Scary success



Sharing for this week - on Sunday, my pastor was telling us that in order not to fall down when skiing, you have to remain at right angles to your skis. When skiing downhill, this means the skiier has to lean forward into the fall, which is counter-intuitive. In other words, you have to throw yourself INTO the slope and commit to falling! Leaning back or attempting to hold back is actually counter-productive, since that actually causes you to really fall down!

I don't know anything about skiing so I can't verify the above! But I did play basketball in JC and Uni. And one of the similarly counter-intuitive things I learned was that when you commit to attack the basket and don't worry about getting blocked, you actually have a much smaller chance of getting blocked. Believing that you will get to the basket and fully committing your body to getting there actually helps you to achieve it physically. Strange but true.

In the same way, I would like to encourage us to commit 100% to the task of being God's witnesses in our homes and in our workplaces, because going in 50%, 60% or even 90% absolutely guarantees failure. As Jesus said: "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God." Luke 9:62.

I realise as I write this that this is something we probably all know already. The question is, are we doing anything about what we know, or are we content to fail? Phew, tough question. Sometimes it's less scary to plan to fail, isn't it? Sort of like doing an opportunity analysis and hoping it's negative. Then we don't have to follow through. It's a big challenge, but let's be DETERMINED to SUCCEED, and succeed SCARILY! After all,

The LORD is my light and my salvation—
WHOM SHALL I FEAR?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
OF WHOM SHALL I BE AFRAID?

Psalm 27:1

Cheers and a happy Chinese New Year to all.

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