Purpose

Everything that exist in this world have a purpose. There's no way a thing suddenly shows up in front of us without meaning or a reason behind it. And God created human on earth with a purpose too, even before we born.

"Your eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in your book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them." Psalm 139:16

So there's no doubt that even if we live in our own will, God gives us purpose before we become a flesh and bone. That means, there is no one born on earth without having a purpose in life at all. I think they just lost, and they haven't found it yet. But how do we know what is God purpose for us?

What you believe about your origin will determine what you believe about your purpose in future. But how do we know our origin?

Look at your blackberry. How do we know about all details and feature that this device have if we had never read the manual? For sure you will know when you trying to push this and that button, and there's a possibility you will get your blackberry error or spoiled, because you change the setting randomly without knowing it from the manual book first. You make your blackberry as an experiment. And there's always a geek friend of yours or an ITC ambassador who will fix up your problems. But life is not a blackberry. You can not make an experiment in life. Because when you do a big mistake at the time you experimenting your life, no ITC Ambassador or geek friends will fix you up easily.

So read our manual book. A holy bible. Open it, you can always find something interesting there. I read this book before; Life's Missing Instruction Manual : The Guidebook You Should Have Been Given at Birth written by Joe Vitale. But this is nothing compare to the Bible. Seriously.

There are so many people live their life out there, by clicking the autopilot button, just remember my posting about life in autopilot. We do same things everyday. If someone ask them what is your purpose in life. They are going to say; "Well I just let my life flow like a wind, go wherever it is..". Sadly to say, I think more than 50% people that I know, having this kind of mindset. Have you ever wonder, do we live only to become what we do right now? Don't you intrigued by thinking that is so much more than we have now. As we know, people are evolving.

Again, blackberry, with GPS, push email, browser and many more features, will be very useful if we are able to use its full functionality. But if we only use this device for sms and phone, it will degrades the value if it. I mean why not buy a flexi phone or something less expensive than that? It's the same for us, if we're not maximizing our abilities and skills, we will make ourselves less valuable than we should be. Think Big about yourself. This thought will bring you to achieve the next level of your life.

Remember Genesis 1:26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."

We are meant to be conqueror. Remember that.

A questions that pops up when we ask about our Our Value.

1. Are we valueable to Society? Are we matters to our working place?

2. How many people under our influences?

3. how many people affected and inspired by us?

4. how many people listening to your words? Read your tweets?

5. How many people will miss you when you die?

The life after we know Jesus should make ourselves reach many people's lives, not making our life solitude. So that people will see God's Glory in you.

When God gives us purpose, sometimes, to achieve that purpose we have to face many temptation. But when we face the temptation, don't ever complaining and whining that the temptation coming from God. James 1:13 "let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God never tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man."

But who are we kidding, we human, make mistake, and the temptation is coming from our flesh too. This is the real battle of life. The true battle is with our own flesh. And how do we know which one is God's purpose in us and which one is not? Should we doing praying or fasting for 40 days? Or should we meditating in the dark to know the God's purpose? But don't worry, I believe we have our own way and time to connect and feel very close to God. Some of them feel connected with God when they drive alone, some of them takes one week vacation to get the real connection. But if you really close to God, you will have an automatically response and you will know what wants you to do. It's like relationship, when you close to someone and very intimate, for sure you will get connected easily.

So few things that we should ask to ourselves about the purpose in life:

• What do you want? He will give you desire of heart. Just do something that you like. Don't do things that you hate, otherwise you will never stop complaining for the rest of your life.
• Why do we want this? Don't do it for your own glory. Do it for God's Glory. And people will see Jesus in you.
• What do you need to do to make it happen?
• Are we living in the purpose of God?
• Can we be the salt of the world and light to the world? Check your fb and twitter. Do they bring salt and light?
• When people mention your name. What do people remember the most about you?

Let's think about it. Make a purpose to Glorify God's name, and God will bring you to anywhere you want, anything you can be.

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Where to Live

I've been wandering around Asia this last 4 years, I haven't found the right place that I would love to call home. Singapore it's too humid, while Bangkok can be very hot and I can't understand their nasal language, Hong Kong it's too crowded, and yes my city Jakarta, is packed with motorbike, and polluted air.

I should probably find other place beside Asia. Melbourne seems like a great option. While Sydney is too rough for me. And Auckland is too Korean. Seriously, get yourself to the city centre and you find yourself surrounded by countless Korean and Mainland Chinese with their tofu jacket. Even though Davenport is a very comforting to live.

However, finding a job to move to other cities outside Asia is not easy. One of the way is to get a Master degree in one of the big cities in the world and try to apply working Visa or post work study. Hmmm.. how about Europe?

Life in Autopilot

Just this morning I realized that I've been driving my life in autopilot. On my way to the office, I should have taken the fastest way since there was no more 3 in one instead of taking my usual way with all the traffic and crazy buses. It's funny coz I only realized it half way to office. I knew something wrong was happening to me. That was not the first time.

I used to be the guy with a lot of guts and had no fear in doing different things in my life. I didn't mind traveling with strangers. I was not afraid of wandering alone in a city where I knew no one. I can say "I want to resign today" without making any sense at all. I even go fishing! Now, those things would not happen spontaneously. Even if I want to take the chance, there are so many considerations. Work that I can't leave, partner to worry about, car, dog, wet ceiling, plant to shower, and so on, and so on.

Maybe, I'm trap in my own web so called comfort zone. The ironic thing is my thoughts about comfort zone really happen to myself. Am I losing my freedom? The word of freedom is not as simple as it used to be. Now life brings so many responsibilities much much more than it had. Sometimes, it's okay to press autopilot button, but I hope the pilot will still be able to control his airplane before same things happen to adam air.

Soundtrack of Your Life

Imagine life without music. The train station would be so boring. The go-out-from parking space moment would be so empty, and yes, bit scary if I go home at midnite. Sunset would be just yellow light in horizon, night jogging would be more into jail-escaping, sitting alone in coffee shop and watch people pass would more like sitting in coffee shop, coz I'm deadly thirst and I dunno why so many people passing by.

Having a soundtrack of your current moment is amazing. Two hour train ride from London to Portsmouth with music from Passenger and Kings of Convenience feels like romantic gateway, even you are alone. Traffic jam from my office to home in Jakarta feels like a splash of city light, what you have to do, put the John Mayer, Neon. Or even if you try to burn some fat at the gym, you can always put on some beats from Keri Hilson. It's necessary to bring your iPod/iPhone to the gym, (yeah not iPad)... just to make sure that you run away from the never ending approach from Personal Trainer, the gossiping noise from chatty chatty sissies in the lobby or steroid scream from Bulgy-over-protein guys in weight-lifting area.

Having a soundtrack while you doing something, it's like you are the star of the movie. It's like everybody is watching you from cinema. Music gives you added value of your activity. Jerk off is included.

Summer in Seoul

Seoul.
Yang gue pikirin pagi ini cuma teh. Dan yang gue lihat di kamar hostel ini cuma ada green tea dengan tulisan hangeul. Lebih baik daripada cari teh di luar, mahal. Masih belum terlintas satupun rencana hari ini. Cuma ada peta wisata kota dan buku lonely planet, dan waktu yang tepat untuk baca, saat buang air besar. Paling nggak ada waktu 10 menit untuk baca sampai semuanya kelar.

Insa-dong
Art gallery di kiri kanan jalan, museum mainan, barang-barang traditional sebagai cinderamata, caucasian yang sibuk berphoto-photo. It's the best place to stay. Gak sehiruk pikuk Myong-dong yang kiri kanan penuh dengan orang bejubel jubel. It's summer, so the whole city is damn humid. Setelah mondar mandir sekitar kota kok gue notice simbol love hotel alias hotel jam-jam-an. Kok rasanya pernah lihat simbol itu... tapi dimana ya??

Pas pulang ke Insa-dong balik ke hostel gue.. damn.. itu simbol gede banget di depan resepsionisnya. Semoga sepreinya mereka bersihin.

Han River.

Hari berikutnya nekad nyewa sepeda muter muter sekitar Han River. Gak banyak yang bisa dilihat, selain kakek kakek dan nenek nenek berteduh dan piknik. Ah gak terlalu berkesan Seoul ini.

Bad Day

Seberapa sering kita ingat akan kesialan kita dalam satu hari? Kehilangan dompet, cellphone, mobil ketabrak, kacamata keinjak, atau hal-hal kecil seperti kehilangan karcis parkir. Walaupun cuma bayar Rp.20.ooo cuma rasanya nggak rela aja kan? Sebarapa sering kita wondering kenapa hari ini sial? Apa cuma karena ceroboh? Dan seberepa sering juga kita mengumpat karena kejadian tadi? Pernah gak nyalahin diri sendiri atau menuding diri kita "mungkin karena kita jarang bersedekah..." Pasti pernah. Dan at the end of the day kita ngomong gini "Hari yang aneh.. jangan-jangan gue dikerjain Uya..."

Coba deh lihat kiri kanan jangan-jangan beneran ada kamera. Kalau nggak ada anggep aja besok mungkin mau menang lotre gila gilaan.

Life is Waiting

I'm waiting for my paycheque. Monthly paycheque. While waiting for it, I put myself in difficult situation, doing something that I don't like anymore. Oh yeah this job is so irritating. The initial brief from Account people is so exciting, but doing it, getting through thousand revisions and till finally you see your work (that is not 100% original anymore) at the news paper, next day, is so painful.

I'm sure there are another stories that wait for me outside this building. Story of one man who try to strive in big cities, chasing never ending possibilities, doing what he likes and finally settle down, or maybe not. Or maybe, at the end of the day, end up in this kind of situation. Again.

I don't know. But it's worth to try. Otherwise I would not know. But I know for sure, Life is Waiting out there. Cheers, I'm preparing my resignation letter now.