Self-focus plagues today’s humanity. It’s all about them and use family – parents, children and relatives for personal advantage. If our heart were to be sliced, the core would be selfishness. We all strive and walk over people even though we are unclear of our destination. God also is not spared in the process. He ends up being used for our personal gratification.
Christopher Voss puts it so beautifully, “remember that people are not against you, they are for themselves. Which is why curiosity, empathy, mirroring, and labelling work like magic. It’s not about you. It never was.”. When you ponder over the statement it convinces us to be selfish and self-centered. The old age barter system is used in relationships also.
When we study the life of Jesus we see His selfless behavior. He was God in human form who never desired the pleasures of life for lust, and kingdom expansion. He had a divine purpose, i.e. to die on the cross shedding his blood for the ransom of man’s sins. He came to make a provision for your sin and my sin. He didn’t die on the cross because He was helpless. He who rose people from the dead also rose Himself from the dead. He was that powerful, yet He gave Himself as a sacrifice so that you and I can experience forgiveness of our sins and lead a guilt free life. He wanted us to enjoy life after death in eternity with Him.
Once a student questions Karl Barth the theologian by asking a question,
Student: “Sir, don’t you think that God has revealed himself in other religions and not only in Christianity?”
Barth: “No, God has not revealed himself in any religion including Christianity. He has revealed himself in his Son, Jesus”.
It may look like an arrogant statement, but it is so true my dear friends. The Bible states in 1 John 5:12-13, “The one who has son has life. The one who does not have the son of God does not have life. I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.”. Most of us are clueless. We are stuck with religiosity or hold on to mythological gods. We compartmentalize ourselves based on religion and blind ourselves from the truth.
The truth is in Christ Jesus who rose from death and made a way for mankind. Stop assuming gods are for our convenience. To a larger extent this has become true because making gods is a multi-million-dollar business. We become gods because we have crafted them ourselves based on the unverified stories and imagination. Rather I urge you today to take an effort to know the truth and treat yourself and others the right way.
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