No matter how good or how bad you think your life is, no one will get out of this alive.
I reflected back to what seems to be my message for this year. It is more rewarding to live in expectancy for the life to come rather than becoming too comfortable in this life, which is only for but a moment.
[James 4:14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. -ESV]
God's word tells us more than once that we should be servants.
[Philippians 2:5-7 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. -KJV]
Many times I feel like we attempt to "give" because 1. its commanded 2. sometimes if makes us feel and sadly 3. we think/hope we will reap the benefits.
The true attitude of giving should be one that could careless of receiving reciprocation, or even recognition.
We get so caught up of the superficial and materialistic benefits of giving that we lose perspective.
You may not be a millionaire but your needs are taken care of. You have dinner every night ( even if its something you don't 'feel' for.)
You may not have a mansion but you have a dwelling place.
You may not have 2 Bentley and Lamborghini but you get around from place to place somehow.
Our *wants* should always be secondary!
Our reward is NOT in this life it is in the life to come.
[Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.]
Seek ye first the kingdom of God, that is; seeking His face, a relationship, seeking to be like Him, and to please Him. Letting go of our arrogance, letting go of our *wants* and focusing on our needs. When we are thankful for the things that we so easily take for granted we begin to take a step forward into living with an 'Eternal Mindset'.
==Eternity means an existence that will never cease==
"The one who lives for this life only will have eternity to regret it."
Popping , seek his face not his hand .
ReplyDeleteI feel the exact same way when I hear people say FML unabbreviated. It's so true how we allow our wants to over power the fact that we should be grateful. No matter how bleak things appear, it could always be worst.
ReplyDeleteLast thought "==Eternity means an existence that will never cease==" "The one who lives for this life only will have eternity to regret it." That struck me like a ton of bricks.Powerful.