All Nations Christian Assembly
PASTOR'S PAGE

Reverend Richard John Moi Shaka, Ph. D.

A Message from the Pastor

A biography is the story of a person’s life. In other words, a biography is a summation of your life, or my life, or the life of someone else. Our biographies tell other people a lot about us: how we lived, what we did, and how we affected other people. Some people have long protracted biographies, while others have short abbreviated ones. The fact of the matter is, however, that whether we have short or long biographies, we each leave significant trails or marks behind us by which people who know or read about us will always remember us.

I know of one man with a long protracted biography. He was king.  He had wealth untold to the world--more than most people could imagine. He was a womanizer and loved beautiful women, including many foreign women. He had a thousand wives and concubines. He was also a wise man. His wisdom was known around the world to the degree that his contemporaries sought the secret of all the gifts that he had. A beautiful and wealthy queen came from Ethiopia to verify the fame of this king. When she discovered his wealth, the queen lamented that she had been deceived, because what she saw was far greater than every imagination  of what she had been told about him. His name was King Solomon, the son of King David and Bathsheba.

Yes, King Solomon and a lot of others may have longer biographies than ours. Surely our biographies do not have to be as long as King Solomon’s. Lamentably, however, there are some who have a very abbreviated biography. Their biography may read like this: “…born, lived, ate, drank, and died….” in worthlessness. It is the only thing people will remember of them.

After his own life’s experience, the wise King Solomon made some profound statements which serve as signposts, as guides, for all of us. Gratified by everything life offered him, he saw one common misery not only for himself, but also for the entire human race. Let me paraphrase what he said in the end.

Do not keep God out of your life, but rather remember him when you are young. Life gives out much, but life takes it all back. In the end, everything you may have worked so hard for and hoped for becomes meaningless. The conclusion about one’s life, therefore, is equally one’s most important duty in this life--that is to fear God and to keep His Commandments. (Ecclesiastes 12)

What is YOUR biography? What in your life would you like to change BEFORE your biography is completed? I believe that the power and the love of JESUS CHRIST can make a powerful and positive change in you!  He can give you a NEW LIFE to write about!