After my post on investing wisely
I was told by a member of my Whats App chat group: Complete the sermon by
telling us the lasting values so we can pursue them.
I shied away at first. But really
it is a serious matter. I will therefore amplify on what was said earlier. We
need to engage in what will help us achieve the very purpose of life. I am
convinced that the purpose of life is to gain spiritual maturity by recognising
the Laws of our Creator and living accordingly.
But the man of today would rather
spend and invest his efforts on things that fan his vanity. For example man
does not gain in the true sense nor does it hold eternal values for him if he
becomes the fastest runner, a skillful boxer, a winner of a beauty pageant or
if he knows whether the horse appeared on earth before or after the fly! All of
these are what in scripture has been described as chasing after the wind! In
all simplicity: they are all about our vanity.
What we need to do in the first
place is only that which helps in our spiritual advancement and ascent and thus
also serves to further Creation and our fellow men. So by all means be the best
at what you do! In all our activities we should ask ourselves what advantage
they will bring both to ourselves and to mankind. Let us therefore embrace a
high and noble goal in all our earthly activities so that we can be the human
beings that are pleasing to He Who gave us life!
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