There are times when I have a message to share but can't place the starting point . This is just one of them and well I believe it shall flow as we continue. Did you hear what they said about trips in Dubai, London and wherever? They were being insensitive some of us only know holidays spent in the village. These people come to the village with big cars to show off. Can't they see most people in the village are in misery and they help them out instead of the big cars? My goodness they are living large instead of taking their money to the orphans! You mean that politician takes his children to those big schools and can't take them to public schools? They are a sham. You mean you can buy a car and I requested you to loan me money to get my wife from hospital after delivery of our baby you refused?? These are some of the things I have heard that have been pointed out as people are comparing the haves and have not.
We have clearly missed it all. We look at people when they are talking about how they have been blessed or when they are enjoying their life and sneer. We say they are boasting, insensitive and God will deal with them for showing off. Actually God shall instead deal with us for being envious and jealous.
For readers of the Bible , the message is clear:
James 3:14-16
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your
heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that
which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. For where
jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.
Genesis 4:3-5
So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an
offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground. Abel, on his part also brought
of the first-lings of his flock and of their fat portions And the LORD had
regard for Abel and for his offering; but for Cain and for his offering He had
no regard So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell.
Some of us our lives are disorderly because we are filled with so much envy that all that surrounds us is evil. Some of us give God like Cain while others are giving to God like Abel .When Abel is blessed we want to kill them because we are envious of them. Forgetting that Abel is being blessed because he gives to God wholesomely. We can't give God selectively and expect to reap wholesomely. The Bible clearly says what a man sows so shall he reap. Sow small you shall reap small.
We are so threatened when our friends do well, we want to put them down. We are so threatened when a junior colleague starts shining because we feel they shall take over our position. We are so jealous of our brothers and sisters we want to eliminate them. We are so jealous of the rich we want to go take all they have. This is all locking our blessings.
How about we hold the hand of a friend that is growing and in the process learn something to improve ourselves. How about we support that junior colleague grow and while they may take our position, God up-scales us. Or perhaps they grow and go lead another company and support us to grow our-self in other ways. Or look to the rich and ask God to show us how to tap the blessings from Him as they did. Or we support our brothers and sisters that they shall want to uplift our children when we are not there for our children.
The devil knows that we have a lot of blessings to tap from God. The devil knows the amount of wealth, happiness that God has for us to tap. His is to steal, destroy and kill because he has nothing. The devil steals from you peace over the blessing of others, then destroys you with jealousy and successfully kills your faith in God. That is when we turn to his evil schemes to get our inheritance and it costs us heavy. While all we needed to do is ask God for it and make it right with Him. Let us not allow ourselves to be misled.
The blessings of God are in abundance and are free for all His children to inherit. The minute we shall come to this realization, we shall celebrate each other more and live a more peaceful life. May God give us wisdom.
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