Welcome to the September 21st edition of Faith & Life Lessons.
You will see this email full of tidbits from my week. My goal is simple. I hope that from how I live my life, you can find a thing or two that helps you as you try to live a life that matters. I am always trying to do one thing - make Christ-focused decisions in love, work, and life. And this was my week.
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The Story of My Week.
There are some stories that fascinate me so much in the Bible that I want to aspire to live up to the people in the stories.
One of such is the account of Samuel in 1 Samuel 3:19: “The LORD was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground. “
I want to have that level of integrity with God that He protects the words I say.
This is not a fresh aspiration for me.
It’s just that this week, I put that to the test.
I gave my word on something, and I am trusting God to make sure it does not fall to the ground.
Why?
Because the journey to where we are is because of God. So, I am expressing confidence in the whole narrative He is building for me.
Interestingly, I don’t have fears about the outcome.
I have become more confident in God’s ability to create His own outcomes.
And I am growing in my desire to speak only words that match His planned outcomes.
So He never lets my words fall to the ground.
Practicing that now.
Things I Learnt
1-Beware Your Experience: Someone asked me to review a presentation during the week. The first thing I saw when I opened the presentation was a collection of facts without context.
He was leaving too much to the imagination of the audience he was sending the presentation to.
When I gave my feedback, his feedback was simply, “This is the best way to deliver such stuff.”
I could understand his worldview. His professional experience is working with numbers - mostly numbers.
That creates an approach. Let the numbers do the talking. Present the numbers and people will get it.
I know that world. I came from there.
When I left that world, my new boss had issues with my first set of presentations. I was letting the numbers do the talking.
No. I needed to set the context for my audience to understand the numbers.
The context or framing I set determines much.
I am glad I discovered that early enough.
And that is why I keep trying to broaden my experience and not be tied down to one past experience.
2-Celebrating Little Miracles: On Saturday night, I wasn’t feeling 100%. I told my wife I might not be able to make it to church.
But I wanted to go to church.
I didn’t have any special responsibility at church, and neither was it a special event. But I felt the excuse of not feeling fully fit should not keep me from church.
Why?
Because there are days I have not felt 100% and still went to work.
But I wasn’t going to ignore my body.
I did the best thing I could do. I asked God for stronger health to attend the church service.
I am grateful for little miracles because God did that. I woke up stronger and drove the family the church.
There are always simple moments when God wants me to exercise my faith.
I guess this was one of them.
Postscript
May you always take advantage of the big challenges God gives you to exercise your faith in what He has told you. Amen
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Tola - The Everyday Disciple
I help Christians like you who want to live intentional lives incorporate their faith into everyday life so they can make Christ-focused decisions in all areas of life and truly live to make an impact and make God happy.
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