Welcome to the first SNL of 2022. It has been a sluggish start to the year. MCC no power. No carport. Internet is down for MCC and MCLC. Head Teacher left MCLC. Lining up everywhere for everything. Can’t get to doctor, can’t get to Globe, can’t get to MECO, and can’t get to PLDT. And I am sure that many of you are the same as I am. Last year we had The Year of the Job. End result of that? The exact opposite. 3 staff have left from MCC employment. So much for the Year of the Job. No one wants to work; all manner of excuses. So, what can we expect from the Year of the Linya? If it is the same as the Year of the Job, the exact opposite. We should rename last year as the Year of Resignations as not wanting to work. So hopefully in 12 months’ time I can say..wow..it was not the Year of the Linya!!! Let us see in 12 months that last year (2022) was really the Year of Speedy Service!!! Dream on.. So what can we learn from all this in Scripture? How can we apply Scripture to the Year of Resignations and the Year of long lines? We could go Is 55: 9 where what I hoped would happen did not. The opposite eventuated. I could go Acts 17: 26 exactly where people would live is known by God, even though I expected a different abode. Yes, its true. And when we read 1 Cor 2:16b we must understand that having the mind of Christ, does not mean we can predict future events, life’s status, abodes, work and all the rest. Having the mind of Christ means what we can and must do in all the situations of life God brings into our hands, we must do, act, think and say what is pleasing and honourable to God. It means super plus patience in the year of the linya. Troubles must and will come Mth 23: 6-7. I have never seen : “life” as being in such a mess. It all start in a big way, with the internet. I mean, what is your job? An influencer. What on earth is that? Someone who has no job. Unemployed. Seeks to get money from people for ridiculous thoughts..oh..and must have a good body. An influencer. Really? Go get a real job, and influence the people around you with hard work. There is an influencer. But we have the mind of Christ. 2 Tim 3: 2 that is lovers of self. An influencer loves how they look. It’s all about looks. Like the kardashians. Lovers of self. And people fall for it. Most people are led not by the Spirit of God, but by the spirit of the world. People just do not want to work. I have been trying to get a cleaner for 5 weeks, to work 5 days a week. A real job. Job security. And I get fed lies. The year of the linya? Yes, that is what you get in famines and in earthquakes in typhoons and in covid. Lines. And you cannot live a normal life. You cannot do a normal days work. Because of what Christ said- people will be lovers of themselves. Even a worker, no longer wants a wage, they want pakyaw. Every one wants money for no work. So, for the first SNL of this year, the reversal of last year. But let us not follow the world, let us not lie to ourselves and others, but let us have integrity of heart, mind, soul and strength. Work. Work for your money. Work hard for your money. Let the world fall to pieces. But we have the mind of Christ, Onwards to 2022…
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