DILIGENT !
Proverbs 21:5”The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.”
I somehow like these words DILIGENT, DISCIPLINE, DETERMINED …not for how it sounds but for what it means. Amen. It was half yearly examination that our Abide school, the English question paper was issued and I sat in the class for supervision. I found a senior boy sharp his pencil and write with a pencil, while he was supposed to write with pen, I looked at him sharply and asked why he was writing with the pencil, with a serious yet a scared look, he replied, ‘I’m worried if I would make mistakes in the examination paper and thereby dirty the paper if I write with pen, hence I am using pencil.’ His reasoning had good intention! Having heard me instruct million times about being clean and neat, he wanted to be careful before messing up! He wanted his answer paper to be clean and neat! Are you listening? There are a handful of students who have this attitude of being careful, clean, tidy, neat, committed, cautious and hard working. Invariably these are the students who study well and progress, the boy whom I have mentioned above is a topper in the class as well as school. (Click HERE to read about our ABIDE SCHOOL, free school for the underprivileged children of Hyderabad.
Despite the teachings, warnings and punishments, there are students who scribble, rub, make mistake again, rub and finally there would be a big black hole in the page! After this, I repeat, after the page is torn, messed and dirtied nothing can be done! Beware! These kids don’t do well in studies as well because of their reckless attitude; sadly, this does not stop here, it flows into their future and eventually ruins their life. Caveat! Straighten your life right away! Don’t wait for the big black hole to happen! Stop being hasty and nasty, patiently wait for His plans! Look what the above scripture says: The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance! Hurray! Set right your life before you enter New Year with the same old rotten habits.
Be careful in how you spend your money, do not recklessly get into EMI purchases, control the impulse to splurge and arrest the roving eyes! Unfettered desires leads us to devastation! This Christmas be wise with your money. Patiently wait for God’s timing! I can tell how I had to look the ‘other side’ when people flaunt their latest electronic gadgets while I had to adjust with my old items for a long, long time. Being in the mission field, serving the Lord, there is a cross I had to carry; nevertheless, I’m glad and overjoyed because I am not trapped into any EMI. I am debt free. Hurray! Like the school boy I mentioned above, be cautious and avoid mistakes before the ‘big black hole’ happens!
OBSERVE CAREFULLY:Diligent hearing of the Word and obedience to His commandments brings faith and courage in you! Quick reading of the Bible without passion doesn’t help, maintain a journal or diary to write down your Bible reading portions and also jot down God’s revelation. Expect God to speak to you! Now, the next verse is ace, this scripture is the key for blessings and success: Joshua 23:11”Be very careful, therefore, to love the LORD your God.”
