books. After a while he discovered a vital health principle that did not just bring him healing but help him maintain his health. Life is essentially governed by principles, when we discover and cooperate with those principles, we live better lives.
REFLECTION:
- What kind of legacy do you want to be registered on your behalf?
- What matters to you the most
TWO YEAR BIBLE READING: Isaiah 1:1 – 2:5, Proverbs 1:1-7