MOH part 3
If you want something... you have to give it. Or share it. Because you already have everything you could ever possibly need. You have been blessed with all Spiritual blessings. You have been given all things that pertain to life and godliness. Jesus did it all so you could get it all. And now you have it all. It's not about "getting" anything. It's about experiencing what you've got. God is not a genie in a bottle where you make a wish and hope you've been good for goodness sakes. God is a loving heavenly Father who gave you everything He had when He gave His only begotten Son. Jesus poured out His blood for you. He literally gave His life for you, and gave His life to you. That's what love is... giving everything you have and everything you are. But the key here is to understand that you can't give what you don't have. And you can only give what you do have. So you have to receive it first. You have to let God love you before you can love others. And once you know (and believe) that you have what you need... that's when you can stop worrying about yourself and start concerning yourself with others. You can be Christ-centered (people-centered) instead of being self-centered. You can stop trying to make yourself happy, and you can Make Others Happy. You can EXPERIENCE what you've got by SHARING what you've got. What you magnify is what manifests. So if you magnify lack, that's what will manifest. If you go around lamenting all the things you don't have... it'll seem like you don't have anything. If you're always trying to get, you won't be able to enjoy what you've already got. And, as always, the best way to enjoy something is to share it. That's when it gets bigger. More real. That's when life is truly worth living. To live is to love, and to love is to live. You can't have one without the other, and you can't DO one without the other. Because they are the same thing. What I'm trying to say is... remember "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"? You pursue YOUR happiness when you pursue the happiness of OTHERS. There's nothing in this world that could possibly make you as happy as making others happy. Their joy MAGNIFIES your joy. It's a consuming fire that consumes everything but itself. It feeds on itself and grows and grows and grows. Happiness has nothing to do--at all, in any way--with selfishness. Getting something for yourself might "seem" to make sense. The more I get the happier I am, right? Wrong! The more I get, the more I need. But the more I GIVE... the happier I am. Because the more I give... the happier YOU are. It's counter-intuitive. It doesn't "make sense." But that's the way the Kingdom is. It's upside down and backwards. It's not supposed to make sense to the carnal mind. It's Spiritual. Happiness doesn't come from the outside-in. It's not external. It's from the inside-out. It's giving what you've got. Being who you are. Loving others!