If the view point of Jesus is sovereign in your life should one want to know what He has to say about life?
Life as such that man values as his own soul?
It's one thing to be gracious in giving, yet it can take a life time to truly realize the power of Grace which manifest as the "How to graciously receive a true gift"
Gracious to mean pure "Joy" and that without somehow feeling we can somehow rob from the giver by giving back an equal or greater gift than the one we've been given.
Mark 8:36-37
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul ? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul ?
NIV
If any life as an existence were to serve you as your life unfolds before God, where would you look to see God's opinion?
The opinion of God below in this passage of Holy writ was said to have been formed before either child had done either "Good of Bad". An opinion which shows the equality and or equal opportunity where two lives side by side are then lived out to fruition.
God's opinion was also declared before either child had physically committed their being to doing wrong or right.
How is it possible for anyone to express an opinion concerning an unborn child that's "DONE" anything whether "Good or Bad"?
Think about it, these two twins hadn't even lived a minute in this world yet God had already formed an opinion of them both?
How does their lives now serve you and I as "We" now know in advance God's opinion concerning all that He has already provided by way a promise He (God) made to those who believe in Him?
That same opinion which was then verbalized as though a summation and commentary concerning the (prior to) lives of these twins that had yet to unfold?
In that He (God) expressed His love for one as though more than (above) the other?
Rom 9:10-15
Not only that, but Rebekah's children had one and the same father, our father Isaac. Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad — in order that God's purpose in election might stand: not by works but by him who calls — she was told, "The older will serve the younger."
Just as it is written: "Jacob I loved , but Esau I hated."
What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to Moses,
"I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
NIV
Both children having come from the same womb as well the loins of the same father (Issac) which one thought so little of His inheritance God had provided?
What was the essence of their inheritance if not the identity each could gain in the form of a blessing which would then result in both of them prospering in their individual blessings spoken over their lives?
The author of Psalms describes someone who trust's in their wealth and boast of their riches as not only a deceiver but more by adding emphasis as a "Wicked" deceiver.
Ps 49:5-9
Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me —
those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches?
No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him —
the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough - that he should live on forever
and not see decay.
What have YOU proved with the gain God has given to You? How much of all that you consider to be "Gain" also pertains to Life and Godliness while looking ahead to life eternal?
How much of YOU have you exerted in all of your said giving and that towards the purpose(s) and intentions of the Lord?
The opening question was asked, "When does simply being "Good" or doing good then prove to be "Good Enough"?
Now lets add context to this question, "As if you desire the Grace of God which will also save you, when is doing or being good, good enough?
Good enough to the point where you somehow now either "Deserve" or find yourself able to "Purchase" the grace of God that is able to save you?
Maybe we should be asking, when and how will I mature in the Lord within this great thing He has done which came in the form of a gift that's been given"?
Luke 8:14
The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life's worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.
NIV
Has your said "Faith" become the result of everything you've assumed you've given for the sake of Godliness?
Can you bargain with God with the wealth you've acquired while in this life? Meaning you've given what you consider to be "Generously" and that to the best of the best charities among society?
Or maybe you've built one, ten or a hundred shelters for widows and orphans and have the property deeds to prove it?
Maybe you've given to your local church all of your earning years and have receipts to prove it? How much is enough and that in the sight of God?
Maybe the question should be, How much of You have you held back from the Lord?
At what point is all of your said "Giving" only the result of your personal celebration of your newly born identity God has made available to you "Through" the giving of His Son?
The price paid by God having not only established the price, but also made payment to Himself that is "Enough"? Enough that is to satisfy the cost, because He is God almighty over and above ALL mankind?
How can you give to or payback a God that ALREADY has and owns all that you possess?
Who has given YOU what you supposedly "Own" or possess? How much of what possess YOU are you going to take with you when death heralds its roll call?
Have no fear as I have no want of your money or your time other than sharing in the mutual encouragement and strengthening which pertains to what God has done.
Acts 20:32-35
"Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
I have not coveted any one's silver or gold or clothing. You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.
In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
NIV
His name? Emanuel.....
Love yourself yet Love God the giver of our Christ even more. Today and every day is the day and not just one day or season the world has tried to capture as "Christmas".
For the saints of God as though a day set aside that's been labeled Christmas we celebrate the gift "We've been given" by the "Good" grace of God as though the preservation of the gift given to man.
Why? Because God Loved Him!...Amen
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