Let us invest in heaven (Fifth part)
Verse of the day: Matthew 7:12 “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets”
The fundamental principle is still the same: “We reap what we sow”. Paradoxically, many people want to reap what they did not sow. Everybody naturally wants to have a peaceful and joyful life where all doors get open in his favor and there is nothing wrong in desiring good things. The only mistake to avoid is to desire fruits while there was no seed planted. We cannot ask the avocado tree to produce mangos simply because we need mangoes. The avocado tree will only produce avocados and the mango tree will produce mangos.
The verse of the day (Matthew 7:12) has transformed my Christian life. It says that we should do to others what we would have them to do for us. And many people neglect the most important part of the verse where it says: “for this sums up the Law and the Prophets”. We cannot take this verse seriously as long as we do not understand that it is a law or a principle established by God Himself.
If you want to be understood by people, you need to sow understanding in trying to understand them because if you close all the doors in sticking on your own ideas without trying to understand others, one day you will find yourself in a situation where you will need to be understood and you will be frustrated to find out that nobody wants to understand you.
If you sow compassion toward those who are in need by helping them to sort out their problems, the day you will be in the same situation, God will send to you people (who are not necessary those you have helped) who will have the same compassion for you and will help you out.
When you do what is right to somebody, you should not expect to reap from that very person but the seed you sowed in him by doing good was recorded somewhere in the spiritual world and you will reap at the proper time if you do not give up as it is written in Galatians 6:9.
The teaching of sowing in finances has become a taboo topic in certain churches because Christians do not want to hear money spoken in church. Some go even far in saying that Jesus did not use money in His ministry but if that was the case, He would not need a treasurer for Judas was (John 13:29).
In the sixth part, we will see how Jesus used to manage money and who were supporting Him.
Chris Ndikumana
