Retrospection of Thursday's CG
During my care group session on Thursday, someone (whose identity shall remain undisclosed) shared about a blessing that he felt God had endowed him with. This person revealed how delighted he was to have been exempted from a few training courses at work, and quipped that it was a form of blessing for him. He was pretty candid about it, even when the others in the group jokingly accused him of "siam-ing" the courses.
The first thought that came to my mind was: is this the kind of attitude that an earnest and faithful Christian should be adopting? Deliberate procrastination, unenthusiasm and passive apathy to one's work or opportunities to learn neither speaks well nor testifies positively about a true Christ-follower. We learn this from Proverbs 12:24, Proverbs 12:27 and Proverbs 13:4. This is compounded by the fact that the person who gave the sharing was a leader and a school teacher. In this perspect, he should be setting a role model of himself to others, especially to Christians who are supposedly spiritually less mature and to his students. Furthermore, on account of his stature, he should be careful of engaging in unwholesome talk (Ephesians 4:29-30).
Of course, I have learnt that no human is perfect. This is mentioned in the Bible too. The second undeniable fact is that we all sin, and it is not up to us to judge others, as God is the one and only judge of the eternal universe. Nevertheless, this incident has provided me with a stronger conviction that I must not adopt the negative traits at work. We should all represent Christ well at the workplace, not just by pretending to be diligent, but also by unleashing within us a fervent fire in our belly whenever we are tasked or sent for courses. Remember, every piece of work and every opportunity at training comes from God. He wants to develop us into the person we can be, only if we have the right attitude.
posted by draco_malfoy!!!! @ 11:38 PM
3 Comments:
ei bro, you at the Book of Proverbs too? :) Me haven't finished this round yet... heehee.. :p
Ya, about your entry, I think the person that you are talking about isn't an irresponsible or lazy person la... Sometimes, depending on industry, there are just some things that we have to prioritize over others... Coz one person can only do so much within a certain timeframe mah... But of coz as good stewards, we will always do our best la :)
And bro, I am really encouraged that you take your walk with GOD seriously... Continue to ask GOD for more of HIM in your life... :)
And trust in HIM to bring breakthroughs and blessings... HE is always faithful... :)
No matter what circumstances may seem, our GOD is never-changing.. No matter how we may feel sometimes, GOD's love and grace prevails above everything else :)
Lets soldier on... We are family, children of the ONE ALMIGHTY GOD, united and set right by CHRIST alone... :)
Here's sharing with you Philippians chapters 3 & 4, which personally encouraged me alot :) May you be blessed by it as I have been too... :)
Gambatte Bro! In the Name of JESUS! :)
Thanks for your support, sandy. :-) I've yet to contemplate a run-through of the Book of Proverbs, but there's always the beauty of Bible-referencing tools. ^_^
With regard to the person I mentioned in this posting, first of all, I have no comments about his underlying character. In fact, it is not up to me to contemplate a generalized deduction of him as a person, based on a couple of verbal sentences from him. It is the manner at which he is portraying the casualness of work that I am concerned. My opinion is that it is fine if he had talked that way during a normal setting, but he introduced it as a form of "blessing" during a care group sharing. The issue here is, he did not qualify his point. If he had really needed to be exempted from whatever he was supposed to attend because of the need to spend more time on his teaching work, then he should have followed up with this reasoning. His lacklustre illustration, I believe, had, be it intentional or unintentional, propagated the mindset that less work is good in the name of the Lord (which is totally untrue) and distorted the notion of good stewardship.
I have to clarify that I have nothing against this person as a leader, and I, as with God's wishes, respect his position (Hebrews 13:17) as I believe it is not easy to ascend to his level in the church. But what I feel should be driven across is that leadership entails responsbility, not only in the form of actions, but also in words. Spiritual leaders have a heavier responsibility and prerogative to ensure that they do not mislead their flock arising from a moment of indiscretion. Respect for authority has to be earned.
bro,
i just curious if you have talk to the mentioned leader about how you think of his sharing? i think it is most appropriate if you will to talk to him in person, it is only fair to the leader that he should be aware of your thought and allow him to explain to you in person.
ultimately submit to leader is not about listening to their advise, and take heed that they are God's appointted, but, also include point out to them their wrong/mistake in love and hoping them take it positively.
first, i cannot approve such action that only blog here, and not make a personal reconciliation. it is really a great hindrance to personal relationship.
thank God that you got a truthful attitute toward our deed and action. indeed, in humility, we should learn from each other to work toward our belief and conviction.
God bless you.
p.s. it had been sometime had not talking to you... look forward to catch up again on sunday.
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