Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

Here’s a thought I’d like to share with you today.

[Inspired by the book I’m currently reading: ‘Training Hearts, Teaching Minds’, by Starr Meade]

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Ever wondered what would happen if something is NOT used according to the original purpose?

Like for example, what would happen if we wanted to whiten up our teeth using white shoe polish?

And, what would happen if we placed some marshmallows into the toaster?

Obviously, it all wouldn’t ‘work’.

Just like how toasters are originally meant for bread, shoe polish is originally designed for shoes.

Basically this principle applies to everything in life, doesn’t it?

THINGS (and I mean, everything) will achieve and produce their BEST results IF they’re used according to their original purpose.

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BUT, there’s one big problem.

Many people today are simply not sure of their life’s purpose.

Some people think they live to earn as much as money as possible, or to be famous.

And the reality is, we have seen too many real-life examples of people (even the very famous and wealthy) who in the end said … they felt ’empty’.

Satisfaction that’s derived from fame and wealth, unfortunately (and realistically), doesn’t last ‘forever’.

It’ll run dry after a while, and they’ll be back, searching for things that can ‘fully satisfy’ them.

Here comes the part that many of us fail to see.

We are created beings, with physical AND spiritual needs.

Our physical needs may be satisfied with all sorts of things like, food, money, fame, and etc.

But spiritually (ie. our soul’s needs), … we can only be satisfied when we return to our Creator.

Because our Creator created us with a purpose.

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You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 16:11

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The Westminster Shorter Catechism clearly wrote that ‘Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever’.

God has a purpose when HE created us.

God wants us to know him and to enjoy him, and His presence.

And when we do exactly THAT, as written in Psalm 16:11, we’ll find the fullness of joy and pleasures.

We’ll feel satisfied.

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Now the thing is, for us to KNOW about anything, we need to spend time WITH it.

It’s like, a universal rule.

We wouldn’t have known how sweet the scent of a flower is until we stop, pay attention to it, take a deep breath and smell it.

We wouldn’t have enjoyed the sweetness of an apple, until we actually bite into it and find out for ourselves the sweetness of it.

In the same way, we wouldn’t be able to understand nor enjoy God’s presence, wonderful works, and great love for us, if we hadn’t spared any time to discover Him for ourselves.

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And so with this, I’d like to invite you all to spend some time next week to discover more about life, its purpose, and especially about what God has done that makes our life meaningful and full of purpose.

Here’s more info about the event:

GOOD FRIDAY – Gospel Rally

Date: Friday, 2 April 2010

Venue: Bartley Christian Church, 4 How Sun Drive (Click HERE for location map)

Speaker: Rev. Stephen Tong

Time:

4.30pm (In Indonesian Language)

7.30pm (In Mandarin, translated to English)

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There’ll be a Sunday School service for kids (3yo – 10yo) at the 4.30pm Indonesian service.

And I’ll personally be involved in the Puppet Show Ministry at 4.30pm too! Really hope to see your little ones there!

Anyway, if you CAN make it (and I really hope many of you can), you can always drop me an email too to let me know!

Come to the 7.30pm one next Friday if you understand either Mandarin or English (or both!)

And of course, come to the Indonesian one at 4.30pm, if you know Bahasa Indonesia.

Look forward to seeing many of you there!