A New Journey

Dear Readers, our explorations together has found a new home, thus, the Liv2Rock ends here as a blog, but continues in essence via my new website: www.samuelibrahim.com. This change has come not for ill reasons but for the writer's struggle for improvements suitable to you the derserving reader.

What's more, this marks the beginning of a new journey towards a clearer vision of what God has in store for us. So, as always, I hope you enjoy every bit of the trip.

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The Richest Man In Babylon

Deep down I always knew there was some sizeable good sense in the admonition: “Do not judge a book by its cover.” But stubbornly, I have either neglected or ignored such goodly advice for the sake of my insistence on “excellent quality and branding”. 

For how do you get people interested in your book if you pay little attention to how it’s presented and packaged? Surely, every man does love a beautiful thing, as all that glisters is not gold; or so I thought, until recently, that upon a particularly boring day I decided, against my worse judgement, to steal a peek of what might lie within the pages of a poorly reprinted version of the book, The Richest Man in Babylon.

 

The Actual Copy In Question

Quite unsightly was the paperback, and to look within was to behold prints not fitting for my delicate eyes, but what great fortune, that on that day my impetuously judgemental tendencies were nowhere to be found. For by God's favour I fell upon the glorious opportunity to learn from one of the greatest and wisest manuals of finance.

Never have I seen in stark simplicity the blessed path to monetary success. And above all, the most beautiful impression made on the reader was that it's all “just” common sense. As in proffering one of seven cures for a lean purse, the author states quite reasonably: “...put each coin to labouring that it may reproduce its kind even as the flocks of the field and help bring to thee income, a stream of wealth that shall flow constantly into thy purse”.

Yet the gems contained in this little volume aren’t really common as they ought to be. For man is complicated. For if he weren’t so, his purse would lack every reason to be empty. He would have his coffers filled with enough gold to provide for his needs and that of his family and the world around him.

Anyhow, however it is that just a few men have stumbled upon these insights and used them and have become rich, the rest all stand the chance to be counted rich and prosperous by doing as this few have done.

So, I have always believed that upon a certain stage in a man’s maturity there is that familiar wisdom that settles upon his senses, telling him that being one of great means is essentially necessary. It is in this view that I have shared with you my encounter with The Richest Man In Babylon, with the hope that your may read as I have read, to become enlightened as I have become, in this very important matter of our finance. 

Hence, let’s get rich and do it well.

“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.” –2Corinthians 8:9

A Well Packaged Version. You see what I mean? Lol

Thinking Temptation

11:46pm

In this, it’s only God. There is no other way. Even the option, “I can handle it”, is nowhere near a possible solution. As an idea it’s far flung from me already; so far that I can no longer hear its counsel. It just doesn’t work. Never did, never will. It only puffed me up into thinking I am the “Main Man” in charge.

11: 50am

And I’d say, it pretty well settled on my senses, touched my mind, deep, deep inside, that self-control was, on my own, futile. It’s only God, only Him that can save me.

12:26am

For when it felt sweet to do, when all that mattered was the moment’s pleasure, I was almost always completely stripped of whatever willpower I had. Yup, before temptation came with all her charm and allure, I thought I was invincible, but soon enough I realized I wasn’t. Not even close. 

3:06am

While I thirst for growth and seek to be better, strong and firm; and while I long to live a life progressively pleasing to my God and Maker, I always did find myself in this vortex that draws me again and again to an ill center – a familiar place of woe, a vomit, a bloody addiction that tempts me at every turn, mocking my redemption and my faith.

6:31am

God will help me through it. I believe. And I will overcome. But this time I fight and stand with God. His Word in my heart, my dependence on His strength, and trust in His promises, I know I will overcome.

 

In One Verse: The Recipe For Success

Let's search no longer, for here lies the recipe for success, the eighth verse of the very first chapter of the Book of Joshua:

"This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth [1], but you shall meditate on it day and night [2], that you may observe [3] and do according to all that is written in it [4]. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success  [5]."

1. Your Continuous Confessions Of The Word Of God

2. Your Continuous Study & Contemplation Of The Word Of God

3. Your Knowing Of The Word Of God 

4. Your Doing Of The Word Of God

5. And In Your Doing Of The Word, Achieve, Prosper & Have Good Success.

 

*Scripture: Joshua 1:8 Amplified Version

*Photo from Google Images 

SET APART [What Does It Matter]

Yup, standing alone different and distinctively apart in this world could be most awkward and lonesome, but surely, what does it matter when you stand for the glory of your Maker and Father, for the One who's plans and designs and purposes for you are true and sure. By whom your Light, Jesus, has come, beckoning you to arise, shine, that the world may know you are His own, that you are the one the nations must come to "and the kings to the brightness of your dawn". Yes, what does it matter?

You are to be holy to Me because I, The Lord, Am holy, and I have set you apart from the Nations to be my own. - Leviticus 20:26

Photo Courtesy of NOTW (Not of This World)

Apologies

Baby Me With A Guilty Look

Hi Folks, 

I am sorry, indeed remorseful, for the long, long hiatus. Just as one who’s been rightly measured and found wanting, I am guilty. For since the middle of December I have been unable to ensure the flow of blog posts, not for lack of enthusiasm but a tight schedule, comprising of my work, my distance learning program and my church commitments. 

However, as I have come to decide, The Liv’2ROCK Company is as important, and for that I have devised, through mastery of time and planning, a way to a good comeback, with the continuity and unbroken service that you deserve.

Here is looking forward to an awesome 2012 as we continue in the adventure of discovering our better selves in Christ Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of Our Faith!

Yours sincerely,

Samuel