Life here on this earth is sorta like a ~vanilla ice-cream cone~… The more time we spend looking around, desiring another variety of *IT*, the more of the sweet savor of what we got Is lost..
Cause before one can know it, that good ole vanilla, that God gave us to begin with, has started to melt and run down through our fingers, right on down our arm, and dripping off of our elbow, *IT* falls to the ground, and *IT* IS lost forever to us in the sands of time….
SO, *IT IS Written* for us to read, learn, and obey… John the Baptist preached!
(Luke 3:14).. “Do violence to ~no~ man, neither accuse any falsely: & Be *Content* with your wages..”
(Philippians 4:11).. Paul said, “I have learned. In ~whatever state~ I am. Therewith to be *content*” … and
(I Timothy 6:-8)… “godliness with *Contentment* ~IS~ Great Gain.. For we brought ~nothing~ into this world, and *IT IS* Certain that we can carry ~nothing~ out…. AND Having ~food & raiment~ let us therefore be *content*…
Sorta warns us about the man pleasers that preach toward the hungry eyes of a lustful world of ~Prosperity Seekers~ doesn’t *IT*?
(Proverbs 23: 17) .. Let ~NOT~ thine heart *Envy* sinners: But be thou in the ~fear~ of THE LORD ALL Day Long…. (While we are pressing our nose’s to the window of the variety of worldly life, lusting with our eyes, in envy of another who is holding a chocolate ice-cream cone in their hand, our own ~gift~ of vanilla is melting away, AND the old serpent is sitting in the corner observing and laughing, just as he did with Adam & Eve… and singing, “I Got You Babe”!)
BUT on the other hand, we can grab that vanilla ice-cream cone, and gobble it up too fast, the coldness of *IT* will go ~Right TO our heads, and we end up with the worst head ache ever….
*SO IT IS*, when we jump out into the world in: “Pride” of our Accomplishments… getting a swollen head, thinking ourselves better than thou, because we think ourselves to be either more of a Christian, more educated either in spiritual teachings or secular studies, better at music, of voice, prettier, and we parade ourselves before the world as: ~Somebody~… wanting recognition for ~ALL~ things… even down to the simple, “I WANT TO BE Recognized IN The Church Services Today, because I have a fleshly ~Birthday~, ~Anniversary~, any occasion of fleshly accomplishment” … STOP! Sincerely ask yourself, “What has this, ~MY~ fleshly accomplishments, to do with leading folks to THE LORD?” “Learning & teaching OF God’s Holy Written Word The Bible?” “Giving OF Thanks TO THE LORD FOR: the days that HE HAS Given to each of us?” “The Accomplishments THAT: *I* would not have had, *IF* IT Had not been THAT God Allowed IT TO BE SO!” SO *MY* being recognized, for anything IS Empty Vanity… When I have ~NEED~ To be giving “Thanks” TO my Maker for all things…. AND SO!
(Philippians 2:3)… Paul said: “Let ~Nothing~ be done through strife OR vainglory; BUT *IN* Lowliness of mind, let each ~Esteem~ other better than themselves”…
SO our thoughts that by standing up and testifying, “Look what God gave *ME* because *I* was *GOOD* and *I* decided TO Render *MY* Heart TO God so HE Rewarded *ME* With, so many acres of land, a new car, a fancy home, *IS*, ~ALL~ vanity… for we are NOT giving testimony of God’s Goodness, BUT our own….
*IF* we would give a Testimony of God’s Goodness, we would give the accounts of: “THE Gospel OF HIS Kingdom”, “THE Gospel OF HIS Son, Jesus Christ”, “OF HIS Mighty Power TO Save in ~ALL~ Ways, HIS Control over, the very breath that we finite folk breathe….
*LIFE*, as God sees fit to give IT TO US, Whatever portion HE, our MAKER Metes out to us, we NEED TO Recognize, and embrace AS HIS Will for us…
Take *IT* to heart, live *IT* Purposefully TO: THE LORD, serving and walking IN HIS Will and Way, as a living breathing ~Testimony~ of The LOVE OF Christ… Savoring each lick of the vanilla cone, not missing even a drop of the goodness, That only comes from our LORD God The Father, HIS Son, Jesus Christ, nor ignoring any of the ~Comforting Guidance~ THAT only IS Accomplished, in a humble obedient walk with Christ by the Holy Ghost….
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