#Day138: 18 May 2016, Wednesday

FAMILY, THE STARTING LINE

Jesus did not let him [the man from whom he had cast out demons] come with him, but said, "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you." —Mark 5:19

I think everyone would agree that home, family, that is the starting place for everything. From born, growing till we passed away, we will always be part of a family.

That is the same message that I saw in Mark 5:19, when Jesus asked the man from whom he had cast out demons to go. Not to follow him, or serve him or be his disciples. But he asked the man to go home to his family and tell them how much blessing that the Lord has done for him.

Go home to your family!

Michael J Fox, the famous actor from one of my favorites movie (Back to The Future) once said "Family is not an important thing, family is Everything".

One of my mentor said to me before, "Managing a company should be the same like managing a family. How you act and behave in your family should be the same with how you manage your company, it's just a bigger scale". He was referring to engagement, integrity and giving your best attitude.

These few words described the deepest essence of why family is very important. Family is where we start our service for God.

Not church, not office, not reach out. All these are important but as Jesus said, Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.

What a message, what a blessing.

1 Timothy 5:8 - But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #family