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‘I will…gladly spend and be spent for [you]’ 2 Corinthians 12:15 NKJV

At first, Nelson Mandela was motivated by a dream to free himself from oppression. But his dream expanded to include others. He writes: ‘The hunger for my own freedom became the greater hunger for the freedom of my people. It was this desire for freedom of my people to live their lives with dignity and self respect that animated my life, that transformed a frightened young man into a brave one, that drove a law-abiding attorney to become a criminal, that turned a family-loving man into a man without a home, that forced a life-loving man to live like a monk.’ When Mandela found himself at the crossroads of life-with one path leading to personal gain and the other to serving his people-he chose the more difficult higher road of helping others. And look at the impact he has made. Have you been confronted with that decision? If so, it doesn’t mean abandoning your dream. It means expanding it! Thomas Edison said, ‘I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others.’ He didn’t stop being an inventor so that he could help others. No, he used what he had already accomplished for himself to help others. Don’t simply aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference! Paul writes: ‘…I will not be burdensome to you; for…I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls…’ (2 Corinthians 12:14-15 NKJV) In getting and gaining you become successful, but only in serving do you become significant. So live for others!

SoulFood: Micah 1-4, Luke 24:45-53, Ps 51, Pr 22:12-16

The Word for Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright 2012

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