The ME Generation

We have been talking about current events in our Sunday School Class, then looking at scripture to see what the Bible says about the event.

Pope Francis has suspended German Bishop Frantz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, nicknamed the "Bishop of Bling" until his lavish living style can be investigated.   He was the Bishop of Limburg in Germany.  Now he faces the prospect of seeing his lavish mansion turned into a refuge center or soup kitchen to feed the homeless.

Some of his big-ticket expenditures are reported to be $475,000 spent on walk-in-closets and a $20,000 bathtub.

I couldn't decide whether this was all about power, greed  or just about ME.

It certainly should cause us to look at our own lives and see how we may be wasting our money on our own desires instead of furthering the work of our God and our church.

It's all about Me!  This message is declared by so many men and women today that it could be the motto of our modern world - a challenging world that is destructively self-centered.

Oviously understanding that no one is perfect and probably would not make 100 per cent if tested on the following attributes:  To be helpful,  courteous, kind, constructive, sincere; or to serve, give, and listen to advice .  We should be open-minded enough to talk with  others, family and friends.  This will enable the important decisions to be made jointly and not solely by us.

The question we should ask:  Is it really all about Me?

For followers of Christ however  the answer is clear ; it is not all about ME , it's all about Jesus Christ and others.  A selfish person will have a hard time finding the golden key to happiness.  The power is not in us but through  us, and that power comes from the one God and Father of all.

" And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature."  Luke 8:14

"But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. .    For it is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced their hearts with many pangs," I Timothy 6:9,10