In this week\u2019s Zoom Dad Talk with numerous Chinese men, an interesting question was posed.\u00a0\u2018Most Chinese men work 12 or more hours per day, so Bill, how can they abide in their family and be available and present with them?\u2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>How would you answer that? I admit I had to pause a moment to hear the Spirit\u2019s voice. Workaholism is a problem among many men.<\/p>\n I shared some experiences in my own life, but the overwhelming thought was; are you trying to build your own personal kingdom, or are you dedicated to building God\u2019s Kingdom in your family\u2019s life? Isn\u2019t it a matter of priorities? God, wife, children, church, business, personal development, ministry etc. You do your own list. If business and financial success are at the top, everything else will surely suffer at some level.<\/p>\n My overriding counsel was this. In Matthew 6 Jesus is teaching about human needs and he uses three illustrations from nature concerning food, clothing and shelter. Then he concludes saying, \u201cSo do not worry, saying, \u2018What shall we eat?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we drink?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we wear?\u2019 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n See, it\u2019s a matter of trust. Are you relying on your own skills and resources to provide these for your family, or are you able to trust God with these needs? Your answer, the Chinese men\u2019s answer, says everything! Look what Jesus challenges each of us with. Mt. 6.33 (my life verse) \u2014seek him first, daily, continually, and he will provide these for you because, as a loving Father, he most of all knows what you need. Get your priorities straight, and God will do the rest, in and through you. He\u2019ll change your circumstances if that\u2019s what it takes, even for you workaholics!\u00a0\u201cWith God all things are possible\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Building God’s Kingdom In this week\u2019s Zoom Dad Talk with numerous Chinese men, an interesting question was posed.\u00a0\u2018Most Chinese men work 12 or more hours per day, so Bill, how can they abide in their family and be available and present with them?\u2019\u00a0\u00a0How would you answer that? I admit I had to pause a moment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,59,67],"tags":[74,233,102],"class_list":["post-8141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abiding","category-providing-protecting","category-role","tag-everlasting-father","tag-trust-god","tag-weekly-devotional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/af2.musiimes.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}He will provide<\/h3>\n