(* Translation note: alternatively, Do a good job. You have to do a good job. Then things will turn out well. You can use ‘do well’ and ‘do a good job’ interchangeably throughout the entire message.)
- Matthew 25:21 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
Thoughts are ‘life*.’ (*Translation note: or key.) Whatever it is, if you are not thinking about it, you are in a state of not knowing. Therefore, it is the same as being in a state of death. When a person is not thinking, it is like having your eyes shut. You can’t see if your eyes are closed, right? In this way, if you are not thinking, you forget and are completely unaware. God said, “You suffer misfortunes as a result of not thinking of Me.”
That period of time when you are not thinking about God, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Son is ‘when your thoughts are dead, time is dead, and you are in a state of death.’ A person who is united with the Trinity cannot help but think. Also, that time when you do not love God, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Son is ‘the time when love is dead and the state in which love is dead.’
The image and form of a person’s thoughts move according to how that person thinks, God and the Holy Spirit also see the image and form of those thoughts, and observe and know our hearts and thoughts from that. Therefore, even if we are only thinking about the Trinity, They clearly know that. You have to live realizing just how much thoughts determine one’s destiny. Even if something is heard loudly to your ears, even if someone speaks loudly right next to you, even if the TV is on loud, you don’t hear it if you are not thinking [about them].
You are completely unaware of them because you are not thinking and so your brain does not remember. If someone speaks to you when your thoughts are focused on something else, you don’t hear it at all even if they are speaking right next to you. This is how important thoughts are. If you focus your thoughts and go deep into prayer, you don’t hear other sounds or distracting sounds that come from next to you at all.
If God had not created thoughts after creating human beings, then human beings would have been worthless beings. God created heaven and earth and all creation and created human bodies in order to create thoughts. Thoughts lead to actions, which lead to the formation and transformation of both the soul and spirit. Therefore, you will come to ruin if you think in a wrong way. They ended up living physical lives during their lifetime because they thought in a wrong way in regards to their souls and spirits which will live forever. That is why I tell you that thoughts are ‘life.’
You have to make your thoughts strong and your thoughts must become ‘sharp blades.’ Dull thoughts are like ‘a dull knife.’ You can’t cut anything with a dull knife. In this way, you cannot cut out ‘your own contradictions’ with dull thoughts. Therefore, those contradictions will last for 10, 20 years. It is so important to correctly receive ‘the Word of God,’ which is like a sharp sword, and take action on it. And it is so important to possess that sharp thoughts. If you take action when your thoughts are hazy, things will not work out no matter what you do. Your thoughts have a tremendous effect on your body, soul, and spirit. If a person’s thoughts are hazy, neither their ‘beauty’ nor ‘looks’ will shine.
Your thoughts have to be clear like the sun and your actions have to be like a soldier. The value of a pig lies not in ‘the value of its thoughts’ but in ‘the value of its meat.’ [The value of] a person lies in ‘the value of his thoughts.’ You have to keep your thoughts clear, strong, and bright by centering on and taking action on the Lord’s Word every day.
What must you do in order for things to turn out well? “You have to do a good job. Then things will turn out well.” Even if something is impossible, if you do a good job, it will sufficiently turn out well. You will succeed with everything and everything will turn out well if you head lead well, evangelize well, manage well, lecture well, speak well, run and operate the church well, run your business well, run your finances well, love well, pray well, manage your health well, think well, design well, take action well, check well, discern well, and judge well.
If you want to do a good job, you have to learn, master, and gain knowledge even if it is difficult. You have to gain knowledge, learn, repeat, set your heart to do a good job, and have solid desire to take action. Then you can do a good job.
No matter what you do, every time you do it, you must [do it] without forgetting the words – ‘Do a good job!’ You have to do it with all your heart, will, and life, pour out your dedication, and work fervently struggling [with all your might]. Then you will do a good job. In the past, only ‘the things you did a good job with’ turned out well. ‘Whatever you did a poor job with’ did not turn out well. When the national athletes were competing for the gold medals, they earned them by doing a good job. Do you know how they did a good job? They ended up doing a good job by mastering their skill and developing strength through practicing hundreds of times or thousands of times repeatedly, doing it with all their hearts, will, and lives and struggling to work hard. We also have to do like them.
“Do a good job. Let’s do a good job!” I want you to memorize this special revelation from God and the Holy Spirit and not forget it. If you do a good job, you will do well! The reason things are not working out is because you do a poor job. You should do a good job every day. If you want to live together with the Lord till the end and not separate from him, you should do a good job. If you want to do well with everything every day, you should do a good job.