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Date Posted: 15:57:33 04/01/09 Wed
Author: EC
Subject: JIC vs JIT worldview

When I was waiting at the dental office for 2 hrs, I randomly picked up a magazine and surprisingly found some interesting concepts which could be life-changing.

JIC stands for just-in-case vs JIT for just-in-time. The author explains that most of the ppl tend to hold the mindset of JIC because they believe that everything good is scarce. Turning out, people possess more than they have to which creates many other problems such as poor-rich discrepancies. More than social phenomenon, such concept can also have impact in terms of relationship as people love out of the fear but not of authenticity. To conclude, JIC is simply crazy in the abundant world that we are in.

On the other hand, JIT is simply productive. The author uses the delivery of manna in the desert to convey the importance of JIT worldview. The Lord instructs His people to collect manna which is just enough for the day because they can collect manna again in the next day. The author states that it's a leap from fear to faith. Although she emphasizes that she isn't referring to religion, I can see the rail.

To switch from JIC to JIT worldview, she suggests three exercises: list 10 times when you think that you are not enf but then you survive, list 10 things that you are abundant of, list 20+ that things just happen right in time (beginning with some small things like breathing in air and etc.).

Although it's not all biblical, JIC vs JIT are insightful concepts. I consider these exercises as counting grace. When you intentionally list out the grace that you have received, I am sure that you can switch to JIT worldview. By saying that, I don't think switching is an easy task as I am still debating if I should return the dress that I have bought for wedding in summer, just in case I cannot find a nice one later. Sometimes we just have to remind ourselves that things will happen just in time as we do not simply know about God but we KNOW God.

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