Twenty-Twenty Vision!!!

Are we on the mark in the matter of spiritual reverse aging process or far off the mark in the Master’s eyes??? Time to introspect...and submit to the leading of the Spirit (Gal 5:16)!!!

While on the subject of becoming from “big to small”, permit me also to state that even though it is as difficult for the high and lofty rich ones’ to enter Heaven as it is for the camel to enter the eye of the needle for invariably it is in the rich we observe detestable pride, cocky self-reliance and a crafty manipulative disposition, it is certainly not impossible with God (Matt 19:26) to effect the “necessary salutary changes” in them. In the hands of the Master Sculptor- the patient and persevering Holy Spirit- in due course of time they (rich ones’ after being born again) would be “cut down to size” for their own good so as to “pass through the eye of the needle” with ease. Oh to view “growing” and “pruning” process, as the Heavenly Father views it!!!

LAY-UP....

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.- Proverbs 11:24

Now how is this possible? One steeped in human rationale may ask for in the Worldly realm, more you save, greater your savings, fatter your bank balance and so on and so forth? Let me herald the fact once again that impossible is possible only with God (Matt 19:26). Now hear this testimony from a horse’s mouth (Yours truly). When, I was about a quit a lucrative, highly paid job to take-up full-time spiritual ministry in answer to the Master’s call eleven years ago, several questions popped up in my mind with regard to my future charity? Well, I was supporting some Christian ministries financially, when I was holding a job. Would or could I continue doing the same being a full-timer also was a question which creased my forehead before I took that “leap of faith”? Truth to tell, by His Grace and empowerment alone my financial support to Christian ministries increased much more after coming to Full-time Ministry. Why? Did I solicit funds and get them? NEVER!!! The Lord provides faithfully by “stirring up the hearts of men” (Exodus 35:21– the cornerstone verse of George Muller’s peerless orphanage ministry). It is indeed true that a Christian’s Bank balance at the end of the day may not be “overflowing” but his spirit will become richer with time, even as his “Heavenly Bank account” will be swelling with the laying up of treasures in the place that matters most (Matt 6:19-20). Hmmm...what happened to manna which the Israelites wanted to “hoard”? Much to their chagrin, got infected with maggots (Exo 16:20)!!! But the same manna “laid-up” in a bowl inside the Ark of the Covenant (in the presence of the Lord)...mind you with no addition of preservatives...well...well...well...I can only shout Hallelujah remembering once again what the Saviour said “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal” (Matt 6:19-20). Oh to look at “Heavenly Investment” as the Heavenly Father does!!!