12/07/2024
LESSON FROM A RICH MAN
*A rich man was once interviewed on an Israeli TV programme. He was a billionaire.
He was asked *if he had ever been surprised by anything*. He said *yes, on one of his many trips around the world, a man shocked him with his belief*.
So he began:
_In the street of Jerusalem one day, I looked directly inside a synagogue and saw a man extending his clenched palms towards heaven._
_It was after the afternoon prayer. Everyone else had finished praying and gone, but he remained praying_.
_Curious, I went inside the synagogue to see the man's face and I saw him in tears as he was praying fervently._
_I waited patiently until he was done with his prayer. Then I asked him *what the problem was.*_
He said *he had an urgent need for $10,000 for his Wife who was in the hospital.*
I said, *"Is this why you are praying so passionately?"* He said *yes.*
_Coincidentally, I had exactly $10,000 in my pocket. So I counted the money and gave it to him_.
_Without waiting to thank me first, *he prostrated instantly to thank GOD*. Then he stood up and *thanked me too.*_
_Bewildered by his attitude, I told him *how impressed I was*. So, I extended my personal card containing my direct line and direct email address._
*"I'm impressed by you, anytime you need anything, money...any amount, call me directly and you shall have it."*
This man shocked me!! *He refused my offer.*
_The TV host was surprised too. *"Why did he reject your offer?"*_
*"His reason made me a changed man’”* answered the young billionaire.
*"What was his reason?",* the obviously impatient TV host asked.
*Well, in his words, he said "No, thanks. I won't call you when I need money or anything else. I will always call the ONE who sent you."*
_Don't let any man play God in your life - not even your boss. GOD is the Giver and Controller of the Universe. Look only to Him._
*I will add, don't ever try to play GOD in the life of anyone, do your best and move on.*
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Jeremiah 17:5-8 NKJV
[5] Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD.
[6] For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, And shall not see when good comes, But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, In a salt land which is not inhabited.
[7] "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD. [8] For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
