TRUE LIGHT 14/11/2014
A SEED OR A FRUIT?
"You can never do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too late" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Three young men were once given three kernels of corn apiece by a wise old sage, who admonished them to go out and use the corn to bring themselves good fortune. The first young man put his three kernels of corn into a bowl of hot broth and ate them. The second thought, I can do better than that, and he planted his three kernels of corn. Within a few months, he had three stalks of corn. He took the ears of corn from the stalks, boiled them, and had enough corn for three meals. The third man said to himself, I can do better than that! He also planted his three kernels of corn, but when his three stalks of corn produced, he stripped one of the stalks and replanted all of the seeds in it, gave the second stalk of corn to a sweet maiden, and ate the third. His one full stalk’s worth of replanted corn kernels gave him 200 stalks of corn! And the kernels of these he continued to re-plant, setting aside only a bare minimum to eat. He eventually planted a hundred acres of corn. With his fortune, he not only won the hand of the sweet maiden but purchased the land owned by the sweet maiden’s father. And he never hungered again
As elementary as this story might sound; it actually holds true, for majority of us "success seeking" individuals. We are constantly being blessed and showered with gifts; of opportunities, prosperity and greatness. The problem, however, is that we juxtapose one for the other, for lack of "prosper" understanding. We do not know what is which. We eat our seed, instead of our fruit. Seeds produce fruits.
Beloved, we have to; as we go to church today, ask God for wisdom to be able to differentiate one from the other...if we can successfully do this, then our lives will be transformed for ever. Happy Sunday!
THE TRUE LIGHT: Proverbs 11:24-25
"One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed" - NIV
Let us pray: Father, help me distinguish my seeds from my fruit, in life, in Jesus name.
A SEED OR A FRUIT?
"You can never do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too late" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Three young men were once given three kernels of corn apiece by a wise old sage, who admonished them to go out and use the corn to bring themselves good fortune. The first young man put his three kernels of corn into a bowl of hot broth and ate them. The second thought, I can do better than that, and he planted his three kernels of corn. Within a few months, he had three stalks of corn. He took the ears of corn from the stalks, boiled them, and had enough corn for three meals. The third man said to himself, I can do better than that! He also planted his three kernels of corn, but when his three stalks of corn produced, he stripped one of the stalks and replanted all of the seeds in it, gave the second stalk of corn to a sweet maiden, and ate the third. His one full stalk’s worth of replanted corn kernels gave him 200 stalks of corn! And the kernels of these he continued to re-plant, setting aside only a bare minimum to eat. He eventually planted a hundred acres of corn. With his fortune, he not only won the hand of the sweet maiden but purchased the land owned by the sweet maiden’s father. And he never hungered again
As elementary as this story might sound; it actually holds true, for majority of us "success seeking" individuals. We are constantly being blessed and showered with gifts; of opportunities, prosperity and greatness. The problem, however, is that we juxtapose one for the other, for lack of "prosper" understanding. We do not know what is which. We eat our seed, instead of our fruit. Seeds produce fruits.
Beloved, we have to; as we go to church today, ask God for wisdom to be able to differentiate one from the other...if we can successfully do this, then our lives will be transformed for ever. Happy Sunday!
THE TRUE LIGHT: Proverbs 11:24-25
"One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed" - NIV
Let us pray: Father, help me distinguish my seeds from my fruit, in life, in Jesus name.
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