{{2011_01_10_t1.jpg}} {{2011_01_10_t2.jpg}} {{2011_01_10_t3.jpg}} [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/de/doku.php/jn_de_2011_01_10|Deutsche Version]] [[Start|| Wiki Start]] [[topics_collection_iii|| Topics Collection iii ]] ======Goals! Challenges ...====== Monday, Jan 10, 2011. I am involved in some organizations, where sometimes people are in the following unfortunate situation. They have been employed to carry out particular things, and then over time the environment changed. Suddenly, they do not fit the needs of their particular section and workplace any more. There is no work left for their profile ...! {{2011_01_10.jpg }} **We need Challenges ...** It is terrible, if you are not useful for your environment. It is terrible if you do not have enough work or challenges! People react in different ways, with internal emmigration, with depressions, with fury. But the fury is right: we need challenges. We need to be useful and need an environment where we can evolve our gifts and talents. Yes, humans need challenges. Without being challenged, we will not be happy. Without challenges we will suffer and wither. Of course, the challenge needs to be of the right strength. Being challenged all the time does not help us either. Challenges need to be balanced. If we are a beginner in some area, we need small challenges, which help us to develop and learn. If we are more mature in our area, if we are well-set, then we need stronger challenges. Also, the challenges have to fit our personal strength, our personal profile! {{ 2011_01_10_2.jpg}} **God challenges us! ...** I believe that God is challenging us as well. First of all, he is challenging us to believe in him. He wants us to ask: who is this God? He wants us to search him, to look for him. That is a challenge, faith can be a great challenge for many of us. But when we have started to believe, then he also wants to challenge us. Coming to faith is not the end, but the beginning. He wants us to learn from him. He wants us to discover the kingdom of heaven. It will mean that we discover a lot about ourselves as well. It is a fascinating journey! Where is God challenging you today or this week? Where does he want to challenge you to go this year? Are there particular points to change, or things to approach? Are there questions to be answered? [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/en/doku.php/topics_collection_iii|... more texts]]