You Scratch My Back, I Scratch Your Back
Have you ever tried working so hard, but you were not satisfied with your results? Have you ever tried laboring and toiling so hard, but your goals were not fulfilled? Although you might get some results or success out of your labor and hard work, but somehow deep inside you, there is still emptiness, and you’re not satisfied.
Haggai 1: 5, 6 say that “You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it”. How many of us can identify ourselves in that kind of situation?
There are many people today have lost the passion for God. One of the reasons is due to their heavy workload and studies. There are many people who are willing to skip church just because they claim they are busy with other activities.
In Haggai 1:9, it says “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away” It’s true that many of us have our goals and dreams. Everyone has. But it’s important how you work your way to it, and the outcome that your results bring will also have a big significance. Many people, because of the value they place towards their goals and dreams, have started working their own way to achieving their dreams. But in the end, although they might achieve them, but somehow there’s always something missing in their lives. They are always not satisfied.
The reason why many people have not found fulfillment in their achievements, is found in the second part of verse 9 : “Because of My house, which remains a ruin, while each of you are busy with his own house”. They neglected the most important element in their success: GOD. Many are working hard on their own, until they neglect God and God’s work. They neglect the commitment that God has once called them. They neglect the passion and the importance of doing God’s work.
Matthew 6:33, and we are all very familiar with this, it says “But seek first His kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well”. The bible says we are to seek God’s kingdom first, and all the dreams and successes we long for will eventually come. And trust me; God always satisfies our needs the best. He always gives us the best. He knows all our every need, and He always fulfills them the best, leaving no sorrow, no regrets, and no dissatisfactions. We always hear people say: Take care of God’s business and He will take care of your business. No doubt this is absolutely correct.
Would you rather work your own way to achieve your desires? Or would you rather want God to help achieve it for you? Of course we want God to do so. It is as though you are asked to solve a very difficult mathematics question. It is said that you are allowed to use any way to solve this question, as long as you solve it. Which of you would rather search night and day to solve it? Skipping meals and play time, and being under stress all the time. And which of you would rather go ask your teacher or lecturer to help you? Of course we want to do so. Because they’re the teachers, and they know best the needs of the question, and how to solve it. It is likewise to us. Why wouldn’t we allow God to take care of our business, instead of we working on our own but are never satisfied.
In order to have God take care of our business, we must first of all take care of His business. Is there any ministry that God has called you to do? Are you losing the passion to serve because of the workload that you have? Are you too busy with your own house, that you have neglected God’s house? You will find that as you put God first in your priorities, your works and studies will become much easier. I have personally experienced this in many ways, and I can testify that God is never slow to promise that when we seek His kingdom first, He will bless all that we need.
Don’t be too carried away by the things around us. Don’t be too carried away by the work that we have. I did not say that we should neglect our work. Never at all. But remember, God’s ministry is more important than our own work. Take care of God’s business, and He will take care of your business. Scratch God’s back, and He will scratch your back.
Have you ever tried working so hard, but you were not satisfied with your results? Have you ever tried laboring and toiling so hard, but your goals were not fulfilled? Although you might get some results or success out of your labor and hard work, but somehow deep inside you, there is still emptiness, and you’re not satisfied.
Haggai 1: 5, 6 say that “You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it”. How many of us can identify ourselves in that kind of situation?
There are many people today have lost the passion for God. One of the reasons is due to their heavy workload and studies. There are many people who are willing to skip church just because they claim they are busy with other activities.
In Haggai 1:9, it says “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away” It’s true that many of us have our goals and dreams. Everyone has. But it’s important how you work your way to it, and the outcome that your results bring will also have a big significance. Many people, because of the value they place towards their goals and dreams, have started working their own way to achieving their dreams. But in the end, although they might achieve them, but somehow there’s always something missing in their lives. They are always not satisfied.
The reason why many people have not found fulfillment in their achievements, is found in the second part of verse 9 : “Because of My house, which remains a ruin, while each of you are busy with his own house”. They neglected the most important element in their success: GOD. Many are working hard on their own, until they neglect God and God’s work. They neglect the commitment that God has once called them. They neglect the passion and the importance of doing God’s work.
Matthew 6:33, and we are all very familiar with this, it says “But seek first His kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well”. The bible says we are to seek God’s kingdom first, and all the dreams and successes we long for will eventually come. And trust me; God always satisfies our needs the best. He always gives us the best. He knows all our every need, and He always fulfills them the best, leaving no sorrow, no regrets, and no dissatisfactions. We always hear people say: Take care of God’s business and He will take care of your business. No doubt this is absolutely correct.
Would you rather work your own way to achieve your desires? Or would you rather want God to help achieve it for you? Of course we want God to do so. It is as though you are asked to solve a very difficult mathematics question. It is said that you are allowed to use any way to solve this question, as long as you solve it. Which of you would rather search night and day to solve it? Skipping meals and play time, and being under stress all the time. And which of you would rather go ask your teacher or lecturer to help you? Of course we want to do so. Because they’re the teachers, and they know best the needs of the question, and how to solve it. It is likewise to us. Why wouldn’t we allow God to take care of our business, instead of we working on our own but are never satisfied.
In order to have God take care of our business, we must first of all take care of His business. Is there any ministry that God has called you to do? Are you losing the passion to serve because of the workload that you have? Are you too busy with your own house, that you have neglected God’s house? You will find that as you put God first in your priorities, your works and studies will become much easier. I have personally experienced this in many ways, and I can testify that God is never slow to promise that when we seek His kingdom first, He will bless all that we need.
Don’t be too carried away by the things around us. Don’t be too carried away by the work that we have. I did not say that we should neglect our work. Never at all. But remember, God’s ministry is more important than our own work. Take care of God’s business, and He will take care of your business. Scratch God’s back, and He will scratch your back.
posted by Joshua Cheah at 6:14 PM
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