1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.
After Tae died, I started reading through the books that she had read....books that she enjoyed. I started with the Giver Trilogy and then to the Divergent Trilogy and in the Divergent Trilogy, we are introduced to a "world" divided into fractions. Four in fact...each with its own distinguishing characteristics that they hold most important above all else. Every one fits perfectly into one of the four...except for the divergents which have the good qualities of certain mixtures of the fractions.
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.
After Tae died, I started reading through the books that she had read....books that she enjoyed. I started with the Giver Trilogy and then to the Divergent Trilogy and in the Divergent Trilogy, we are introduced to a "world" divided into fractions. Four in fact...each with its own distinguishing characteristics that they hold most important above all else. Every one fits perfectly into one of the four...except for the divergents which have the good qualities of certain mixtures of the fractions.
I say all of this to say that one of the groups holds knowledge as the
most important of all. Not just knowledge to know but the quest of
knowledge overrides everything else. Experiences are collected like
pawns...notches on a belt...and if the experience ends up helping
someone else, well then that's an added bonus and not for the one being
helped. Self-worth becomes defined by all that I know about anything
and everything.
Are we not much different if we aren't careful? If we don't humble ourselves before Him? Are we building our own tower of Babel? If we don't leave ourselves out of the whole equation.....Our "Bucket Lists"....Are they for us or for Him? For us or for the Kingdom? For us or for those still seeking?
We will be lifted up....God tells us in His Word that this will happen. Our reward will come in due time....but I have a feeling that the reward that He refers to pales in comparison to any earthly reward that we could possibly fathom.
Seek knowledge humbly. Seek experiences humbly.
Seek Him above all else....always.
Are we not much different if we aren't careful? If we don't humble ourselves before Him? Are we building our own tower of Babel? If we don't leave ourselves out of the whole equation.....Our "Bucket Lists"....Are they for us or for Him? For us or for the Kingdom? For us or for those still seeking?
We will be lifted up....God tells us in His Word that this will happen. Our reward will come in due time....but I have a feeling that the reward that He refers to pales in comparison to any earthly reward that we could possibly fathom.
Seek knowledge humbly. Seek experiences humbly.
Seek Him above all else....always.
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