#Day 114: 23 April 2016 - Saturday

Sharing at Young Professional Community (YPC)

STRENGTHEN YOUR ROOTS

Spiritual Development as Professional Development

When we talk about roots, it is always about foundation, inner strength. Roots speaks about growing within.

In professional life, it is like individual  development review.

Development review is focusing on the potential, the growth of an employee. Review should not be a yearly activity but as frequent as possible.

Similar to our spiritual life, we also need a kind of regular development review.

For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For each one shall bear his own load. Gal 6:3-5 (NKJV)

There are 4 pillars that we can learn from this verse, that Development (Improvement, Change) covers.

• BE HUMBLE, though we might think that we have tons of experience, that we know stuff, that we are something. We are reminded that we might be deceiving ourselves.
• Luke 14:11 ESV - For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
• Proverbs 11:2 ESV - When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.

• BE EXCELLENT, we need to continue to examine, review, to continuously improve our work, our service, our,... everything. There should never  be such thing as comfort zone. We need to always strive for improvement towards excellence:
  • Just like Daniel (Daniel 6:1-3), Then this Daniel became distinguished above all the other presidents and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him.
  • More than just excellence of skills, we also need to have excellence spirit
  • Colossians 3:23-24 - Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ

• BE REJOICEFUL, in everything. Starts with small things, start with ourselves. Rejoice and respect and appreciate ourselves. Because only when we can accepts and appreciates our very self, then only we can trully rejoice
  • 1 Timothy 4:12 - Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity

• BE RESPONSIBLE, of our own load. Starts with small responsibility (take care of ourselves) and then we may be trusted with bigger responsibility (take care of others)
  • Responsible for our tasks, our work, our study, our health, etc - own it, be accountable for it

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV - But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.

Heart means inner being, roots.

These pillars important for strengthening our inner being, our roots. Then the fruits of the strong roots will exploring out automatically.

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