 If you venture into a car show room to view the vehicles on display, they are always in immaculate condition. The car exterior are so waxed up that you begin to question whether these cars were washed and polished on planet earth.
The work done on the interior is at such a level of excellence that some of us would like to hire the car vendor to tidy up our children’s room! These cars are called showpiece and the definition gives us an insight into what the car vendors are trying to achieve. It defines a show piece as an “item presented as an excellent example of its type, to be copied or admired”. Hence the importance of influencing the customer by getting across the right picture of admiration. Everyone on this planet earth craves admiration of some manner. The underlying factor is governed around what we want to be admired for. In Deut 4 5 – 8, we see an example of God’s show piece to the nations that the Israelites were about to occupy: See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it. Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him? And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today? To ensure that the Great Commission to make disciples of all nations is to be achieved, we need to be admired as God’s show piece. This will make the kingdom of God attractive and our excellent example will serve as objects to be copied and admired. Shalom – Love Never Fails ©KUW Insight |
Business Partners – Insight for the Day 21:05:2013
 Collaboration is where two or more parties work together towards a shared objective or goal. The strategic objective of collaboration is to obtain better value by bringing together two or more parties by sharing the risks associated with the venture.
The key to the successful implementation of this strategy is in the quality of the relationship between the partners. How do we choose the right partners to help us achieve our objectives? We are given some guidance in 2 Corinthians 6 v 14 – 17: Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. “Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” Some signs that may indicate that the partnership is not healthy are as follows: 1. The parties do not share the same values 2. The parties no not agree on common goals 3. One or both parties compromise on their convictions 4. Selfishness on the part of one of the parties 5. Win Lose relationship between parties. Good partnerships foster interdependence, synergy and an increase in productivity. We are advised by God; – Can two work together unless they agree? We already have a collaborative relationship with the Holy Spirit so let us rely on his judgement in the selection of business partners. Shalom – Love Never Fails ©KUW Insight |
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Natural Fragrance – Insight for the Day 20:05:2013
 Image is everything, and we all like to smell good. When choosing a new perfume, we may try on a lot of fragrances before we find the one that’s right for us – the one that fits our mood and character.The right perfume is an important choice – fragrance can control our emotions and impact on how we feel. The importance of perfume has become wide spread, and perfume is found in every aspect of the media.
Perfume manufacturers are prepared to spend £millions to ensure that their product enters your mind – paying large sums of money for prime advertising position, giving away thousands of free samples, paying the top of the A-list celebrities to endorse their perfume. The function of the Word of God is to influence and control our emotions and the way we feel. In preaching the good news, it should be a sweet smelling savour to the audience and not repulsive. If perfume manufacturers are willing to spend massive amounts to produce the right fragrance; a lot of emphasis should be placed on the delivery framework for the gospel. God who gives wisdom liberally if we ask will provide the appropriate delivery strategies. God is the Master Perfumer who provides the life-giving fragrance of the message. The importance of the type of fragrance is encapsulated in 2 Corinthians 2 v 14 – 16: But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task? Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God. Our life should represent the fragrance of the knowledge of Christ; what fragrance are we spreading – life or death? Shalom – Love Never Fails ©KUW Insight |
The Missing Ingredient – Insight for the Day 03:05:2013
 A connoisseur of cooking recognises that time in the process where the spoon is raised to taste the product. In most cases, this is towards the final stages as preparations are made to serve the contents.
At this point, it is determined whether any ingredients are missing in producing a chef-d’oeuvre. In a restaurant, the final tasting privilege is normally reserved for the Head Chef whose reputation is at stake if customers go home hungry because they do not like the food. As a Christian, what is that missing ingredient that guarantees us victory in life? What is the ingredient that ensures we do not labour in vain? What is that ingredient that provides the overall framework for our attitude, thoughts, words and deeds? What is that ingredient that makes us become more like Christ? We are advised of that ingredient in 1 Corinthians 13 v 1 – 8: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. Love is the missing ingredient that gives our life meaning in God because he is love. Other ingredients exist like faith and hope but we are advised that the greatest is love Shalom – Love Never Fails ©KUW Insight |
The Special One – Insight for the Day 02:05:2013
 God loved us so much that he gave up his beloved son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for our sins. This makes us very special people in the eyes of our Father.
The Chambers dictionary associates the following descriptions with being special: 1. Distinct from, and usually better than, others of the same or a similar kind; exceptional; 2. Designed for a particular purpose. When we give our lives to Jesus, we are special as we are now destined for an eternal purpose in Christ. His favour and a host of other blessings are showered upon us as we delight in a loving relationship with him. Relationships are an interactive process and after a period, there is a tendency for us to take ourselves for granted. Even in our relationship with God, we take him for granted as we periodically play the “grace card”. As highlighted at a recent leadership retreat, grace can only take you so far and we need to recognise that we should take heed of our actions lest we fall. The Israelites were the first set of special people chosen by God but some of them fell in the wilderness because they desired evil over holiness. We see some of the privileges they enjoyed in 1 Corinthians 10 v 1 – 5: For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered over the desert. God loved and provided for them in the wilderness but some of them began to take God for granted in their actions which led to their demise as highlighted in 1 Corinthians 10 v 7 – 10: Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in pagan revelry.” We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. We should not test the Lord, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel. God loves us so much that the angels asked “who is man that you are so mindful of him”. Even so, we need to continue to watch our actions so that we do not fall and believe that grace will continue to abound. The grace should make us love and desire the things of God even more knowing that if not for the grace……… Shalom – Love Never Fails ©KUW Insight |
