Saturday, April 14, 2007

Unlimited Potential

In the office now, tomorrow going to customer's site for verifying their problem. Kinda... errr.. not sure how to describe. 1st time to customer site. err.. Guess this is the "1st time" feeling? where you are so looking forward, and yet, scared to face it.. and etc etc.....

Ha! Read this Article.

Philippians 4:13 I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.
What might God want to accomplish through you in your lifetime? As a businessperson, you may yet have your greatest contribution to society. Such was the case of Cyrus McCormick, born in 1809. Raised on a farm by an inventor father, Cyrus McCormick sought to invent a mechanical reaper to harvest wheat. His father's attempts at inventing a successful machine had failed until Cyrus, at 22, created one that worked. McCormick had to overcome many setbacks including the loss of his patent 14 years after his first invention. This opened up competition. Then, in 1837 he went bankrupt due to the bank panic of 1837. However, these setbacks did not prevent McCormick from achieving his goals.
He expanded his market by trying to sell his machine to European farmers in 1851. A long series of honors compensated for the lack of recognition and praise from his American compatriots. By 1856, he was not only a world figure but his factory produced more than 4,000 reapers a year.
McCormick was a committed believer. He lived during the time of D.L. Moody and gave $10,000 to Moody to start the Chicago YMCA in 1869. That building burned along with his Chicago factory in 1871. By this time, McCormick was over 60 and wealthy enough to retire. Before his death in 1884, he had given $100,000 to help open Moody Bible Institute. His son, Cyrus Jr., was to become the first chairman of the school's board. Cyrus McCormick was a devoted Christian who passed his faith on to his son who later met up with J. Pierpoint Morgan to become the first president of a combined reaper firm, the famed International Harvester Corporation. [John Woodbridge, ed., More Than Conquerors (Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1992), 328-331.]
What might God want to accomplish through your life? Surely you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.

Questions to ponder:
What is your purpose and are you moving in that direction?

I lately found myself struggling in the WORLD and the SPIRITUAL site.
Sometimes, i had the thinking that, ya, someone need to be missionary, pastor, etc, doing godly work, then only he is pleasing God.

But in actual, went to training last time, and Pastor said, Secular work is equally important. In the bible, not all people are doing spiritual work. Some are fisherman, some are businessman, some are teacher..etc.

Find your calling, what you were called to be, what is your strength and ability, what is your passion.. And go for it. :D

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1 comment:

ChinAki said...

A good starting! When You aware that He who is in You is great and He is going with you to meet the customer, You already won the favor! ;)