Volksrust Recorder - Column/Rubrieke10 Recorder 6 February 2015

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With Jacques de Villiers

Staan dan vas

Fil. 4:1 Daarom, my geliefdebroeders, na wie ek ook verlang,my blydskap en kroon, staan so vasin die Here, geliefdes.Hoe jy staan, die posisie van jou voeteis baie belangrik in die lewe. Ditbepaal of jy vas op jou voete is al dannie. In baie sporte moet jy ook vaskan staan bv. die voorry in rugby enons kan aan baie ander voorbeeldedink. In stoei is dit belangrik om jouopponent van balans te kry want dankan jy hom maklik omgooi. Ons

geestelike lewens is presies dieselfde.Ons opponent, die duiwel, poog gedurigom ons ewewig te versteur en hard opdie grond neer te gooi en ons in sak enas en verslane te laat. Hy poog om ditte doen deur ons te laat fokus opomstandighede soos siekte, slegteverhoudings, skeurings, ongelukkigheid,onsekerheid, werkloosheid, kinders,familie misdaad, die politiek ens. Onsopponent het een doel : haal jou oë vanJesus af; kyk na al jou ellende enprobleme en kyk hoe sleg gaan dit met

jou, kyk hoe groot is hierdie en daardiekrisis. Die duiwel se doel is: “Kyk wegvan Hom”! Wanneer jy dit doen danverloor jy jou vastigheid en jy begintwyfel en bekommernis vul jou hart.Wat is bekommernisse? Dit is verkeerdedenke. Die Engelse woord “worry” watons soms gebruik is ‘n Anglo-Saksiesewoord wat “om te verwurg” beteken endit is presies wat gebeur, joubekommernisse verwurg jou. Onthou watJesus vir Petrus gesê het nadat diedissipels in ’n storm beland het en Jesusna hulle toe gegaan het. Petrus hetaanvanklik op die water geloop en onslees in Matt. 14:30, 31 “Maar toe hydie sterk wind sien, het hy bang geword;en toe hy begin sink, roep hy uit en sê:Here, red my! En Jesus het dadelik syhand uitgesteek en hom gegryp en virhom gesê: Kleingelowige, waarom het jygetwyfel?” Wanneer hierdie storms omons woed dan sê die Here Jesus: Staanvas! Ex. 14:14 Die HERE sal vir jullestry, en julle moet stil wees. Fil. 4:6, 7Wees oor niks besorg nie, maar laat jullebegeertes in alles deur gebed en smeking

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What should you do when you find thatyou’re the smartest person in the room?Go and find another room.And, when you’re in that room, go andfind the most talented person and standnext to him or her. Try and be helpful.You might learn something.Dr. Stephen Covey, author of The 7Habits of Highly Effective Peopleindicated that there are four drivers in ourlives: the need to live, love, learn andleave a legacy.Learning and growing is hard-coded intoour DNA. If we weren’t hard-wired toevolve, as a species we’d probablyatrophy and die.

When You're TheSmartest Person InThe Room Don’t get me wrong, its feels good to be

the smartest person in the room. But,therein lies the danger.There ‘s the danger of our ego gettingout of hand. We start craving therecognition more and more.There’s the danger of keeping the statusquo. When we think we know it all …this is treacherous ground. This younormally find in the narcissist.There’s the danger of others giving youtoo much control over their lives. It’sdangerous for them because they neverget empowered. And it’s dangerous foryou because the more control you have,the more temptation you have to abuseit. The much-used saying applies here:Power corrupts, absolute power

corrupts absolutely.Finding another room with people waysmarter than you is a big fat adventure.You expose yourself to more. You learnmore. You realise that there is more thanone viewpoint (and, yours might not bethe best). You evolve. You grow.But here’s the thing. All of us are thesmartest person in the room. It justdepends which room we’re in.Unfortunately, we’re conditioned to thinkthat those that get good marks at schoolare clever and those that don’t (let menot sugar coat it) are stupid.This thinking is flawed. Some top studentsare really good at memorising large tractsof information over the shortterm. Justlong enough to get it out onto an exampaper. But, have they really internalisedthe knowledge so that it can be useful inthe future? Or have they just parrotedit? So, there are different kinds ofsmart. Would you call Pablo Picasso,who has gifted the world with some ofthe most compelling art stupid becausehe couldn’t figure out 176 x 14?I know that when I get a plumber in tofix something in my house, right then I’mcertainly not the smartest person in theroom.We are all smart in our own way. But thereally smart folk know that they hardlyknow anything and they are able tohumble themselves enough to learn fromothers.So, go and find yourself another roombecause adventure and growth awaitsyou.

met danksegging bekend word byGod. En die vrede van God, wat alleverstand te bowe gaan, sal julle harteen julle sinne bewaar in Christus Jesus.Ps. 125:1 Die wat op die HEREvertrou, is soos die berg Sion wat niewankel nie, maar bly tot in ewigheid.Ps. 27:14 Wag op die Here! Weessterk en laat jou hart sterk wees! Ja,wag op die HERE! Joh. 15:4, 5 Blyin My, soos Ek in julle. Net soos dieloot geen vrug kan dra van homself asdit nie in die wynstok bly nie, so julleook nie as julle in My nie bly nie. Ekis die wynstok, julle die lote. Wie inMy bly, en Ek in hom, hy dra veelvrug; want sonder My kan julle niksdoen nie. 2Kron. 16:9 want dieHERE—sy oë deurloop die hele aardeom diegene kragtig te steun wie se hartonverdeeld op Hom gerig is. Staanvas in die Here. Plaas jou vertroue inHom alleen al woed die storms om jou.

Groete in Sy Naam.Ds. Jan Keyser

A resource you might want to get is abook by Dr Kobus Neeth-ling and DrRaché Rutheford – Am I Clever or AmI Stupid? It can probably be found atyour local bookseller or onwww.carpediem.co.za. This will give yousome perspectives on the concept of‘smart’.For further information:Jacques de Villiersjacques@jacquesdevilliers.com082 906 3693