Good Morning Love,
Ecclesiastes 3:1&6 KJV: To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to gain, And a time to lose;
If God has blessed you, it is so that you can be a blessing to someone else. Having more than another person does not make you in any way a better person or better period. I see it all the time, Christians, turning their nose up at someone because they feel that their material possessions makes them better than the next person. If you are walking in a season of blessings that is wonderful but, pray for balance so that if/when the season change you are prepared for it. I've seen folk back bite when they witness another believer going through life's challenges. They make snap judgements and accusations that the person is doing something wrong or living in sin. They come against one's character and reputation based on their own suspicions and phony spiritual discernment when in fact they are the one's with an unclean spirit! Just because a person may be going through a season of suffering does not mean that they did something wrong. Everybody who walk with Christ will go through a season of suffering. We are all different and seasons affect us differently, but at one point or another we will experience it. It is not for us to try and examine or judge another person's life. That is actually one of the 10 commandments! Exodus 20:16 says: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Meaning, don't accuse someone of wrongdoing. We should never flaunt God's blessings as if we are without sin. You never know what God is doing in the life of another. You do not want your name to be associated with accusations. Keep in mind that Satan is the accuser of the brethren (Rev.12:10).
Remember in Job, the devil accused Job, saying to God, that if he would remove his blessings and protection from Job, Job would curse him. Though Job was blameless, God allowed Satan to test him. Job 2:3: even though you urged me to harm him without cause.”. We have to be very careful, God gives and God takes! The same measures you use for judgement comes back to you! Job had a couple of friends who accused him. God's wrath was aroused against them (Job 42:7)
The blessings he gives to his people are to glorify him not for showing off.
Jesus teaches us best:
The devil told Jesus to jump from the top of the temple and, when the angels caught him, it would prove to everyone he was the Son of God. Jesus knew better than that. He knew that he was meant to die on the cross, not by jumping off a temple. God's plan was that Jesus would be glorified through suffering, not through showing off. (Mat. 4:8-10)
There is purpose in suffering as there is purpose in harvesting. God gives to us so that we can give to others. God allows us to go through tough times so that we can have compassion on others. We should never use his blessings to think more highly of ourselves. We reap what we sow.
Acts 14:22 NIV: "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God
Acts 20:35 NLT:‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
Baya...that Godly Diva
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