I know we have talked of giving our best and leaving the rest to God but what does it mean to give your best. The strictly mathematical viewpoint shows that KNOWLEDGE gives you 96% good results, HARDWORK 98% but ATTITUDE 100% and that is positive attitude of course because NEGATIVE ATTITUDE will give you -98%. This is based on the formula that the alphabetical letters: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ are represented by the numbers in an ascending order from 1-26 for example A is 1, B is 2, C is 3, and so forth.
Interestingly, LOVE OF GOD will give you 101% which makes you clearly a winner and a conqueror. Are you amazed by this fact?
The Bible in Proverbs 9:10 says ‘The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.’ In Psalms 111:10 it records ‘The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endures forever.’
One may ask how does fear and love connect? How do they make me achieve the best. Fearing God is keeping His commandments precepts and doing all that He wishes and expects to do. The love comes in when we do these things not by blind reason but because of the Love we have for God.
The best example to have ever shown this is Daniel and the 3 other Hebrew boys. In Daniel 1:8 He purposed in his heart not to defile himself with royal food. In chapter 1:20 Whenever the king asked them about things that required wisdom and insight, he found that they knew ten times more than all the magicians and psychics in his whole kingdom.
Closer home, I find the story senior VP of production at Columbia Pictures; DeVon Franklin; as an example of people who Love God and have got 101% success in their lives. His remarkable journey of faith and purpose to serve God first led him to achieve success. His book ‘Produced by Faith’ talks of how he put God first before his contract. He says that being given his time and day to worship determines whether he takes a job or not. You can follow his stories on different links and be encouraged.
The bottom line remains that the best is fulfilled and accomplished by God’s blessings. God’s blessings are poured down on us when we put Him first last and best in all that we do. Daniel of the Bible and DeVon Franklin provide good examples.
Thanks for this post. I've never heard of that formula. That's really fun, but also is a good reminder of setting our priorities straight in every area of life, specifically education.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a common one. No more assumptions. Thanks
DeleteThis post kept my attention! I enjoyed your letter-number play at the beginning, as well as the stories scattered throughout.
ReplyDeleteI like that your posts are very positive.
ReplyDeleteGood post Moses! It's always nice to read a blog that is positive and encouraging in the midst of some of the blogs that focus so much on negatives.
ReplyDeleteI was a little confused by the letter/number formula because I've never heard of that before. I do like the question "How do fear and love connect?" in relation to Christianity.
ReplyDeleteYeah the question is always interesting and creates lots of thought.
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