Sharpen Your Life. Now!

Don't you just feel so tired sometimes?

Frustrated

Worn out

And just plain hopeless

 ¹⁰ Using a dull ax requires great strength, so sharpen the blade. That’s the value of wisdom;  

           it helps you succeed. Ecclesiastes 10:10

Sometimes, in the course of going to school, rushing to tuition and all that other things that make us chase every minute and the very hours in a day..we lose our sharpness.

Why be sharp? What's so important?

A sharp life :)   - Meaningful activities

                        - Strong connections/bonds with friends

                        - Noticing God working in your life

A dull life :(   - Alot of activities or Always busy but with activities that leave u empty

                     - Many friends, but little connection with them or Little trust and partnership

                     - Frustration and sadness, little happiness and satisfaction.

That's why its so important for us to keep ourselves in check.


How do we do that?
       

- Quietness.

This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: 
        “Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. 
                        In quietness and confidence is your strength. Isaiah 30:15

- Sometimes we take our emotions, our stresses and worries to public places like twitter and facebook. While we try to relax by letting things out, we're not actually finding a solution. And by telling it to all the people out there, who might or might not know you that well, you take away the privilege of going to God first.

With Scripture,        When I discovered your words, I devoured them. 

                                They are my joy and my heart’s delight, 

                                for I bear your name, 

                                O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies. Jeremiah 15:16
- Listen to what God is saying to you. He might be telling you not to do something, or to be careful or just comforting you..but you'll never know if you don't ask God to speak to you.

        Surrender,  

        and Silence.

- Just being with God in quietness and talking everything out with Him. Making God a part of our lives and surrendering to Him the things we can't handle on our own, cause there's just so many things that's out of our hands. This is where we get our sharpness back, and there is no substitute to it.


Let's have some time with God, today!
Do your devotion, and maybe try praying things out loud this time.


We gotta start somewhere, right?

Baby steps! :)

*A message shortened from Ps. Mike Constantine's "Sharpen Your Life" on the 4th of March 2012.