This
morning I had a personal conversation with a friend that made me wonder about
whether the Life I live is about me
or God. In my personal reflection, I
came to find out that I have been doing things for the benefit of myself and
the ones I care about. So many times have I done things with personal
expectations and at the end of the day my expectations are shuttered down.
It
made me ponder on how we do things as believers. We have always asked for good
things from God. Name them, Favor, promotion, increase in payment, treatment
with utmost humility etcetera…. Prosperity preachers make it worse by telling
us that if you don’t get your prayer request come to pass, then it’s because
you have little faith (Am sorry to offend you if you believe in Prosperity
Preachers). The world tells us that you can get successful if only you worked
harder or changed the strategy that is not working. I do not know why I tend to
believe in what the world says than what prosperity preachers say.
So
many times have I been disappointed by people who call themselves staunch
Christians (Am also a Christian). I have
also witnessed Christian Organizations and Churches that do exactly what the
world does under the Cover and guise of Christianity. If it’s Corruption and
embezzlement; they do it, they come up with good Vision and Mission statements,
they Claim to be helping others yet they are amassing wealth at the Expense of
the people they claim to be helping. So many times do these Christian
Organizations and Preachers blame the governments for the wrong things its
doing. But if you analyze them they are even worse than the Government, as they
preach about the wrongs the government does and no one preaches about his
organizations wrong doings. Most importantly they look like they are always
right, “Glorify themselves not God”. (Please
read Mathew Chapter 6) Some of the Christians seem to have mastered the
whole bible and will speak out a Scripture every time. Do a thorough check of their
character and the way they do their things, you may not see spirituality in
them.
Am
not writing this to Judge any one or any Organization but how do we show out
God in all that we do (Read Romans
Chapter 3). Can someone know you are a Christian by mere seeing your
Conduct?? Can God be seen in our actions (Ways of Implementation), Words,
thoughts (Romans 12:1-2), and attitudes
and is our Conscience always clear?. Can
we act according to his will and believe he always answers our prayers
according to his will? Am not saying you may not get the favor, promotion,
payment on time, treatment with utmost humility and any other thing you are
praying for. All that am saying is that God remains God no matter the situation
you go through, no matter the disappointments and no matter your Expectations
that are not met (Romans 8:28).
Remember God wants the very best of you, his Promises are yes and amen and is
not like a son of man to lie (Numbers
23:19, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalms 139:14).
As
I come to the end of this allow me urge us to pass on what we are taught to
others. (2Timothy_2:2, and
the things you have heard
me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who
will also be qualified to teach others.)
Always
ask yourself this question “what would Jesus Do” and do exactly what Jesus
would do. Stop being defensive in everything trying to Justify How Important
you are and which Position you hold or how you were right on your utterance.……
God our ultimate Role model never told people how great he is, he took himself
as a servant and Yet People respected (still respect him up to today). The life
we live should always be about God and this will make our Organizations and the
World a better Place.
Many Blessings.
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