34. Put Your Life in Order

Everything must have order. Think what life would be like without it! God put things in order – each in their proper places – all working together to present a complete picture. Life without order is incomplete, confused, and most of the time, undisciplined.

You will need the following attributes to maintain order, for without it, your life would be like a city without order where crime erupts, showing no respect for others and their rights.

Government without order cannot run a people properly. A classroom without order cannot produce educated students; and a life without order represents all of these: no respect for yourself and others, no decisions and no education. Put your life in order by exercising the following:

(1) Obligation: Be obligated to somebody. Be obligated to be successful. Be obligated to yourself, to others and to God.

(2) Be responsible for your actions. Stop blaming others for the way you act, your attitudes, your lifestyle.

(3) Education. Be obligated to yourself to be responsible enough to get an education. Want to learn, to better yourself, to rise above your circumstances regardless of what they are. Have a desire to grow, to develop your potential, your talents. Be “teachable,” meaning “be humble.”

“Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you higher and higher.” You lift yourself “higher and higher” when you educate yourself!

(4) Occupation. You are obligated to be somebody, responsible for your own actions, responsible enough to get an education. All of these lead to your occupation. You need a vision, a dream, a desire to achieve and ambition. You need all of these, which will lead to success. You are successful when you finally enjoy what you do. Without this enjoyment, you occupation becomes a task, a burden, a problem and a pain – a pain you would like to escape. Plan to make your occupation recreation. Consult God first.

(5) Recreation. One needs recreation to relax. Relaxation is needed in order for you to be more susceptible to receiving suggestions and instructions. These facts are all glued together with a “free will” – a free will to choose to put your life in order.

Remember, “no vision, no decisions.” You have nothing to decide upon without first the vision, the desire to “want to;” and when you have the vision or dream, you begin to put your life in order: obligated, responsible, educated, with an occupation and recreation.

Once your life has been put in order, these are the steps to take:

(1) you must be committed to your newly orderelife. Commitment means not taking the easy way out; not traveling that broad road, but the narrow one which trains the body to do what it “should do” not what it “wants to do.”

Commitment takes patience; knowing that the things you want to do now, you can do later; and most of the time, the things you can do later, you won’t want to do. Have patience that your time will come: be ready when opportunity knocks.

(2) Be dedicated. Become dedicated to your dreams. Do not abandon them in mid-air, mid-way. Become determined to “stick to it” regardless of the odds which may come against you. Take advantage of those odds. Use them as stepping stones to your “dream.”

(3) Be disciplined. Discipline is the key to making all dreams come true. Without it, you cannot have order in your life. An undisciplined person is an unsuccessful person. Discipline means making your body do what is “right,” not what it wants to do.

Choose to follow the spirit of God within you. That is sometimes difficult because God’s spirit is the opposite of the “natural” spirit. The natural things you want to do are most often the wrong things. It is natural to want to not speak to someone who won’t speak to you; to not like those who don’t like you. It is natural to seek the fast and easy way out.

God’s spirit is that of truth and love. Be truthful to yourself. Love yourself. Be kind to yourself. Control your natural desires and feelings. Learn to want to do the right thing, and stop wanting to do the wrong thing.

Synopsis:

1. Obligation: To somebody, to yourself. To be successful to others, to God.

2. Responsibility. For your own actions.

3. Education. To learn. To be teachable. To develop. (Humble)

4. Occupation: To achieve. To dream. To have a vision. To be happy. To be successful.

5. Recreation. Make occupation your recreation. Relax, enjoy.

These are all glued together with “free will.” “No vision, no decisions.”

Mottos by some Love All People members:

“No education, no graduation”… Van

No occupation, no foundation.. Denise

No responsibility, no possibilities.. Shauna

No obligation, no confrontation.. Rick

No recreation, no meditation.. Suzanne

Proper recreation prevents evil temptations.. James

No obligation, no dedication … Pat

No occupation, no vocation.. Dennis

No education, poor representation.. Dave

No obligation, no inspiration.. Deanna

No responsibility, no stability.. Breck

No education, no dedication … Maureen

No responsibility, no dependability.. Karol

No responsibility, no liability.. Cherie

No obligation, no negotiation in life’s strategic situations.. Chas

No obligations, no anticipation.. Stephen