MAINTAINING A HEALTHY PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE (PART 2)

It’s good to maintain a healthy perspective of life. Most people spend their lives chasing after things that mean nothing in the long run. Eventually, we find that our lives are centered on so many mundane things and we forget the things that are worth living for. If you don’t put life in perspective, you will discover that it is empty. When you take the time to think about life outside of God, you will see that all the things we chase have no meaning. Without God, we are nothing. It is what Jesus has done for us that gives our lives meaning and makes it worth living. Life cannot be lived with material and superficial things at the centre – shoes, money, clothes and the like. Life is beyond all this. You should be able to identify with a vision that is so precious to you that you are committed to it no matter what. This is something that goes beyond you and transcends material things. You should seek eternal value over material and earthly substance. Your life should have a meaning beyond things. Your life should have meaning beyond self – what I should get, what I shall eat, what I shall wear, what I should have.

I once heard a preacher say that the summation of life is obtaining salvation for yourself and helping as many others as you can to obtain salvation.
Do not be unconcerned about the people all around you because you are blinded in the pursuit of your own gain. When God leads you to be a blessing to others, do not back out because you want to have your own things first. That kind of life will choke you. Be motivated to bless and help others with the power of God. If you take your attention off of yourself and put it on helping the next person to get blessed, you will realize that all your problems are solved. You should spend yourself and your life for others, for the Kingdom of God (Matthew 6:33).
Don’t be that person who is totally self-centered and has no compassion for the next person. Be a blessing to people beyond what you can get in return in terms of appreciation, acknowledgment or fame. Would you still do the things you want to do even if no one notices you? Would you do the things you think are right even if there are no returns on those things? Do not live a life of convenience only. Put yourself in a place where your life has an eternal purpose. Put eternity in focus as you live. We cannot put our hope and faith and all of our attention on the natural and the physical. The physical will perish and decay. If you put all of your focus on things that are only found here on earth, in time, there will be no legacy left to your name and your stay here on earth because all will fade away. There’s not much you can get out of just trying to achieve things solely based on the physical.

What is the motivation behind all of your ambition and your big dreams? The world is changing, evolving. Technology is improving, knowledge is increasing. There is so much more than just trying to prove that you are something in the here and now.

There is more impact in your life when you take up others in your heart. Reach out of yourself and help others.
Let God put a purpose in your heart, and pursue it. Start from where you are by serving where God has placed you. Recognize the seeds that God has put in your hands in order to manifest what is on the inside of you. Understand that God’s Kingdom works by the principle of the seed. It is the one who is faithful in little who will be made ruler over much. Spiritual responsibility dictates that you watch over that which God has put in your hands, no matter how little it may seem. God never began anything big, no matter how large the ambition. Men must learn that God will build you. Everything does not start and end with you. The Bible tells us not to despise the days of little beginning. Ambition is good, but do not despise starting small.

MAINTAINING A HEALTHY PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE {PART 1}

I once heard a preacher say that the summation of life is obtaining salvation for yourself and helping as many others as you can to obtain salvation. If you don’t put life in perspective, you will discover that it is empty. When you take the time to think about life outside of God, you will see that all the things we chase have no meaning. Without God, we are nothing. It is what Jesus has done for us that gives our lives meaning and makes it worth living. 

It’s good to maintain a healthy perspective of life. Most people spend their lives chasing after things that mean nothing in the long run. Eventually, we find that our lives are centered on so many mundane things and we forget the things that are worth living for. Life cannot be lived with material and superficial things at the centre – shoes, money, clothes and the like. Life is beyond all this. You should be able to identify with a vision that matters to you; something that goes beyond you and transcends material things. 

Your life should have a meaning beyond things. Your life should have meaning beyond self – what I should get, what I shall eat, what I shall wear, what I should have. Don’t be that person who is totally self-centered and has no compassion for the next person. Be a blessing to people beyond what you can get in return in terms of appreciation, acknowledgment or fame.

- Pastor Adah Igah

 

The Blessing Of Sowing

2 Corinthians 8:9

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.

2 Corinthians 9:6-10

But this I say, he which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth forever. Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

There is a mentality of the righteous, and giving is that mentality. Righteous people give. Not everything you get is for your use; some of those are meant to be given. Overflow comes from giving, not from hoarding. In the math of overflow, God brings the harvest just as fast as, or even faster than, the seed is being sown. The just (righteous) give and they give valuable things. Selfishness brings suffering because it causes men to have what they don't need, keep what they don't use, and refuse to give what they should. They suffer because they think only about themselves.

Give, and have some faith that God can take care of you.

What do you have in your hand? Be as practical as possible when walking by faith, but make sure you walk by faith all the same. Start from somewhere.

Do not kill the faith in your heart concerning your seed. Do not say, "It is a small seed, it is not much". No. Your seed is always great, unless you diminish its value by your words.

Start with the little you have in faith. Do not condemn yourself on the seed you sow. Judge yourself by what you have, not by what you do not have. Do not fold your hands when there is seed in front of you to sow. You always have seed to sow; ALWAYS.

Learn to encourage the faith of others. You cannot and you will not see and experience increase thinking about yourself alone. Believe God and give. Learn to give more than your money as well. Give material things to people, give your time, give your resources and give your faith in helping others.

God never limits anyone.Your giving always makes room for harvest; it gives God room to bless you.

IF IT CANNOT MEET YOUR NEED, IT IS A SEED.

Use seeds to solve your needs.

Learn to be a giver. Give without reservation and without seeming reason. It is easier to start with little. Let giving be a major part of your life. Your giving will always be move you forward.

God is your source. He is your ever-increasing money supply. Jesus has delivered you from lack, from poverty, from selfishness and from not having enough. He has delivered you from management of anything. He is faithful to provide you with a seed, and He is faithful to multiply your seed sown. He is your supplier and He is the multiplier of your seed. Sow. Give. He is faithful!

With a seed in your hand, you can get anywhere. God will multiply your little. He is faithful. Sow your seeds. Expect. Press in. Press into the manifestations of the spirit of God.

Pst Adah Igah