When I arrived at the place where I am living things became very tough, I couldn't find a job and the country was getting stronger and stronger (Venezuelans will understand) and I found a family that, although they were poor, wanted to live as if they were rich.
Such a situation led me to go into debt because my mother-in-law "wanted to eat well and I didn't have a job" and since she lived in her house I had to find a way to do something and that something was to go into debt so that she could eat well.
As time went by, I realized that they were poor (or low-income) people who had a rich mentality and although any pastor and coach today would say that this is how it should be, the truth is that being poor we cannot want to live like rich.
They told me about people from this same family who every year "had" to go on vacation and they told me that when they returned they would ask someone to give them a package of flour or a package of rice because they had nothing to eat. And one says What?
And so it is, people who prefer to treat themselves and then "we'll see." They don't have to eat or wear, but they have to celebrate their 15th birthday and then we'll see! Or “God will provide because God is faithful.”
I remember having a lot of problems with my mother-in-law because she had to eat "good proteins" (that is, eat good meat) constantly. By the way, her motto is "I am starving" (and she says it like something cool and cool)
And the thing is that I think Christians are worse at this because they disguise it as faith: "I'm going to treat myself to this and then God will provide because God doesn't leave his children ashamed and he is our provider," "I'm going to buy this thing." because I am a son of the king of kings and I must dress like a son of the king” and the sad thing is that pastors of what they call "prosperity" encourage parishioners to do that.
My wife tells me that the church where she attended was a constant pressure on her to appear rich because if you didn't have good things it meant that God was not with you, and she was a leader there, imagine a leader showing that God is not with her by not having expensive things! How crazy! go into debt buying things to pretend that God is with them.
Yes, God provides, yes, God sustains, Yes, the Bible says that there is no descendant of the righteous who begs bread, but if we are not good administrators what God provides we will waste it and when we don't have it we will wonder what happened.
I just remembered a birthday where they invited me, it was very good, they gave out a lot of food, there were several cakes, soft drinks, I remember that I had several months without drinking soft drinks or eating cake and I felt in heaven, but... The next day I found out that The family was all worried because they didn't know they were going to have lunch, because there was no money and the cupboard was empty! !!!!!!!!
People who have to wear expensive things, people who have to eat expensive things. Oh, I feel like eating some churros at churro mania, oh, I feel like eating some hamburgers.
Yes, creature of God, if you eat those churros, what are you going to have for breakfast tomorrow? God will provide???
Beloved, it is urgent to learn to be good administrators (obviously without going to extremes)
As for me, I believe that the moments of poverty that I have had have taught me a lot because I value every spoonful of sugar, every grain of rice, every spoonful of coffee, every splash of water.
I remember that sometimes because of my low blood sugar problems I would get dizzy, shake and there was simply nothing sweet to give me! and I had to wait until God provided from somewhere or sometimes we would ask one of the two neighbors we trusted for a little sugar while God provided.
I remember that on several occasions with the same coffee grounds I made coffee up to 4 times because we didn't have enough to buy coffee and years later I went to my parents' house and saw the previous day's coffee being thrown down the sink and I almost cried with pain. .
I remember visiting some relatives and they had an almost new computer with an Intel I5 processor and 8GB of Ram. On the floor collecting dust! and I thought about mine with 3 ram and a processor slower than a pentium 3 and that for it to turn on I must first do a 4 hour intercession! And he almost told the computer that was on the ground "Come with me, I'm going to take care of you."
And it happened to me myself that sometimes, like many Christians, I said "I'm going to treat myself to this pleasure and God will provide" and the thing is that then "God didn't provide" and I began to question God and then I understood that I should question myself. My way of acting is the same and sometimes yes, I indulge myself (usually cookies that I like so much) but after praying and God providing me specifically for that pleasure.
I believe that Christians must abandon this deception of faith and learn to be good administrators.
And it's not that we conform to poverty, I don't conform to this poor life but while I am poor I must learn to manage every coin, money, clothes, food, everything!
And not only because I am poor but to give value to what God gives me and to give value to the God who gives it to me and to be grateful.
I hope God does not have to put many of you in the situations in which he put me to learn to be good administrators and be grateful for everything that God gives us.
For example, I remember that in the most difficult moments we went to a Montonera house (here “Montonera” is called a house whose parents died and did not officially distribute what was left to each one, so the house belongs to everyone) of some neighbors across the street to pick up the mangoes that fell and what we found on the ground was what we ate all day. And if there wasn't any on the ground we couldn't take down those who were in the bush because one of the brothers there would make us look like we were in the ass.
(And yes, it happened to me while I continued giving words that were fulfilled just as God showed them to me, and while I prayed more than anyone else - I clarify so that it is not thought that it was due to a lack of seeking God -)
And that was one of the things that I hope doesn't happen to them to learn to be good administrators and be grateful.
I hope that each of us learns to be good stewards and grateful and to treat with care and love what God gives us (without idolizing things obviously)
Well I hope it is a blessing to someone.
Kisses
elprofebubba
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