The Core Of Life's Business

By Michael Adedeji

Life as it is presently is somehow ‘muddled’ and ‘juggled’. It’s full of pace with diverse and various experiences - good, bad, exciting, depressing, high and low, hope and ‘hopelessness’. Also, many times it could be frustrating and ‘dissatisfying’. As you grow older, you begin to realize there are a lot of ‘things’ in life assailing you - survival, sustenance (food, clothing, shelter), self-discovery, self-improvement, self-assertion, self-actualization, education, work, career, duties, obligations, responsibilities etc, while some ‘jostle’ and ‘solicit’ for your attention, pulling you and beckoning to you to come and ‘explore or experiment’ (things like pleasure, projects, pursuits, comfort, quest for fulfillment and satisfaction, affluence, fame, influence, power etc). Then, you have two principal ‘terminators’ to constantly contend with - ‘evil’ and mortality! Is life solely about all these ‘hustling and bustling’ or there is something deeper and eternal to it?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael Adedeji
• Release date: Apr 8, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311741981

Michael Adedeji

a servant of Jesus Christ, preacher and teacher of the Gospel, author, songwriter, singer and instrumentalist. Pastors at Zion City Church of God,Lagos,Nigeria.

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THE CORE OF LIFE’S BUSINESS

By Michael Adedeji

Copyright 2014 Michael Adedeji

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to God the Father, Jesus Christ His Son, and the Holy Spirit. They brought forth life and the universe, and they were thoughtful in creation.

They sustain and administer creation by their knowledge, wisdom and power, and they are lavish in their love and commitment towards man.

You are forever appreciated, glorified and praised!

Note:

Unless otherwise stated, all scriptures are taken with permission from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society.

Table Of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: The ‘Business’ In Life

Chapter 2: The Actual ‘Business’ Of Life

Chapter 3: The Distractions And The ‘Swap’

Balancing the Equation

The ‘Nehemiah Principle’

Be Alert: Watch Your Back

Chapter 4: Re-arrange Your Priority

The Wasted Life

Subdued, Frustrated or Dissatisfied?

Time to Meet with the Prophet

Accrual with God

Chapter 5: We Owe God

The Place of Humility in True Worship

God Our Benefactor

About the Author

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Introduction

Life as it is presently is somehow ‘muddled’ and ‘juggled’. It’s full of pace with diverse and various experiences - good, bad, exciting, depressing, high and low, hope and ‘hopelessness’. Also, many times it could be frustrating and ‘dissatisfying’. As you grow up and reach the stage of ‘consciousness maturity’ i.e., the stage when one can begin to reasonably and logically observe, absorb, and evaluate events, activities, and phenomena within and without oneself and attempt to draw logical and reasonable conclusions (make some sense, order, and ‘sanity’ out of it), you observe a lot of oddities, contradictions, confusions, ‘senselessness’ and chasing after the wind (Ecclesiastes 6:9).

LIFE AS IT IS PRESENTLY IS SOMEHOW

‘MUDDLED’ AND ‘JUGGLED’. IT’S FULL OF

PACE WITH DIVERSE AND VARIOUS EXPERIENCES -

GOOD, BAD, EXCITING, DEPRESSING, HIGH AND

LOW, HOPE AND ‘HOPELESSNESS’. ALSO,

MANY TIMES IT COULD BE FRUSTRATING

AND ‘DISSATISFYING’.

As you grow older, you begin to realize there are a lot of ‘things’ in life assailing you - survival, sustenance (food, clothing, shelter), self-discovery, self-improvement, self-assertion, self-actualization, education, work, career, duties, obligations, responsibilities etc. Some ‘jostle’ and ‘solicit’ for your attention, pulling you and beckoning to you to come and ‘explore’ or ‘experiment’ (things like pleasure, projects, pursuits, comfort, quest for fulfillment and satisfaction, affluence, fame, influence, power etc). Then, you have two principal ‘terminators’ to constantly contend with - ‘evil’ and mortality!

Looking at the whole scenario, you realize that somehow, life has turned out a ‘strange wrestling cage fight’ where you simultaneously have numerous actual and potential ‘assailants’, contenders and ‘solicitors’; and it’s either you conquer or properly manage these ‘opponents’ and ‘solicitors’ or they pummel you to a pulp and swallow you up or lure you into ‘trouble’. Then, you suddenly realize that in this ‘cage fight’ of life, there is nothing called ‘retreat’, and there is no hiding place from these ‘assailants’, contenders and ‘solicitors’!

LOOKING AT THE WHOLE