| Written by ola aroyehun,
on Thursday 12/09/10
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Pain barrier. After years of testing and observation, I know what time the majority of my readers open their newsletters. So I try and work to that time and day. Last week, I had sent out a survey to all of our subscribers and readers.
As the particular time drew near, to send out the weekly newsletter, I began to feel feverish. I had been fighting a chill for a while but it eventually developed into a cold, near to the time that I would normally send out my newsletter, but I began to feel worse. Then I remembered one of my old newsletters entitled ‘I was either going to win or die trying………’still available on our website at www.christianbusinessmagazine.com
So I decided to fight through the pain barrier and despite how I was feeling I got out of bed and sent out the survey; the aim of which was to inform us of how we should publish and produce the magazine in future. I was glad that I pushed through the pain barrier, because the response at this particular period was important. If I had not gotten out of bed to send out the newsletter, I would have had to wait another week and that would have further delayed things down the line.
As I was reflecting on this, I realised that there is also a biblical precedence. In John 4:6, we are informed that Jesus was tired and stayed at the well to rest. He was in the process of going from one town (Judea) to another (Galilee) and had to pass through Samaria. while he was getting rest his disciples went into the town to try and get some food (presumably they were tired also). I checked various translations of the bible to try and get an idea of how tired Jesus was. The translations used words such as tired from the journey (NIV), wearied from his journey (NASV), worn out by the trip (message), wearied with his journey (KJ and NKJ).
Anyway you get the idea. He was quite tired and needed to rest. In the midst of that tiredness, He stopped to minister to the woman who had come to draw water from the well. Why? He had a sense of purpose. He called that purpose ‘food’ but essentially He was going about doing His Father’s business. There is a lesson for us to learn from this.
I am a great believer in rest and sometimes feel under no obligation to do things when I am very tired but there are times that because of a sense of purpose, we need to temporarily lay aside our tiredness and get some things done. In other words, in the midst of tiredness, let’s not lose a sense of purpose.
Well as for the survey I sent out, I am glad that I did it at that time because it means that I now have to consider some things that I had not thought about before and more importantly not delay things that should have been done. If you haven’t had a chance to complete the survey to help shape the future of ‘The Christian Business Magazine’, can I please encourage you to do so.
Once again, the link for the survey is http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GMDVQ3S
Hope you have enjoyed this week’s post and so until I appear again in your inbox, stay blessed
Ola
Last update : Thursday 12/09/10
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