GOOD FOR NOTHING

Selfishness comes to man naturally. Man is consumed by the ’Me-factor’ or the What’s-in-there-for-me-factor. It is very common to hear the words Me-first, Me-only, Just-me etc without even thinking if anyone would get hurt.

People rarely do anything for nothing. What’s my gain is usually the first thing they would ask. Almost everybody does something to get something directly or indirectly. It’s so bad that we are ‘Good to God’ for something. Its all about what we can do for us and never about what we can do for him. And when we don’t get those things, we get so discouraged. When was the last time you did for God, something for nothing………………….long ago or never?

While it may be true that life is all about Pros and Cons, Cause and Effect, Give and Take, it is God’s desire for us to be ‘Good For Nothing’. 

When I say Good for Nothing, I do not mean Uselessness that many people often associate ‘Good for Nothing’ with neither does it mean being Greedy or Selfish. People who are good for nothing will eventually receive something far greater than what they could ever think of getting.

Remember Joseph in the Bible? He was Good for Nothing by first not sleeping with his Master’s wife. Next, he interpreted the Baker and Cupbearer’s dream while he was in Prison! He didn’t allow the Prison situation to debar him from using the Gift he freely received from God. He could have chosen not to interpret the dream. Nobody would have beaten him. But he did interpret the dream and still had to wait for a while before deliverance came to him. He didn’t even get angry at the cupbearer for forgetting him in the Prison. He interpreted Pharaoh’s dream and guess what, he got promoted. I doubt if he saw that coming.

Mordecai too was Good for Nothing. he taught and trained the little orphan girl without even knowing she was going to be Queen someday. Just imagine if he maltreated her, abused her or even sold her into slavery, and she still ended up Queen, do you think she would have cared enough save her people? Mordecais reading this, take care of the Esthers that God has given you. who knows what he/she would be in 20 years.

There is nothing bad in asking as Rahab did to the two spies, but don’t make it a right and don’t get offended when you don’t get anything.

You see, the whole idea of ‘Good for Nothing’ is quite simple. Don’t do things because you want to be rewarded or applauded. Do things with the bigger picture in mind. Do good things with the mindset of meeting a need without getting any reward for it. We have little time on earth here. If we keep doing things for something, we won’t get anything done.

So, are you Good for Nothing or Good for Something.

YOU CAN ONLY GET REALLY BLESSED FOR WHAT YOU CAN’T BE PAID FOR. 

Message By: Pastor Sina Abegunde
Date: 31.07.2016