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Living beyond the moment
What do you see with your eyes; is it of light or darkness? The word of God
teaches us that we cannot pay allegiance to two masters concurrently. Light
and darkness cannot co-exist.
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Do not be swayed by the things of this world. Life is brief and transient and
ultimately we shall go the same way we came – naked and oblivious of the
treasures around us. Everything become immaterial in relation to life; our
earthly possessions or ‘Will’Â if one exits become relevant only to the living,
and only for as long as they have breath as well. A worthy life is notÂ
measured by its length or vain material acquisitions and attainments; but
by the Godly virtues – love and joy that we share and spread, the lives (not
necessarily our friends and family members) that we impact, touch and
change for the good of society.
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Be heaven focused and do not be consumed by the cravings for money and
materialism. In the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, “do not store up for
yourselves treasures on earth…but store up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not
break in and steal.”
Make no mistake, there’s nothing wrong with prosperity or striving byÂ
dint of legitimate effort to prosper. But everything is wrong when greed takes
its toll on our conscience and all we see with our eyes is money; when the love of
money govern and rule our lives, and when nothing is off-limit as we jostle for it.
The word of God refers to the eye as “the lamp of the body”, therefore, if your
eyes are corrupted with the selfish, insatiable and vain cravings for worldliness,Â
“your whole body will be full of darkness” – Matthew 6:19-23.    Â
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We live for the moment when the lamp within us is of darkness; when the
devil become our paymaster and we conform to the world. As children of
God, our lives should and can outlive the moment if our eyes only see and
process light; subservient only to Godly virtues with hearts set no more than
on heaven. “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and
love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You
cannot serve both God and money” – Matthew 6:24.
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                               –   In His Grip
                                  Victor Sisan Awani (24/04/2010)
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