 A child was born to a very rich king, but they were
separated shortly after the child's birth. The king greatly loved
all his children and wanted this son to share in his life and wealth. He left messages
throughout the entire kingdom to tell him that he was loved and was an
heir to great wealth. Many people saw the messages and told the son
of his great wealth, but the son lived homeless and in absolute
poverty. Why? Simply because he never believed the
message. It seemed illogical to him, too good to be true. Tragic, isn't it? You could be the heir to a kingdom
of phenomenal wealth, but if you refused to believe it to be true, no
matter what others told you, you would live your life in a state of
poverty, never knowing who you really were, never tasting the riches
intended for you, never knowing the life that you could have lived and
never knowing the love of your father.
 The
real tragedy is that many people live in spiritual poverty, homeless in
their spiritual existence, simply due to a lack of belief. Our Heavenly Father
loves us beyond human
comprehension and wants us to know the great richness of life the way He
intended it for us, but until we believe this simple message we
cannot receive the least of what God wants to give us. I was one of
those with no spiritual life, but as soon as I believed in His blessings I
received His blessings. His
message of love and care is all around us; the Bible found in a hotel
nightstand, the church on the corner, the quiet voice of conscience in our
souls and even the magnificence of nature. Still, if we refuse to
hear and believe His message, we live in the poverty of our brief
physical existence and never know the reality or meaning of a wisdom beyond our own,
a love beyond our comprehension and a life that never ends.
Indeed, I am amazed
at how this great wealth has made its home in this poverty."
Words of Jesus Christ, Gospel of Thomas, Verse 29
I have come that they
may have life, and have it to the full.
John 10:10 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then
will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?
John 3:12 Therefore
I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received
it, and it will be yours.
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