Today's Business Lessons
Are we missing something?
BUSINESS MATTERS(BEYOND THE BOTTOM LINE)
By Francis J. Kong (The Philippine Star)
Updated December 23, 2012
How does it feel to miss a good thing?
Why do people miss the good things?
I’ve traveled to many parts of the world and have seen the greatest wonders, and yet I seem to have missed most of them, if not all. The scenery in my travels was breathtaking, but my mind was busy with a lot of things. I was there, but I wasn’t really there. I may have seen the places, but I didn’t see the significance of the sights. And knowing that doesn’t feel so good. That’s how it feels to miss a good thing.
Here’s a monumental “miss” that even sharp-eyed journalists failed to capture:
“One December day back in 1903, at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright, after numerous failures to fly a heavier-than-air machine, made amazing history. They achieved something what no man had ever done before. Ecstatic, they sent a telegram to their sister Katherine: ‘We have actually flown 852 feet. Will be home for Christmas.
“Overjoyed, Katherine ran down to the local newspaper and pushed the telegram – the greatest news story of the new century – into the hand of the editor. After reading it, he smiled and said,
‘Well, well! How nice – the boys will be home for Christmas.’”
Now consider the most significant event of the history of mankind, and see how people have missed Him.
“The people of this generation…,” says Jesus Christ in Luke 7:32, “…Are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’”
The religious people of Christ’s day were anticipating the coming of their Messiah – His coming!
But they totally failed to recognize Him. And, ironically, they even had him crucified! Just because he didn’t come and act the way they expected him to. Today, it seems that we too are deliberately on a mission to miss Him! We remove the word “Christ” out of “Christmas,” and conveniently substitute it with an X. Or we greet people “Happy Holidays” instead to be more politically correct.
It seems like the world wants to attend the birthday party but rejects the birthday celebrant.
God loves us so much He gave His Son to come and be clothed in humanity to offer us salvation – guess how many people missed this? How sad it is to miss the significance of the season!
It’s okay to miss the scenes. It’s okay to miss the first flight. But it’s not okay to miss the most profound and precious Christmas gift ever given – the gift of the Savior and His pardon for all sins and His gift of eternal life.
It’s not about the gifts. It’s not about the parties. It’s not even the bonuses and the dividends. We can have all these and rejoice for a little, but come January, it’s back to business as usual. The real reason for the season is the Savior Jesus Christ. If we miss it, if we miss Him, and it turns out that His claims are true (And they really are!), then we are lost for all eternity! And that’s the greatest loss we can ever incur.
Don’t just focus on what you may gain. Be concerned also with what you may miss. I dare say, do not miss the Savior Jesus Christ! This can very well affect your eternity.
By Francis J. Kong (The Philippine Star)
Updated December 23, 2012
How does it feel to miss a good thing?
Why do people miss the good things?
I’ve traveled to many parts of the world and have seen the greatest wonders, and yet I seem to have missed most of them, if not all. The scenery in my travels was breathtaking, but my mind was busy with a lot of things. I was there, but I wasn’t really there. I may have seen the places, but I didn’t see the significance of the sights. And knowing that doesn’t feel so good. That’s how it feels to miss a good thing.
Here’s a monumental “miss” that even sharp-eyed journalists failed to capture:
“One December day back in 1903, at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright, after numerous failures to fly a heavier-than-air machine, made amazing history. They achieved something what no man had ever done before. Ecstatic, they sent a telegram to their sister Katherine: ‘We have actually flown 852 feet. Will be home for Christmas.
“Overjoyed, Katherine ran down to the local newspaper and pushed the telegram – the greatest news story of the new century – into the hand of the editor. After reading it, he smiled and said,
‘Well, well! How nice – the boys will be home for Christmas.’”
Now consider the most significant event of the history of mankind, and see how people have missed Him.
“The people of this generation…,” says Jesus Christ in Luke 7:32, “…Are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’”
The religious people of Christ’s day were anticipating the coming of their Messiah – His coming!
But they totally failed to recognize Him. And, ironically, they even had him crucified! Just because he didn’t come and act the way they expected him to. Today, it seems that we too are deliberately on a mission to miss Him! We remove the word “Christ” out of “Christmas,” and conveniently substitute it with an X. Or we greet people “Happy Holidays” instead to be more politically correct.
It seems like the world wants to attend the birthday party but rejects the birthday celebrant.
God loves us so much He gave His Son to come and be clothed in humanity to offer us salvation – guess how many people missed this? How sad it is to miss the significance of the season!
It’s okay to miss the scenes. It’s okay to miss the first flight. But it’s not okay to miss the most profound and precious Christmas gift ever given – the gift of the Savior and His pardon for all sins and His gift of eternal life.
It’s not about the gifts. It’s not about the parties. It’s not even the bonuses and the dividends. We can have all these and rejoice for a little, but come January, it’s back to business as usual. The real reason for the season is the Savior Jesus Christ. If we miss it, if we miss Him, and it turns out that His claims are true (And they really are!), then we are lost for all eternity! And that’s the greatest loss we can ever incur.
Don’t just focus on what you may gain. Be concerned also with what you may miss. I dare say, do not miss the Savior Jesus Christ! This can very well affect your eternity.
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