Lost Focus

It's been a long, long while. I know I named this blog - Messages of Hope and Love. Sounds corny, but that was the initial idea of the blog: - to motivate people into believing that there is Hope and Love out there. Initially I also wanted people to be able to share their testimonies and so forth, but I've been so busy with my own life, getting sucked into the rat race and juggling family commitments all at the same time. It's pretty harsh. It's also quite draining - but work has been rewarding. I don't think I'll be able to work in another industry that can allow me to impact people's lives in a such a unique manner and earn good income at the same time.

"It's a ministry that pays well," I thought.

 

However, not everyone thinks so. I guess my industry is littered with people only interested in themselves, putting their own interests first, forgetting that it's not just about the money - it's about impacting people's lives as well. Which is why I have chosen to train the next generation in a way that we can change the way people have viewed my industry in the marketplace. I'm going to make a difference. Watch me.

 

OK. So you still may not agree that I am in ministry. I can just imagine people in utter disagreement. But I don't really care. I know that God has put me in this line of work for a bigger purpose - for a reason. A reason that differs from others. Would it be unimaginative of God to give people the same exact purpose?

 

Alright - let me get this straight. In case many of you don't know the Bible speaks about this. I'd like to quote from Mark 16:15-16

 

He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Mark 16:15-16 NIV

One thing is for sure. We have ONE main purpose. We should have ONE focus. How it is achieved is different for other people. It's the GOOD NEWS. What is that? Often, we talk about how our good deeds and so forth is the good news. We often think that by telling people where they have gone wrong is the good news. Often we speak as if we need to get right with God before going to church as the good news. Or maybe we talking about how good our life is is the good news. But it's not.

 

The Good News is just this:

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."

John 3:16-17 NIV

It's the simple believe of admitting that we have done wrong (even if you think you haven't you have-ask your mother/father if you think otherwise), and that we believe that the only way to eternal life is by believing in Jesus. Not anyone else; certainly not yourself. Not your good works or good deeds. Not your charity. Not your donations. Not your money or your status.

 

Now let me share you another scripture that shows you that there is no other way.

 

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

Acts 4:12 NIV

Thats right. No other way. Only by His grace.

 

A christian is simply someone who believes in Jesus for his salvation.

 

It's really that simple. So why not you believe Jesus right now? No one else in the world or certainly no other religion has ever claimed that He is the only way. The choice is yours.