Take the risk

''Vision without execution is just hallucination"  Henry Ford

You have a dream, you want to realise something in your life?
Go ahead for it. Take attitudes. Take the risk.
With strength, perseverance, faith and belief in yourself and in what you are doing. 
Don't look at the tight moments and sacrifices, but seek Victory.
 It shall definitely be yours...

Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth,and if a tree falls to the south or to the north,in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie. He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. ( Ecclesiaste 11:1-4)

God bless you, Thash

Ant Quality- 3rd Part

Here comes the 5th Ant quality - Perseverance

Observation
I had once seen some ants carrying a big dead insect, walking quickly from one side to another. Suddenly, I decided to play a joke on these little ants. I used my finger to throw the insect. To my surprise, several ants had still bitten the insect tightly though the insect was turned over. A moment later, other ants came to surround the insect, carried it again and then went on walking.
This is called perseverance.

 Story

This is story of an Ant named ‘Tinki’ who was 13 year old, she was very poor and her father died in an accident few years back. Her mom was suffering from a disease and could not work properly. Tinki was a strong Ant. She used to travel day and night in search of food to take care of her mother.

One day her mother’s health worsened. It became tough for her to breathe. Tinki got scared and went to her best friend to ask for help. Her friend told her to go and search for a dead insect and feed it to her mother. After which she will never fall ill.

There was one very big problem; this type of insect was found on very high mountains. Still, Tinki decided to travel to this highest peak to save her mom. She left home early morning on her journey.
On her way to the mountain, there was a forest of wild Animals, Tinki was very careful as she was tiny and could be stamped under Elephants feet anytime. Thankfully she crossed the Jungle and then started walking up the mountain. It was 12 hour journey.

She reached the top of the mountain very early and was very tired. But, she continued her search for the dead insect and to her luck she found one!

The insect was very heavy. She tried carrying the insect on her head. As she dragged the insect along, she failed thrice. She could not move as the weight of the insect was very heavy. She again tried. She failed.  She was very disappointed with herself and sat quietly for 10 minutes. After that she again tried, this time she was able to carry along the insect at her back.

She finally reached home after 5 long days! Her friend was there with her mother. They gave the insect to her mother after which her mother’s health improved. Tinki was very happy, but she broke her back. She did not tell this to her mother. After few days her mother was on her toes! Tinki was very happy. Now her mother looked after her and they loved happily ever after!

So, just like Tinki Ant, no matter what happens, never stop trying and move ahead. Whatever you may go through, don't lose faith but persevere! The evil will try to distract you in your conquest to salvation; through persecutions, calomnies, people will talk bad of you and your faith,through  temptations and injustices. 
Believe in God's Greatness and Promises and Persevere.

 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. (James 1:12)

God bless you, Thash.

Exercised Faith

 "I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet " (Revelation 1:9-10)

Today let us analyse John situation. He was a man of faith and because of the word of God, he was thrown on the island of Patmos. He was an upright man and face many injustices because of the Romans.

On this island he was left alone and faced the harsh situations. Maybe John was thinking why is was thrown there for he was so faithful to God. Maybe he asked God so many questions why he was so much suffering. In other words,maybe, he did not stop asking God questions.

We see that in his difficult moments he seeked God only and he was angry. But he was IN SPIRIT : "On the Lord's day I was in spirit" and it is in those particular moments that John received the vision of the future. It is then that he received the revelations of God.

So Good people, we who are in spirit we are no different from John. Rejoice of the persecutions you are facing or will face because of your faith. Persevere to conquer your salvationa and resist till the end. Don't desist, because it is only in tribulations that we are able to hear better the voice of God. It is then that we are much more in spirit.It is by these isolated moments that we exercise our faith. 

John was suffering on this island, and he humbles himself in spirit. So, we must humble ourselves. It is then that God talks to us, reveals us his will and directs us. It is when we are most humiliated that we are able to hear him. The result is that we become stronger and stronger with an invincible faith.

The advice for today is to rejoice in persecutions and humiliations and ask God to speak to you.

God bless you, Thash

Fear of God

^” Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matthew 10:28

This verse clearly shows that there are many from “those” who can destroy our body but only “One” who  has the power to kill our soul. What does this mean?

“Those” here refers to Men and “One” to God. But if God has the capacity of killing the soul, why are there so many people who say that the Soul is Immortal?

Let me explain. Good people, this parable means that only God can either grant Eternal life or take it away. He can also revive those who are spiritually dead. So here, God is telling us to not fear what men, this world can do to us. To not fear the persecutions. To not fear the sacrifice we need to make, how much we need to be hurt, how much we need to disobey our own will, how much we need to sanctify our flesh, our needs, how much we need to be humiliated. Because all these can only destroy the body but cannot the soul of the One truly converted in Jesus Christ.
Because the more we are humiliated and resisting, the more we grow in faith, the more we are exercising to protect our soul. And it is then that we know the Real God; It is then that he manifests himself;only in our difficult situations where the world and those there are trying to knock us down.

BUT, the only thing we need to fear is God not granting us Eternal life, whereby our soul is thrown in the pit of fire. Fearing his fierceful Judgement and Eternal Death. Why the verse in Matthew 10:25 mentions the body? Its only because there in hell we shall feel everything that we are feeling here on earth. The Body is still the same.

So,people of God, our only main objective is to struggle to find Eternal life, struggle to do nothing that can snatch from us our crown: that is do nothing that is contrary to God’s word. To fear not to get or lose salvation.

Henceforth,for us to inherit the kingdom of God, we need to abandon the life of sin and confess Jesus Christ in this world. Do not fear how much you will need to sacrifice, lose, how narrow path you must travel,how much you would be persecuted, how long the journey shall be and how heavy the cross would be. Only focus to the only destination: YOUR SALVATION.

1 Samuel 12:14,15:
“If you fear the Lord and serve and obey him and do not rebel against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the Lord your God–good! But if you do not obey the Lord, and if you rebel against his commands, his hand will be against you, as it was against your fathers.”

God bless you, Thash