Thursday, March 29, 2007

Lay back and do nothing?


Since we have faith in Christ Jesus to provide us with all things, then why do we have to work so hard? To have faith in Jesus Christ, does God mean for us to lay back and do nothing with our life right now?

This is one of the Frequently Asked Questions by many who are trying to understand what this faith is all about.

So is that the will of God? Does God want me to trust in Him, have faith, and just lay back and have no goals or achievements in life?

Shih Yun gave me a good analogy to clear this misconception as we were doing bible study today. This is her analogy:

It is like planting a tree. To go about planting a tree, one needs to dig a hole, sow the seed and water the plant regularly. Now, how fruitful the tree will become is affected by many factors in life. Some of which is within our control, and others which are not. To have faith in God is to entrust in Him the factors that are beyond our control.
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Official Launch - 18th Jan 2007

Hi everybody! God has been such a loving, patient and faithful God in 2006. He has blessed me so abundantly, I can hardly contain it! And I know of friends who had wonderful things happening to them too! So I was just thinking, we need to share these great accounts with everybody! Thus the creation of "Bless and Blessed", a site especially for remembering what God has done in our lives and to thank Him for it. For fellow believers in Christ, I hope that this site will encourage you to share and remember the good things in your lives, and more importantly, how the bad things are made good because of our faith in God. If you have a testimony, I strongly urge you to spend a couple of minutes posting it up on this site. Own this site! You never know just who you can truly encourage and bless. Today shall be the first day that this site is officialy launched. Those of you who are reading this have probably received my invitation to become a part of this site and an author of your own life. I pray that God will use this website for the extension of His kingdom, and to build strong fellowship among His children.