Jack of all trades but Master of none, so says the old adage. Thomas Alwa Edison, Right Brothers, John Gutten Burg, John Newton, Abraham Lincoln, Kalidas, Amrasilpi Jakkanna, Shakespeare Mother Theresa, right from scientists, aeroplanes,printing Press, Gravity of the Earth, Poetry, ,English Literature sculpture, Social Service, whatever they take up their trade, they mastered it.. They left a legacy to the generation and generations, In the beginning they were teased, mocked, and made fun of their long hours sitting all alone in a corner, away from all human taunting, they CONCENTRATE on one Goal.
They had that intuition, insight, and inspiration, undaunted, undisturbed by outward forces. They either inspired by God or Mammon, whatever, they are there, shining like stars in the History of the world. Leaving a great legacy to be followed and enjoyed by the generations that followed by them.
We know a little cooking, a little drawing, a little painting, a little music, a little embroidery, and a little singing, a little dancing, skating, we are Jacks of all trades. We are not experts in any field, we cannot bring fame or name to any field.
D.L Moody, George Muller, Hudson Taylor, David Living stone, Br. Andrew, Catherine Booth, Florence Nightingale, Toru Dutt,Whoever they may be they present the God they believed to win the perishing souls. They are there all ways shining examples,
Enoch was an ordinary man like us, but he WALKED with God, He had family, children household burdens to carry, strive for the maintenance of the family needs. yet, he got a name in the history, that God loved him so much, and He just took him away.
I wonder what happened to his family, his wife, his children, his friends, what they thought of this, how they faced the future without this Godly man after he left them abruptly?
We are very busy not like Bee which gathers nectar, and polarise the beautiful flowers, but we are like beetles, house flies, mosquitoes, and grasshoppers that fly , all ways busy, just for a morsel of food to stomach, and for a nap in good comfortable bed, we travel long distances, we coax ,solicit and flatter people to win a few coins in our pocket.. we think we are doing good work and having good friends to laugh with. ...we think we are famous, and great in the sight of a few group of people. Once you left them on your own errand you are nobody, nobody recognize you, neither the group you left behind will remember you.You are just a drop in the ocean. your place that you occupied is nothing...its so useless.
But how proud we are, how confident we are, how happy we are , thinking that we, yes we are saviours of the little group we live with .
In this world of nomenclature, nobody knows their neighbour's name, then how can they love them as they are !!
Dreams are many, more dreams, then you are capable of, a 10th class failure thinks to become a scientist, not even attempting to pass the exam she appeared, so are the parents, aspiring for great professional courses, and buying the seats, without knowing the capability of their child, Goals are astray. The Aesop fables all ways give us inspiration, Aesop was only fable story teller, but his wisdom is great to be applied in every day life.
There is an adage, a fox saw the tiger and wanted to become ,or look like a tiger with those dark stripes on its skin, so it went to a copper smith and asked him to burn his skin with an iron rod vertically, so that he too could haw those black stripes of the tiger.Foolishness, of the strayed goals.
How to choose right goal in life, ,take time to think, take time to find out your capacities, your known field, your likes and dislikes, your inspiring resources human and environment, take time to PRAY, get intuition and inspiration from the guidance of God. Paul wanted to preach in Asia Minor, with all his zeal, he was stopped by the Spirit of God, ,he never thought of going to Mecoddean island, But God gave him a vision where he was requested by two men from that place to come and preach.
Many times what you like and think is right or not right in the sight of God, Take one step at a time, take lean upon Him, meditate on His Word to know His wish , His goal for your life. Calving Washington, was a poor boy, a blck boy ,despised and thrown away by the people. Nothing he had except the name of God. I read the biography of his again and again and again, there was something in this man.
Are you called by God to get marry? then marry and be like Enoch, Are you called by God not to marry? then be a warrior of prayer like Calvin Washing ton, ,he proved that God inspires in his experiments, he proved that God has special purpose in his life by making use of the most usless things to become the best products of mankind.
