It is important for people to realise were their potential lie in. Who can stand on a mountain and claim to own everything? Who can stand on a podium and claim to know everything?
Even Jesus refused to be called good.
The problem we have is we want to own everything, we want to know everything and we want to be called 'the great'. We want to get praises all the time. We want to be given a pat in the back always. For so long we have given ourselves an elevated position and we have felt 'great' about it.
Should people point fingers at us, we flount and show off what we have. Should people look like they have interest in you, we act as though we were immortal.
Somebody once said "but even the rich die and get buried just like poor people do". But who care about what happens when one is dead. Its amazing how we have taken our lives to be bigger than anything else.
But...
Have we ever thought of how much difference we would make into just one life by giving? Imagine you stop boasting about all that you have, and just give a part of what you have. Some wise words say "there is greater Joy in giving than in receiving"
Its amazing how we mistake God's grace to our 'wisdom'. We have all that we have, not that we are wise but because we are God's children.
Well, others give, but they want to act like angels in the sight of many. They want to publicise what they give to people. They want everyone to know what they have given and to whom. They want to be given 'glory'.
But greater joy comes when one gives from the heart. Greater joy comes when one does things and knows all things belong to God. We are just mortal beings with no power. Our lives lie in the hands of a supreme leader.
Let us humble ourselves before the Lord and he will lift us up......
Y. Mashie
The problem we have is we want to own everything, we want to know everything and we want to be called 'the great'. We want to get praises all the time. We want to be given a pat in the back always. For so long we have given ourselves an elevated position and we have felt 'great' about it.
Should people point fingers at us, we flount and show off what we have. Should people look like they have interest in you, we act as though we were immortal.
Somebody once said "but even the rich die and get buried just like poor people do". But who care about what happens when one is dead. Its amazing how we have taken our lives to be bigger than anything else.
But...
Have we ever thought of how much difference we would make into just one life by giving? Imagine you stop boasting about all that you have, and just give a part of what you have. Some wise words say "there is greater Joy in giving than in receiving"
Its amazing how we mistake God's grace to our 'wisdom'. We have all that we have, not that we are wise but because we are God's children.
Well, others give, but they want to act like angels in the sight of many. They want to publicise what they give to people. They want everyone to know what they have given and to whom. They want to be given 'glory'.
But greater joy comes when one gives from the heart. Greater joy comes when one does things and knows all things belong to God. We are just mortal beings with no power. Our lives lie in the hands of a supreme leader.
Let us humble ourselves before the Lord and he will lift us up......
Y. Mashie
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