I read an intriguing
article by an unknown author which motivated me to revisit my life-mission and
life-vision. I hope it will have the same impact on you. Please
read and prayerfully ponder.
Who among us could
live without computers? It seems they’re everywhere – in our studies at
home, on our desks at work, in the library, the bank and even in the cafe.
We get pleasure from them, we get frustrated by them, but we truly need
them.
It’s only a
relatively recent phenomenon. Just three generations ago, the Chairman of
IBM declared that there is a world market for only five computers! As
recently as 1977, the President of Digital Equipment claimed there is no reason
anyone would want to have a computer in their home!
The global
technology revolution was brought to us in large part by Steven Jobs, the
founder of Apple Computers. Steve Jobs was just 21 when he and Steve
Wozniak invented the Apple Computer. Until then, computers were a
monstrous mass of vacuum tubes which took up whole rooms. These two men
managed to take that mass of tubes and incorporate them inside a box small
enough to sit on top of a desk.
Jobs and Wozniak
offered their invention to Atari. They weren’t interested in big
bucks. All they wanted was a salary and the opportunity to continue their
work. Atari turned them down. Then they offered it to
Hewlett-Packard, but that corporation also rejected their invention. It
seemed that Jobs and Wozniak alone could envision the possibilities. So
Jobs sold his Volkswagen and Wozniak sold his calculator, and with $1300 they
formed Apple Computers. The company was named Apple in memory of one
happy summer that Jobs had spent working in an orchard.
By all accounts
Steve Jobs was an iconic visionary. Spurred on by his futuristic vision,
he launched a monumentally successful computer company. However, Jobs
soon realized more managerial expertise was required if his vision was to reach
full fruition. So Jobs approached John
Sculley, the President of PepsiCo. There was absolutely no reason why
Sculley should leave a highly paid position in an international firm to work
with a bunch of computer nerds in a fledgling industry. Not
unsurprisingly, he turned Jobs down. But Jobs wouldn’t take no for an
answer. He approached Sculley again. Again Sculley turned him down.
In a last-ditch effort, Jobs passionately presented his visionary ideas
to John Sculley and asked him a strategic question that motivated him to
accept: “Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared-water or do
you want a chance to change the world?”
The rest is
history. Jobs and Sculley fundamentally changed the world.
JESUS CHRIST
challenges us with the same question: “Do you want to spend the rest of your
life selling ‘sugar-water’ – or will you embrace the awesome opportunity to
transform our world?” Fact is, most of us spend our lives focused on
tasks that neither resonate in time or eternity. We work tirelessly to
accumulate MORE, and perhaps we occasionally find a small space for Christ and
His Kingdom in our spare time. But JESUS CHRIST has a vision – THE VISION
– that has (and will) change this world! THE KINGDOM OF GOD demands
to be positioned at the center of our lives, i.e. to make it our very reason
for existence.
In the challenging
words of our Lord and Savior, JESUS CHRIST, “Seek first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” (Matthew
6:33 - NKJV)
My friend, what have
YOU been doing? Even more importantly, WHAT WILL YOU DO TODAY?
Sisters and brothers,
be continually blessed and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO
MEET YOUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!
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