Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

A Philosopher of Ancient China – Lao Tse –  once said, ‘Doing nothing, but nothing undone’.

Or, in other words, ‘Doing everything but nothing is done’

People are busy. But their busy-ness does not literally mean they’re doing SOMETHING.

Throughout their lifetime, many people do ‘everything’ so tiringly, so relentlessly. They’re simply SO very busy. But NOTHING is actually done.

This philosophy was shared some 2700 years ago.

And 300 years later, a similar concept was understood by Aristotle, a Greek philosopher.

And after that, another explanation that’s even more complete and perfect was written. In the Bible.

The unseen God is the God who created everything that’s seen.

It seems that God has done nothing, but nothing is undone by God Himself.

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When you look at a spinning wheel, the centre looks like it’s not spinning much. And the outer side of the wheel spins the MOST. The busiest part of the wheel!

The centre is the focal point.

Don’t be someone who’s always so busy working, but who has actually done ‘nothing’ by the time we’ve reached the end of our life.

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In a concert hall, music is most important. Not the hall itself. Music is heard, but it is unseen.

So which one is more important? The concert hall, or the music?

What makes a good concert? It’s the MUSIC. And what makes great music? It’s the great conductor.

In a concert performance, all instruments make sounds and noises, but the most important out of all makes NO sound. The conductor is the silent one (without a conductor, music can still be played, but it’ll be less organised and coordinated)

A conductor is merely someone who attempts, at his/her best capability, to understand and interpret the music composer’s thoughts and feelings.

But in a concert, where are the music composers? They’re most likely no longer around for they’ve died hundreds of years ago (eg. classical music composers).

Music composers may not be around but their music is still played and heard.

What we can’t see today had in fact created something that we can see today.

And so where is God? God who can’t be seen has created what we can see. It is because HE has created the whole world that can be seen that God Himself is unseen.

Praise be to God.

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[As shared by Rev. Stephen Tong in one of our church’s Sunday Services]