Character (Karakter)

Charisma / talent can really boost someone all the way up. But most people still didn’t know that it’s our character that make us stay at the top. I’ve seen so many talented young people, good talented musicians, singers, artists and potential leaders…but sadly, some of them fell…some manage to get up, but most of them fell hard and didn’t get up.

Ada beberapa kali saya didatangi oleh beberapa anak muda yang mengkongsikan mengenai cita-cita mereka…ada yang sharing mengenai pengalaman pelayanan mereka namun satu perkara yang selalu saya ingatkan, setidak-tidaknya saya memperingatkan mereka. And that one thing is CHARACTER.

For me, young talented people without good character is like a 50 storey building without a deep strong foundation. Bila-bila masa saja boleh roboh. Salah satu karakter yang paling mudah untuk menghancurkan segala sesuatu adalah kesombongan. “Pride goes before destruction, and haughty spirit before a fall “ Proverbs 16:18 NKJV. “Kecongkakan mendahului kehancuran, dan tinggi hati mendahului kejatuhan.” Amsal 16:18 .

It takes years to build your career, reputation and achievements, but it takes just a matter of seconds, minutes, hours or days to bring down everything if you have a poor character. Here’s some of words of wisdom on Character taken from some of my favorite books & leaders:
· Character is an inner beauty of a human being
· It’s better to be someone who’re useful rather than be someone who’re successful but useless.
· A person’s true character can be seen when no one is looking or analyzing it.
· A wealthy man can buy a big house for himself, he can buy whatever materials his heart desires but he can never buy peace, pure heart, character or even eternal life.
· Pay attention to your character more than your reputation. Character is who you really are while reputation is what people think about you.
· If I look after my character, my reputation will look after itself.
This is one of my favorite verse about young people. Proverbs 22:15 “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of correction will drive it far from him”. Amsal 22:15 “Kebodohan melekat pada hati orang muda, tetapi tongkat didikan akan menusir itu daripadanya.” In the end of the day, no matter how smart or how great we think we are, as young people, we need someone who’re spiritually mature & older than us to guide us and to correct us. God uses other people to shape our character, so we need others as part of our life.

Regular check your character on your character helps you live longer. Stay blessed.