FOCUS ON THE PROCESS

Yesterday, I came to a cell group, I didn't expect that I'll got something there and I really don't know why I choose that path, I must to spent some money and I rejected the dinner offer at Holy Cow. I never think before that I can refuse that. But, that night is really great when I asked some questions on my mind, I turn out got the answer instantly. The topics were dream and vision. Everyone has their own dream and they tried their best to make that comes true. The dream that we dream on might be our ambition, but as the child of God we need to have a same dream like what God's dream about our life. The song that really touched me yesterday was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgJCXuLBGwg, that song told us that we need to have God's hand to hold our hand. He hold our hand with His right hand. The sermon was told by Ps. Betty (Ps. Johan Handojo's wife), she told us about we need to have a dream and vision, every great man and woman on the bible has their own dream and vision. Sometimes, we only focus on the goal, we didn't notice that the process is more meaningful than the result itself. When we only focus on the goal the result will come out as much as our target, but when we keep going and keep our track on the right path daily, weekly, and we did that with a whole heart we will achieved more than that. I heard or read that before from some article or TED video before. I didn't get that point that time. But, when I heard that again yesterday, I know that the process is the key point to achieved that dream. To reach that we need to have a vision, without the vision we couldn't stay on the right path because we will face a problem and the human wills also can divert our way to that dream.

During that time to reach that dream we need to have a test, the best analogy for this test is Joseph's life. Since the beginning, Joseph was sold by His own family because of their jealously. God allow us to face that problem comes to our life from our close relative. Most of our deep hurt comes from someone who we think that close enough with us. Joseph's life was great before as the most precious son but He had been sold by his own family and They declared his died. On this level, we need to place our focus only in God. Lead our heart and mind to God and only God. This level will be the first thing that we need to remember to place God first in our life, when we did that doesn't mean that will be end to the journey of our path to reach our dream. The next stage is the wife of Potiphar this stage lead us to focus on our body desired, but Joseph rejected that offer and he must go to jail because of that slander that made by the Potiphar's wife. During his time in the jail he need to obedient with the authority, he couldn't be his self, when we stayed in the jail we couldn't have a time for our comfort. We need to wake up from our comfort zone. You must be heard that a lot of time, but being out of our comfort is not that easy. We need to paid something with the things that we own, like time, friends, family, or anything that you need to sacrificed. Comfort zone doesn't mean the place you comfort to or comfort with but more than that is your habit and how you manage yourself, sometime I thought that I am good enough with what I have and the other time I felt like nothing, when I full of myself and think that I am good enough and I felt okay that would be my comfort zone and I'll be trap on that image and I'll became arrogant. But, if I still keep on my mind that I was nothing, I will become nothing forever. So, we need to manage to improve ourselves daily. The last stage is when you depend on the other, you asked for help from the human. Human might disappointed with the other but God never disappoint us while we often disappointed Him. Keep ourselves to place our trust in God is really hard, trust me I felt that before and asked a lot of question on my mind. But, trust Him, He has a great DREAM for us. We will found out about that later after we reached that DREAM :) This level is really HARD, when you felt disappointed with your life and you think that God didn't hear your pray and you're alone and God won't be with you because of your sin, you won't be the same when you place yourself on that place. 

She told us that the audience can criticized the player, but when we placed ourselves on their behalf we won't think like that. The audience can make the crowd but they won't have any benefit with what they did, but the player learn about that and keep going and keep moving forward, he/she will become the real VICTORY after their long journey. The result never come instant and that won't be FREE.