Human Being Karabo Rantwa

Change is all around us. The way the world is now, is totally different from the way it was 100-200 years ago. This is just one example of change. Things change and I believe God is teaching us something about change. God is teaching us that as human beings we have the ability to change. We can change from good to bad or from bad to good. I believe in life we have seen people who have changed from Good to bad and those who have changed from bad to good. It takes a brave and strong person to change from bad to good but changing from from good to bad requires no effort at all. Paul is an example of someone who changed from negative to positive. Paul used to kill and persecute people but he changed and became a very good apostle. Today I want to encourage people to change. Be a person who is always changing from negative to positive. Be brave and never allow fear to hinder you from positive change. A key element in positive change is Jesus Christ. With our own effort it will be har

1 Timothy 6:6 "But godliness with contentment is great gain" If you are not content with what you have it is time to ask God to give you contentment. Without contentment it will be next to impossible to live happily and to have peace. Lack of contentment can be linked to stress and a lot of other unhealthy behaviours. Sometimes married men and women sleep around because of lack of contentment. People steal because of lack of contentment. People become jealous due to lack of contentment. People lie and deceive other due to lack of contentment, the list goes on and on I have realised that contentment is very important in the life of a Christian. Let us learn to enjoy what we have and not worry about what we don't have. Sometimes even some pastors will take advantage of your lack of contentment. This week I encourage you ask God to give you contentment.

I always hear people talking about surrendering to the will of God as if its something easy. I have realized that it is not easy at all. We human being like to be in control and it is generally not easy to surrender our will to the control of something else. A lot of times it may appear that we have surrendered but in actuality we know that we have not. Surrendering requires a lot of death to self. Every aspect of our life needs to be surrendered to the leadership of the Lord. When we surrender to the Lord things actually become easier because His York is easy. The problem we have is believing if really God is worth surrendering our lives to. Is He worth giving up the control of my life? My personal answer to this question is YES. It is really worth it.

Proverbs 13:4 "The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat" We have to understand that God wants us to work. We have to overcome laziness an work so that we can be able to harvest. Some people know how to sow seeds but they don't know how to harvest. If we only give money at church and hope to one day win the lottery we are fooling ourselves. Give because you love God and then go out and work. If you want progress in life, you need to work. Don't just wake up and sit around, DO SOMETHING . Sell sweets,clean, wash cars e.t.c. As you are working God will see your heart and continue promoting you. If you are struggling with laziness ask God to help you breakthrough. He is faithful and He will help you with laziness. Proverbs 26:15 "The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth."