Pastor Mike Bickle, in his teaching of Song of the Songs, once said: Measuring whether you are in or out, better or worse, higher or lower is an absolute distraction to growing in the love of God…I just simply say YES to the Lord in the present tense.

It’s interesting for me, once again, to realize that the kingdom of the world and the kingdom of God indeed operate in a total opposite direction.

We (I mean, everyone of us) measure, or are being measured, in virtually everything in every piece of our life. The results of all these measurements are then put into comparison…so that we will know (or to be told) whether we are better or worse, whether we are success or failure, whether we are a breed of elite or of mediocrity.

We have became so performance driven and , so measurement driven.

I am not trying to argue that measuring and monetizing our performance/results are wrong. In my field of study (Direct & Interactive Marketing), measurement is actually a necessity of a business. As customer’s information/responses can be easily collected and tracked, people in direct marketing can virtually measure everything. However, as every direct marketer would say: Be careful about what your are measuring…because you tend to get what you measure.

Simply put, what to measure depends on the objectives of the business or campaign. In other words, we always need to identify the objectives first before we set up the metrics such that we can build a metrics coherent to objectives.

Now let’s apply the same concept into our lives: If we were to measure ourselves or others, we have to first identify what’s the objective of my, yours, or another’s life. And here is the thing:

1. As everyone is so uniquely delivered to the earth (I mean, the look, the size, the ethics, the family background etc.), it’s very obvious that every individual carries different objectives and goals for their life.

2. And if every individual has a unique purpose for life, it becomes of little meaning to compare one to another.

3. Again, if today and tomorrow are equally unique in our life, it becomes of little meaning to compare one day to the other.

4. Besides, how can we know what to measure and what to compare if we do not first figure out what is the purpose of our own lives …

P.S. …So instead of wasting time to measure and to compare and to justify my performance, maybe it makes more sense for me to just say Yes to Him and follow Him..then someday along the journey, I will realize my own purpose and objectives…

The bottom line is, all we have is the present moment. All we can rejoice about, including mercy, grace, peace, we can only rejoice in the present tense. Make sense?!