This blog is a
continuation of the 'Blessing' series (The 1st part of the series can be
checked HERE). As already discussed, blessings are the most
misconstrued topic in Christendom. It's stuck to our psyche that devotion to
God ends up in material blessings. This theology of Christians is not very
different from the Hindus. Lakshmi, the goddess of good fortune,
wealth, and well-being is worshipped fervently by Hindus to get more wealth. It's
weird that the God of the Bible is also looked upon in the same way. Also, the
theology of being chosen by God is marked by one’s prosperity and poverty is
because of one’s sins. This concept mirrors the prevailing caste system of
Brahmins and Sudras.
There are pastors who
believe that God gives you a 'key' to open blessings and such pastors have
delusional goals of making it to the top 10 richest pastors in the world.
Sadly, many have become Christian psychopaths preying on the sheep entrusted to
them (Ezekiel 34:1), grooming in such false theology in people's minds. Peter
on behalf of all the disciples’ clearly states to Jesus in Matthew 19:27, “See
we have left everything and followed you. So, what will be there for
us?”. I urge you to check the poignant response of Jesus in the
subsequent verses.
Today, the Church finds
it cumbersome to help the widows, fatherless, the orphans and the saints who
are in aggressive mission work. It feels it has a greater calling and has come
to the point of distorting what pure religion is in the sight of God. The
Church is hoarding its resources and refuses to spend the funds got in God's name
for those who mean the most to God - the widows, orphans, fatherless and the
saints serving Him full time. We have become abusers of the very people that
God wants to bless.
Riches need not
necessarily lead you to the love of money. If that is the case, then people
like Abraham, Job, Joseph and David would have been lovers of money. They are
classic characters of the Bible who teach us how to channelize money to worship
God. These men were rich but loved God, not money.
If the blessing of a
man’s life depends on how much he has, then the lives of the rich and the
famous – movie stars, pop stars and sports stars - would be examples to us on
how we too should live and label it a blessing. Contentment is worth more than
all the wealth we could possibly accumulate. The Bible warns us, ‘People who
want to get rich ‘fall into temptation and trap and into many foolish and
harmful desires that plunge into ruin and destruction.’. (1 Timothy
6:9)
We need to understand
this truth. God’s highest desire is neither to make us rich, nor to make us
successful, popular or famous. God’s dream is to make us right with Him. Today,
you find people misinterpreting this truth which talks about Jesus like
this, “but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a
bondservant of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself
to the point of death, even the death of the cross.”. (Philippians
2:7-8). We brazenly misinterpret telling that God made Himself lowly to make us
rich. We sell garbage by manipulation to the Church.
Having walked the faith
journey for the last 6 years, I can confidently say favor and grace of God has
always upheld me to be a revolutionary for Him and turn many to Christ and to
His mission. Even through the abuse I faced in Christendom, I was able to focus
on God's purpose in my life and learnt my lessons well. Fulfilling God's
purpose in our life does not require riches. I urge you brothers and sisters to
lead people to Christ without promise of riches and guiding them to love God
for who He is. This will undoubtedly enrich their experience of salvation rich
rather than filthy promising them out God will bless them with riches. For this
"Lakshmi" is enough.
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