They greatly sacrificed complacency or any comforts in life in order to lay a foundation and to live for the goal of bringing God's children toward God's path.
Each generation seems to lose the value of living for others as they practice more selfish ways of individualism.
Suppose there are two students who rent an apartment. Of course they have their own responsibilities and possibly chores assigned to each one of them. Maybe one of them gets up and cooks breakfast for the others.
What would happen? The other person has the potential to become proud that their roommate is serving them or they could be humble and thankful.
They can become very arrogant and take the person for granted for serving them and think they are foolish and take advantage that the person is serving them unselfishly. He has the freedom to be proud, but others who are witnessing this may protest and not allow such behavior. Such a person that takes the other's generosity for granted will be blamed and scolded the more proud he becomes. Isn't this true:?
When you serve other people, you can win either the other people or the environment.
If you sacrifice yourself for others, then many people can come to your side willingly. If Jesus had committed any crime and then was crucified, would humanity had been sympathetic toward his cause?
No. Jesus was blameless before God and sacrificed himself for the sin of humanity, he won the hearts of mankind.
Many of God's warriors and prophets had walked the path of difficulty, but no path was more difficult than to be crucified on the cross for others' sins. Knowing that Jesus was faultless yet gave his life for humanity, he has become the highest prophet and saint of all history.
His patience, in the face of difficulties and rebellion, was valuable, as well as his love for other people at the sacrifice of himself. With those two elements, there will be peace, love, happiness and all ideals.
In the beginning, God and man were separated due to the first parent's actions. Jesus' love, service and sacrifice would restore the true link between God and man, and man and Jesus Christ. Jesus taught this principle through his own actions in his life and through his death: patience and living for other people.
You have inner and outer struggles. You must win the inner struggle.
By being patient and having a serving heart, you will be able to win over your enemies whenever they come against you.
Many people rather have an easy relaxed life than a sacrificial one. What if those who race forward everyday for the mission of bringing God' children back toward restoration just sat around and took the easy way of life?
Would America become a happy nation this way?
Some may say, "Well, you have worked enough, you have experienced difficulties and hardships. Just relax and don't irritate us!"
If America is left in the state that it is, it will face peril. Americans has turned far away from the mainstream of Godly ideology which it was founded upon. There should be a nation, society, family and individual on the same vertical line.
Are the nation's young people concern with the rise of their nation? They claim that promiscuous sex is the way.
Is that the true way?
Everything starts with the mind.
The youth of America thinking that has been corrupted by society must be revolutionized and be restored to the vertical line linking to God. They must be led toward a very clear view of what the Godly world will be like. What a Godly society, Godly nation and Godly world must be like.
We know all these thing and that God relies on this type of ideology of living for the sake of others. So, we must not sit still. We cannot, but go ahead and get the job done.
Everyone may think that the person in charge must be the most happiest in his position because he can command people and they just immediately follow his orders. Is that an easy task? Being a leader is not an easy job. One must always be patient even when their emotions are on the brink of exploding.
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Those who are connected to the leader like cars on a train they will be led to the goal, dashing forward. If one complains against the leader and separates, they will become lifeless. So, it is best to just attain the goal and see that the evidence will be apparent.
Each moment of our lives will determine if you will lead yourself to misery and unhappiness or happiness and glory. You are either going to the side of God or Satan. You will either go to Heaven or Hell. You cannot relax or you are apt to fall into the dungeon of Hell. So you should always be alert, to be watchful for the future.
You are in the satanic world, but with patience and service to others, you can freely go back and forth even when there are many obstacles.
With this in the back of your mind, you can imagine many hardships that you will encounter. If you think of each obstacle as another challenge, you can bring victory. You should be really dedicated, brave soldier in this final spiritual battle. You are sure to have victory which God would enjoy, that Jesus would enjoy by following the example. His victory is your victory.
Return for Tomorrow's Post: The Ideal of Family
This post was rewritten and derived from Opportunity for Happiness or Unhappiness
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