14/01/2020
WITH ANYONE I NEED NOT COMPETE
Why would I compete? There is no reason I should compete. I have my God-given vision and mission and it is not the same with your vision, that is, if ever you have one.
With my vision in mind I accomplish my mission slowly, carefully but surely. Because I know my mission in life I set strategic goals that are measurable, attainable and bound by time for me to discover my potentials and limitations. I do not beat the air as the apostle Paul was telling us. I discipline myself although I know that I am already a declared a winner since the time I was conceived in my mother’s womb. I need not compete anymore today rather enjoy my “Life of a Champion”.
I am a champion and I will be, I am a winner and I will live a winner. I need not compete for my being me now.
When my father and mother met, my father released millions of us racing towards my mother’s egg cell. During the race we all have one thing in common and that is to win the raced. Eventually I was the one who won the race. I was ahead of everyone in arriving in my mother’s egg cell. Since then I live a life of a champion.
Let’s go back to my vision and mission. My vision keeps me away from going round in circles like what you experience continually. I know that today like the rest of your life you go in circles are experiencing a no forward movement.
As part of my life’s vision and mission my life has a road-map and this life’s road-map brings me to a forward movement. Inch-by-inch I am moving and accomplishing things toward the fulfilment of my vision in life. I am here in this point in life but tomorrow I can be there on another point in life. My life is numbered and is marked with seasons and times but in the time markers are signs of accomplishments which shows I moved forward. I did not stagnate. I got here better than I was yesterday. With and by God's grace things I am able to accomplish following the path of my life’s road-map. How about you?
I think on a different level by God's grace according to the capacity and gifting given me by my God. I am able to accomplish things with quality because I minister according to God's standards set on his word. God’s word reveals to me life’s strategies at doing things. The Holy Spirit leads me like a shepherd. And he leads me towards green pastures of opportunities and quite waters of fulfilment and life’s contentment
My motive for doing ministry always is to please God my Lord and Master and not for the applause and praises of men. If it is then I am already paid. I always for God to show me where he works because I must work where God is at work. God is my commander –in-chief, my boss, my Lord, and my partner in the work. If I work where god is not there then I am toiling on my own without a partner and the work will be a tiresome and heavy one.
It's not my problem if you are pleased with me or not, I don't even mind if you appreciate my ministry in the Lord or not. I do not know if you are happy when I minister effectively and win multitudes for Christ. If you are not happy when you see that the ministry God entrusted me is growing I am not at all affected as long as the Lord my God, Jesus Christ is pleased.
My manner of doing things must be better and the result will tell. I have my personal goal. “I WILL EXCELL”. I must do better than yesterday not because of you. Rather I must excel and be “perfect as the God who called me is perfect”. If your goal is not like this, I don’t care.
You and I are both wonderfully and carefully made by our creator. The only difference is that, I operate according to what I discovered are my potential and I got lots of it. I received it from my God in abundance. In spite all of this I remain wonderful by being humble and careful and avoid being judgemental of others who do not accomplish and delivers. On the other hand I am happy for them that do things with excellence at look at them as my model and hope to do the same and deliver too. I do respect those who like me have the same mind set but feel sorry for those who treat me with indifference. It’s not me they are losing but the gift of God to them for I am a gift of God to other people being a servant of Him who called me to minister.
My existence is complimentary with others and that is the reason why I appreciate others, work with others, lead others and blend with others. But never will I compete. If I do compete, I am only bringing my God given purpose to defeat.
I know I can do things better than others but it is not a reason to entertain pride. I am able to accomplish things better because I am willing to yield to the Holy Spirit who anointed me. I am aware that apart from God I can do nothing. I excel because I learn to yield to God when he exhorted me to “Learn from me for my lessons are easy”. I work with patience even learning the hard way because Jesus exhorted me that “my burden are light”.
Please take a look at this pairing;
A high school graduate vs. one who has master’s degree
An amateur boxer vs. a champion
A student vs. teacher
A neophyte vs. a junior
A corporal vs. a general
Competing in this sense reveals a problem of immaturity, insecurity, pride and ignorance of his very own insufficiency and the mother of it all is the feeling of envy. Man if you got this last be very then, be careful because you are headed to a fall like the devil did.
Let me tell you one thing,
“Competition can only happen when there is a match”
Not match = No competition
Here is God's word; please read. This is God's standard view.
Rom 12:3 for I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. kjv
Let us work in his vineyard according to God's grace and not competition in mind.
bishop W***y Beltran
Philadelphia Community Church
Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines
january 14, 2020
