This Week With Jesus

  We are not Robots. We all have the ultimate freedom - the freedom of choice. “Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee” (Moses 3:17). As did Adam, we are also free to choose between good and bad and live our life the way we choose to. These choices reflect both in our professional and personal lives. I can choose to make good decisions or bad decisions for both.  God has given us this gift of free will, the freedom to choose. Why? Because He would have us as His children, not as His slaves or robots . God created humanity in the image of Himself and called them to partner with Him in expanding his creation. But partnership requires trust, so God trusted us and gave humanity the freedom to choose.  So, we can either choose to work and live with God, following His wisdom or we can choose to live our life, according to our minds and heart. Sadly, humans often make the choice to trust their own wisdom over God’s, and our own understanding while makin...

  Sometimes, challenges can lead us to complete inactivity and paralyses. We do not know what to do or where to go. This is not new.  Read 1 Samuel Chapter 14  to see what I mean. Saul was paralyzed and sort of gave up fighting the Philistines because they outnumbered him and had superior war technology.   But while he sat under a tree in dejection, surrounded by his six hundred men, Jonathan decided to take some action. He reasoned with himself and his armor carrier, in complete logic built on his faith in God's promises, on why and how he could possibly defeat the Philistines alone, only assisted by his armor carrier. It is worthy to note that the carrier did not flinch from his duty, and supported Jonathan verbally and in action. From all human aspects, Jonathan took a leap of faith, supported only by his belief. How many times are we faced with similar hopeless situations and succumb to inaction like Saul? Jonathan lays out the perfect example of battling ou...

Sometimes, challenges can lead us to complete inactivity and paralyses. We do not know what to do or where to go. This is not new. Read 1 Samuel Chapter 14 to see what I mean. Saul was paralyzed and sort of gave up fighting the Philistines because they outnumbered him and had superior war technology.   But while he sat under a tree in dejection, surrounded by his six hundred men, Jonathan decided to take some action. He reasoned with himself and his armor carrier, in complete logic built on his faith in God's promises, on why and how he could possibly defeat the Philistines alone, only assisted by his armor carrier. It is worthy to note that the carrier did not flinch from his duty, and supported Jonathan verbally and in action. From all human aspects, Jonathan took a leap of faith, supported only by his belief. How many times are we faced with similar hopeless situations and succumb to inaction like Saul? Jonathan lays out the perfect example of battling our own fears, by go...