Is it not so inspiring to hear that many American billionaires are into a philanthropic mood donating billions of dollars to those deserving?
As in Proverbs 37:4, “Delight yourself with the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
Sharing with others especially the poor can indeed be humbling and it lightens your spirit as you feel the blessings radiate in your soul. Your heart smiles with your lips as you watch how much happiness you have shared with others.
[Read on our related post on "Wonder in Sharing - Commentary on Mark Zuckerburger's Interview" on Time Video]
In Matthew 6:33, Jesus tell his disciples, "... seek first His (God’s) kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
Everything good comes from God. Is it not just proper that we share our blessings with others as we are mere administrators of God's creation?
We will all soon be called as our term ends in this world, yes a short lived life. Whence, we can all ponder and realize that we are all no different from others.
We have been born with nothing, and we will see our life end also with nothing, only memories that we have left our loved ones, and those who continue to remember us.
And are we worthy of eternal life as Christ our Savior has revealed to us by his death and resurrection?
As the book Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 reminds us, everything in life is meaningless, but not until we learn to understand the wisdom of God and strive to become mature in spirit that we learn to “fear God and keep His commandments, which is the duty of man,” whence, shall God “bring indeed every deed into judgment, including every hidden things, whether it is good or evil.”
[Read more on our Amazing God on our posted link, "God's Awesome Works in God's Awesome Creation."]
In Matthew 23:11-12, Jesus Christ said to the crowd with his disciples, "The greatest among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
And in 1 John 4:13-16, apostle and gospel writer John proclaims through the divine guidance of the Holy Spirit who Christ Jesus is, “We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.”
[Read on another related post, "Billionaires Urge Rich - 'Donate Your Money'"]
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As in Proverbs 15:33, "The fear of the Lord teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor."
ReplyDeleteFrom the powerful prayer of Jabez, we learn of God's love for those, even the rich, who share the light and their blessings with others, and being careful too, not to hurt their neighbors, “Oh God, bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast [territory], and that Thine hand might be with me, and that Thou would keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me!' And God granted him that which he requested"(1 Chronicles 4:10).
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