Last night, me and my bestfriend Jill were talking about escalating wealth and unfortunate beggars and the like. The redundancy and irony of life.
(not to generalize, but again these are personal observations from people we know and what we see)
.why rich people become richer?
.why boastful people get more things to brag about?
.why scammers get more people to scam?
.why people still bite and believe liars?
.why good people are being taken advantage of?
.why poor people are unable to make good money?
.why the faithful get cheated on over and over?
There are a lot of explanations to each, economy, corruption, peer pressure, idiocracy, poverty, ignorance and so on and so forth…
But what does it mean to God?
A test of faith… worshiping the wrong gods
Sometimes God put us in a situation wherein we feel atop the happiness that the world could offer to us…
We have and can afford everything that we want. Fast cars, mansions, designer bags and shoes, travel around the world, maybe a beach house in Miami or a billion dollar business.
It is not wrong to desire all these, majority of us do.
Most of us work so hard to become rich and can afford a good life.
But as we get all these things one by one.
We sometimes forget to pause and thank God.
As we are so busy achieving these goals,
We sometimes forget to pursue God.
“Why do I need to? If I didn’t work hard enough I wouldn’t get it anyway”
Stay humble. Your talents were given by God.
A test of faith… Why have you forsaken me?
Remember that when Christ was crucified, he then asked “Father, why have you forsaken me?”
After three days he rose from the dead.
When you think you fail in life generally.
Have not finished school, lost a job, business bankruptcy, death of a relative, got cheated, got robbed and so on…
Tendency is you count all the miserable things that had happened throughout your life. And you blame God for not giving you a single piece of blessing even the ones made by your wrong doings.
You get envious, insecure and hateful.
Philippians 4:19 God will provide
God give trials to his strongest soldiers.
God doesn’t give us anything that we can’t handle.
Any suffering, persecution or pain that we feel on earth are temporary.
If only you will surrender yourself, you will know that God is enough and that He will provide everything that you need for survival.
Maybe you are at your darkest days at the moment but if you put your trust in him, he will show you the way, the light and the life in eternity. He will give you the strength to overcome all these, he will give you the power to defeat the monsters inside your head, the fear, and everything else.
You can only win this battle, with God.
Goal priorities…
At which department you are investing your time and effort to?
Money? Red Ferrari? Honeymoon in Maldives?
To be the richest entrepreneur in the country?
3 kids? A loving wife? A published book?
Let me tell you, these are all small goals, all these will perish when you die or when the world ends..
The goal priority should be GOD. Where our life will be for eternity.
Everything on this earth is a test of faith.
Are you going to give in from overflowing success or are you going to hate God from adversity or being unfortunate.
How long are you going to hold on to that faith?
How strong are you?…
How much can you invest for this life beyond this world?
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