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Throughout the past few months of my life, I have been living a life that had all my needs well taken care of. Not to say that it wasn’t the case all these years. Indeed God has provided and cared for me well all along. But in the last 8 months with my Internet Career taking off, I have had the luxury of spending on good food often without having to worry about the cost.

There were times I thought of driving a convertible and how good it would be..ironically those thoughts depresses me. I came to a point of my life where I felt making money can be so meaningless at times. Especially when I was making more than excess of what my needs demanded. I realized that without a purpose of what to do with money, it is meaningless making them.

All these while doing business, my perceived value of money changed drastically. Millions were no longer big in my eyes. I know that if I put my soul on the line chasing after money, those figures aren’t hard to achieve. But what is the purpose of it all?

My heart breaks for the poor who are facing hunger everyday. I feel that way even as I write. At times I felt happier with the thought just having enough to live by daily. I wouldn’t mind that simple lifestyle. Being wealthy brings about a truck load of responsibilities especially when one is a child of God. After reading about Rick Warren’s news about his wife getting cancer and the millions that his book sales brought in, he was burdened with the responsibility on how he is going to use that money.

I figured that if I were to use my money to buy luxurious items, it would just bring me deeper into the pit of emptiness. I have once again come to the conclusion that unless and unless I do what God specifically calls me to do, apart from that everything else is meaningless. Sometimes the allure of success in business can be strong and at times ministering to people in the business world might seem like a way of glorifying God. But I don’t think that’s what exactly God wants me to do in life. I am confident that God has much better plans, a purpose for my life that would far glorify him more than me trying to find a way and squeeze ministry in it.

Lord, you have all of me. I don’t want my way. I want yours. For it is only yours, that can truly bring me the utmost satisfaction that I can ever find.

Not my will. But yours be done, Lord.

Filed under: Daily Thoughts on July 6th, 2008