Seek First the Kingdom

The past topics with Brother JR leading the career group meetings have been very helpful to everyone. I am actually delighted that Edward has found it helpful, too. We enjoyed the peer-to-peer sharing back in the days when it was still Gordon and other younger ones leading the group but I guess, ultimately, what we all need is guidance. The Lord guides us and he assigns people to help guide other people through their knowledge and life experiences.

The sessions have ultimately been about getting down to the core and asking: what is my purpose in life? Not just work but LIFE - in this earth or universe. I thought this questioning was only for back when I was in highschool and college when there was the luxury to really ponder this question. I guess this question was posed back to us because this is the stage in our life when we don't have time to question anymore. We just do things and strive to move forward towards our self-designated path, but then if we are moving toward the wrong direction, then all our efforts are for nothing.

Everyone's overall life purpose is to SEEK FIST THE KINGDOM OF GOD. How we do that will be the ways our individuality will be displayed.

I am also impressed that our pastor can converse with different personalities and ages in the group. There are those who are just starting out at work and want to prove themselves, those who question everything just like philosophers, those who want to dissect everything into a step by step procedure and so many more!

We are all created differently but we come together because we are the children of one GOD. In seeking first His Kingdom, we must know our purpose, our priority and our role in life. Every reading touched my heart because I am guilty of being so busy pursuing things that, in reality, are already provided by GOD. It's like being a Martha than a Mary. Just last Sunday, I was the usher and I was busy observing people and trying to help out that I forgot to partake of the bread and wine. I told myself that I'll try to be a good leader, be early, initiate prayer, smile at people and remind them to smile but I forgot why I was doing all these. God is the most important and in my service, I neglected having the quiet moment to remember Him for all He's done.

Experiences like that make one grow and realize the challenges of balancing life, but I'm happy for that downfall because now I know it's not so easy to do things. Sometimes we just like to complain and criticize other people but haven't really asked ourselves if we can actually do better or even the same when we are placed in that similar situation.

Whoever said that everything he needed to learned he learned in a kindergarten is missing out on so much things life has to offer. In facing life, I know now that our guiding principle should always be to SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD because when we do, then EVERYTHING SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO US.