Wouldn’t it be great if everyone in the whole world did exactly what they were told to do. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if people, particularly those people with whom we work, were totally obedient to all of the desires and instructions that you had for them. Why can’t people just do what is required for them to do? Life would be so much easier, wouldn’t it?…Excuse me, does anyone have a mirror? There is something you should take a look at….your own past and present activity.

Human nature is a totally predictable thing. You can pretty much always count on man (either male or female) to do as he chooses, as he pleases, as satisfies his own selfish desires,… which most usually is only what he wants to do,… instead of that which needs to be done. This selfishness is a built-in sin of mankind and can be traced all the way back to the Garden of Eden.

You don’t have to take the time and effort to teach and instruct a child (or an adult) how to misbehave and be disobedient. They already know how to do that. It seems that in some type of mysterious way and in every generation,… disobedience, bad behavior, and selfishness comes right through the birth canal tied into the new baby’s DNA. Well,…that is exactly right…it does….why?…because of the fall of man, caused by the original sin of Adam and Eve and their combined disobedience to the instructions of The Creator God. All men and women born since the Fall of Man, carry with them in their own blood, the original sin of all mankind. They are actually born with it coursing through their arteries and veins.

Now you must know and remember that God Almighty has prepared and provided a way that man can be reconciled back to God through the Salvation process of becoming a “Born-Again” Believer. This is the one and only way to actually know God personally, have all of your sins washed away from your personal existence, and be cleansed for all Eternity. It is the only way to eternal peace and prosperity. WOW!

Once a person’s eternal existence is properly established they can finally relax. This process will provide the correct answers to the three greatest questions ever to exist in the mind of man:

1.  How do I handle and deal with the the “storm clouds of my life” that are now occurring in the Present?

2.  How do I handle and deal with the sins and mistakes of my guilty Past?

3.  How do I handle and deal with the unknown and frightening troubles that I know lay ahead of me in the Future?

In the process of being saved (salvation of your soul) God will freely provide you the answers to all three of those questions. Guidance will also be provided you as to how to negotiate all the paths and stumbling blocks in your life that lay ahead. That is why you can relax. What a wonderful plan our Creator has given us as humans.

Once you have your life right, once you are “Born-Again,” there will continue to be trials and tribulations in your life, but not as many as you are experiencing as an unsaved person. Additionally, after you are saved, you will want to do the right thing(s) in your life. You will want to cooperate with God and with the other people around you. Your selfish heart will have been cleansed. You will stop thinking only about yourself and how the activities happening in and around your life affect and benefit only you.

As you grow in your Christian walk, The Holy Spirit of God, will begin to soften your heart. You will start caring more about other people than you do about yourself and your own needs and desires. You will start treating and interacting with others and doing with and for them exactly as you would want other people to deal with you. The Golden Rule of life will spring to life as you go about your own manner and way.

Once you are saved, you will greatly desire to serve and honor God with all of your thoughts, deeds, and efforts. You will want to do the right things and do them properly.

You will want to do them as if you were doing them specifically for and exclusively to The Lord, Jesus Christ, Himself. The quality and the quantity of your work effort and related production will skyrocket. Your personal performance will be so very much greater and exactly correct that everyone around you will begin to notice that there is definitely something “different” about you. They will begin to ask you questions, Like,…What has happened to you? You are different than you used to be, what has changed in your life? You stopped using foul language, it is wonderful, what caused you to change? You are so much more courteous than you used to be. You are also much kinder to those around you. What is it that caused these great changes in your demeanor? I am telling you the truth, once the Spirit of God gets into your heart, nothing will be the same for you again!

These and similar explanations are the very basis why God instructs us to be kind to all, but do not get yourself into a situation with other people where you become “unequally yoked.” That is to say where you as a believer are permanently tied to other folks who happen to be unbelievers. This is a condition where there will always be turmoil, chaos, and strife.

Where believers are working together with other believers, productivity will be high. Communications will be good. Peace and calm will surround those working together. Harmony will reign and happiness among the workers will present itself in every corner.

Unity produces Harmony.
Harmony increases Productivity.
Productivity produces Happiness.
Happiness produces Growth.
Growth produces and provides Peace of Mind.

It is all part of God’s Plan for human beings.

When people are working together, assisting and helping one another succeed in life, helping other people realize their own dream and goals, becoming better more productive people all the while they are working, God is greatly pleased and rewards their efforts in a great and glorious way. God knows and God rewards.

Do you really want to become successful and happy…then be the right example and set the right pace. Get your life right with God first! Only then will you be in a position to help others around you get their lives right.

PEOPLE DO WHAT PEOPLE SEE.

When people, who are working together for a common cause, have their lives right with God, they are then positioned and prepared to be obedient. As such, they will be eager to do what they are told to do.

There is always a right way and a wrong way to do the things you are attempting to accomplish. God’s Way is always the Right Way.

Do things God’s Way and you will be glad you did!

Peace and Love to All of You……………………Poppa Bear