Is it a wrong to be in mid of a tribe? To stand average in a race? To be usual and insignificant? A common people that not outstanding yet better than worst? This question had embedded in my mind for a instance, and I'm still feeling grateful to be an average guy, that not outstanding in any occasion, yet insignificant until unnoticed.
Why want to be an average guy? Some people had response to my PM ( personal message) in Skype, MSN, and Facebook regarding this matter. Be average, is not mean to be lazy, nor give up when reach a point of satisfaction, nor asking you to put only half of the effort in all the means. Be average, doesn't asking you to compare with others that weaker than you, nor those than stronger than you.
Be an average guy, for me, it just mean that be grateful of what you are without making any comparison. Not to boast to those weaker than you, nor to challenge those in front of you. It is simply mean that you are not better than anyone, yet worse than anyone. Learn to be humble, to acknowledge others success, not to envy; to understanding others weakness, not to be arrogant. Ready to praise others that better than you, and ready to help those weaker than you. Simply because of average-ness, you know is not wise to compare within your heart.
Be average, is to learn a lot of thing, experiencing the wonder of the human-being, yet to be expertise in any of the field. I can play musical instrument, I can dance, I can sing, I can play a lot of ball-base sport, I am an athlete and army, I am smart and good looking, I am good listener and counselor, yet in all these I am just being in the average, not an expert yet better than some, not outstanding yet unnoticed. And being such an average, just let me being satisfy of whatever the position I am. It just an attitude that not to stress yourself to be better than others, and willing to accept whoever you are in the level or position.
Be an average guy, is to knowing your goal of life and focus only on the goal, not sacrificing others branch of living-purpose yet for them sacrifice the goal. You must know what is the ultimate goal of yourself, the first priority in your life, and taking any opportunity to score it. In the same time, doing good in others thing, yet do not let any of the branch take away the goal. Some people, sacrifice the family and love for cash, some sacrifice the enjoyment for study, and some allow others external factor taking away their time with God.
As a christian, the purpose of life is to glorify God and serving Him alone. To glorify God and to serve Him, is a time consumption workload, and it means that one's must offer the time in doing so. If this is the goal of your life, don't let the study trouble your schedule to worship, don't let the money attract away your love to Him, don't let your work burden your heart to worship Him, don't let your family and friend taking aways your time to fellowship with Him. Serving your ultimate goal, you may have less time to study and be average, you may have less money and become average, you may have less success in career and become average, you may losing some friend and insignificant to them.
In bible, 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 and Jeremiah 9:23-24, there is another perspective of being average. Average means that you willing to offer up yourself although you are not perfect. Average means that, you have little but you willing to give; you are weak but willing to carry; you are discourage but willing to encourage others; you are coward but willing to walk in darkness; you are hungry but willing to feed. And remember the word of God, He use those weak in the eyes of world to shame those that strong, those foolish to shame the wise. God is able to use me for I am average!! Those outstanding may bargain with God when God want to use them, being outstanding making them to be arrogant and glorify only themselves. But being average, you have nothing to be arrogant nor glorify, and you will only give the glorify to God, not to yourselves. " Let him who boasts, boasts in the Lord".
I am average, I have nothing to boast about myself, nothing about me is really outstanding that people will salute for it. But, I am willing to offer up whatever I have to be used by You, to glorify You. Oh Lord, please grant me this average-ness heart that I'll learn to be humble before you and peoples.
Why want to be an average guy? Some people had response to my PM ( personal message) in Skype, MSN, and Facebook regarding this matter. Be average, is not mean to be lazy, nor give up when reach a point of satisfaction, nor asking you to put only half of the effort in all the means. Be average, doesn't asking you to compare with others that weaker than you, nor those than stronger than you.
Be an average guy, for me, it just mean that be grateful of what you are without making any comparison. Not to boast to those weaker than you, nor to challenge those in front of you. It is simply mean that you are not better than anyone, yet worse than anyone. Learn to be humble, to acknowledge others success, not to envy; to understanding others weakness, not to be arrogant. Ready to praise others that better than you, and ready to help those weaker than you. Simply because of average-ness, you know is not wise to compare within your heart.
Be average, is to learn a lot of thing, experiencing the wonder of the human-being, yet to be expertise in any of the field. I can play musical instrument, I can dance, I can sing, I can play a lot of ball-base sport, I am an athlete and army, I am smart and good looking, I am good listener and counselor, yet in all these I am just being in the average, not an expert yet better than some, not outstanding yet unnoticed. And being such an average, just let me being satisfy of whatever the position I am. It just an attitude that not to stress yourself to be better than others, and willing to accept whoever you are in the level or position.
Be an average guy, is to knowing your goal of life and focus only on the goal, not sacrificing others branch of living-purpose yet for them sacrifice the goal. You must know what is the ultimate goal of yourself, the first priority in your life, and taking any opportunity to score it. In the same time, doing good in others thing, yet do not let any of the branch take away the goal. Some people, sacrifice the family and love for cash, some sacrifice the enjoyment for study, and some allow others external factor taking away their time with God.
As a christian, the purpose of life is to glorify God and serving Him alone. To glorify God and to serve Him, is a time consumption workload, and it means that one's must offer the time in doing so. If this is the goal of your life, don't let the study trouble your schedule to worship, don't let the money attract away your love to Him, don't let your work burden your heart to worship Him, don't let your family and friend taking aways your time to fellowship with Him. Serving your ultimate goal, you may have less time to study and be average, you may have less money and become average, you may have less success in career and become average, you may losing some friend and insignificant to them.
In bible, 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 and Jeremiah 9:23-24, there is another perspective of being average. Average means that you willing to offer up yourself although you are not perfect. Average means that, you have little but you willing to give; you are weak but willing to carry; you are discourage but willing to encourage others; you are coward but willing to walk in darkness; you are hungry but willing to feed. And remember the word of God, He use those weak in the eyes of world to shame those that strong, those foolish to shame the wise. God is able to use me for I am average!! Those outstanding may bargain with God when God want to use them, being outstanding making them to be arrogant and glorify only themselves. But being average, you have nothing to be arrogant nor glorify, and you will only give the glorify to God, not to yourselves. " Let him who boasts, boasts in the Lord".
I am average, I have nothing to boast about myself, nothing about me is really outstanding that people will salute for it. But, I am willing to offer up whatever I have to be used by You, to glorify You. Oh Lord, please grant me this average-ness heart that I'll learn to be humble before you and peoples.
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nice sharing.Learn to be humble is a life time lesson.We tends to be proud of ourself, give glory to ourself rather than walk with GOD. Human nature.
yeah, humble is one of the most important message in Bible. And be humble, mean we are not so good, only with God we can be very good.
Humble make people learn to lean on God, depend on Him.
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