“How can I be this?”

The first question is not, “How can I do this?” Rather, it is “How can I be this?”

-Melvin

 

 

(ASPIRATION from above)
-Byeong

These are important questions for all of us. As Melvin said many times it’s about being and doing formulas. Let’s take a look at the PACE Training Manual at Module #7, BEING” PRECEDES “DOING.” WE NEED TO BE EQUIPPED ON TWO LEVELS: Being & Doing.

 

  1. “Being” focuses on what we are. “Doing” focuses on what we do.
  2. The following powerful thoughts establish the priority of “being”:

 

– Success in marriage is not so much finding the right person as being. the right person.

– People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

– God is more concerned about your relationship with Him than in your ministry for Him.

– We cannot reach out to people until we first reach up to God.

– “No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me” (John 15:4).

– “The things that come out of the mouth come from the heart” (Matt. 15:18).

– The sequence in Matt. 22:37-38 establishes the priority: love of God is first, then love of neighbor.

 

 

A SYNONYM FOR ”BEING” IS integrity. (See Psalm 101:2c RSV).

  1. To possess integrity is to be incapable of compromising that which we believe to be true.
  1. To possess integrity is to have a kind of inner strength which prevents us from bending to the influence of what is thought expedient or fashionable.
  1. It is to be consistent and utterly trustworthy because of constancy of purpose.

 

ASK GOD REPEATEDLY TO HELP YOU BE:

* A loving person rather than just to love at times;

* A patient person rather than just to show patience;

* A compassionate person rather than just to project compassion;

* A servant rather than just to serve at times;

* A generous person rather than just to give conveniently.

 

As you see that, Dr. Melvin made definitions clearly about what the Being is. We are trying to do our best, including me, for the given job and mission, but while we are doing this we need to keep these concepts constantly in mind and then we can balance Being and Doing. If we miss any one of these two, our ministry is neither sufficient nor productive