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The Dead Sea has no outlet. All the fresh water flowing into it become stagnate. While it is interesting to look at and fascinating to study, the water in undrinkable, polluted and putrid.
That is a good picture of a person who lives selfishly, who is a taker but not a giver, God did not create us to be a reservoir that only collects. He created us to be a river that is constantly following. When we live selfishly, always receiving, always taking but never giving, we become stagnate and polluted. Putting it bluntly, our lives will start to stink. We will go around with a sour attitude, we will be no fun to be around, always irritable and hard to get along with. And it is all because nothing is flowing out of us. Yes, God wants to pour good things into your life, but if you want to live your life will maintain its freshness.
Stop hording what God has given you and star sharing it with other. Share your time, your energy, you friendships, you love and your resources. If God has given you joy, share it with somebody else. Make someone else happy, cheer up another person, be a friend to somebody. If God has given you talent and the ability to make money do not simply accumulate more for yourself, share these resources with other. Do not allow yourself to become stagnant. You must keep your river flowing. That is the way to truly prosper in life and be happy.
I have a lot of difficulty issues in my life right now. When I get out of all these problems then I will go out and help somebody else.
You have it backward. Go help someone first, then God will begin to run your situation around. Remember the fundamental principle. You must sow the seed first, then you will reap the harvest. If you want t get well, sow a seed by helping somebody else get well. If you want to be happy, help somebody else enjoy a little happiness. If you are having financial difficulty, give some money to someone in need, help the poor or sow a little extra offering. You most plant some seed if you are hoping for harvest.
When you go through difficult times, because of the stress it is easy to focus only on your needs, on what is wrong in your life. But if you want the best stress relief of all, get your mind off yourself and go help somebody else. Something supernatural happens when we turn out attention away from our own needs to the needs to others. God’s supernatural power seems to be activated by unselfish gesture. When you have problem, so not concentrate on your need, think about what kind of seed you can sow to get you out of that problem.
