THREE KEY POINTS

Health, finance & relationship.

Like a game of chess, in a person's life he needs to place the King in a strategic position with three pawns in front of him.

When a person fails in one of the three, he will be off balanced. But of course as a Christian, I am placing Jesus as the central part of the three. The fear (reverence) of Jesus has to be the controlling factor. If a person says he doesn't need Jesus because he has health, finance & relationship, the next moment he could suffer from a stroke or a tsunami could wipe out his bank or a snatch thief could take away the life of his best friend. All these are within Jesus's sovereign power and will to let them to happen. And He lets "bad" things to happen for the good of His children.

Health:
We all need good health for without it how can we think with the right frame of mind? If we cannot think, we cannot live properly. And so we cannot work to earn money for a living. Or we cannot preach the Gospel to others.

Finance:
We cannot serve God and money at the same time. God can be the central thing in our life, yet we still can make a lot of money. We must control money and not let money control us. We need money. Even the church needs money. Preachers would preach about giving money. Preachers need salary to buy food for himself and for his family. Some people have the gift of making more money than others. Tony Fernandes has a good acumen to start entities that generate money. But he had to make many sacrifices along the way. He is willing to take the risks and persevere. When we have, we should give. Then God will give us even more. After all that's how economy persists. If everyone keeps their money, there's no economy. (Just as, if there is no people, there's no church ~ a church is not the building, it is the people.) If everyone thinks the economy is bad, they will not spend and thus an economic recession. If they think the economy is good, they are willing to spend and thus economic progression. It is all in the mind. Bill and Melinda Gates are now generously giving away their wealth to help the underprivileged around the world.

Relationship:
Without people around us, how would we share the love of Jesus? We cannot be an island or live high up on a mountain and expect to do God's "will" in our lives. Would we share the love and joy of Jesus to the fish or the rocks?