16 July 2007

16 July - 1 Chronicles 22-23; Romans 3:9-31; Psalm 12; Proverbs 19:13-14

The NT went on to talk about the law, being a Jew, faith, Gentile... Well I am not a Jew, the law did not come through my father, I did not to follow the law of Mosses. But if I do (which we actually do not - following the feast of the tabanacle, passover, don't celebrate Christmas, which is a pagan holiday, easter with bunnies and chocolate..) I will be considered as being grafted into/ with the Jew.

Jesus came. And this make a different - the free gift of eternal life is now offered to the Gentile. So what must we do - take up the cross and follow Jesus, grow deep in God .

Look at David heart in the OT. Even nearing his death, he did not forget God's house. He made sure that Solomon followed his instruction and prepared the workers and the material. No wonder, David is someone after God's heart.

IDT session 2 talks about setting priorities, setting our pace. Imaging now I am seventy or eighty years old, what do I want and how do I want to live my life? I don't want to worry about bringing food on the table. If I can still walk, I will want to teach (my passion) and empower the economically less fortunate (direction) people, help them and at the same time share the goodness of God. Of course, by then, the people group may not be along the Lan Chang Jiang and Nu Jiang in Yunan China (vision).

Instead of setting a 25-20% ROI per month on capital. I will reduce intially to 10%, which means taking a longer time to reach my finanical independence target. But like what Rachael say, enjoy the progress and God will bless.