A wealthy man took his son into the rural countryside with the sole purpose of showing how impoverished people live. The trip resulted of concern that the son was showing unhealthy signs of an ungrateful and reckless spirit. After spending a day and night on a tenant farm with dirt floors, no running water or electricity, the father asked his son how he felt about the trip. The young man answered that it had been exceptional and he had learned a great deal!
Anxiously the father asked for details as to what his son had learned and was surprised to hear: ‘I saw that we have a dog at home and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden but they have the stars. Our patio reaches to the front yard, they have the whole horizon. Thanks Dad, for showing me how truly poor we are.’
It’s a rather interesting twist to what the father had desired to impart to his son. It’s really not what you have but how you look at it that matters. Let’s face it, the Pharisees knew the Word but missed the Messiah. Most of us have multiple versions of the Bible on our phones no less, walls of books and files of downloads, catalogues of worship music and videos; yet we’re more depressed and stressed than any generation before. Somehow, we seem to be missing a very real point. 2 Peter 1:4 says,’ For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them you can become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.’ Peter is talking about not only the knowledge of the word but also the understanding of the word.
Remember, each person is a trinity. The body must have food and water for energy and to function in a healthy manner. The soul must receive love, security, praise and purpose for emotional maturity and the ability to maintain healthy relationships. We can have all of these and yet, if the spirit-man isn’t fed, a person will never mature as a Christian. (Imparting the Father’s Heart Course Manual)
It’s what He wanted for us….’life, and that we have it more abundantly.’
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