Everybody’s duty is to give. 

This is a duty. 

The Holy Bible calls our attention to it.

 

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. “Matthew 13.44-46

 

What does this parable of Jesus Christ mean?

 

It speaks about a man who is matured to recognize God’s Word’s endless abundance and its nature when he is touched by it. Only that man can honestly say goodbye from spirit to everything who really feels the difference between material possessions and heavenly treasures.

 

For buying it, he has to sell his everything.

What is his everything?

 

It is not only about material possessions. He has to free himself of everything he insists on like money, people, dogmas and feelings.

 

To be able to do this, he has a long way here in the Earth, in the material practice. Since the values seen with human eyes are material, the opposite’s powers make these false and seeming values strong in the people.

 

We are different. Our spiritual phases differ. As high as my spiritual phase is so much I can give up and give.

 

For most people it is hard to understand they possess that that they give.

 

While a man’s spirit is stuck to something, he chains himself up to the object of his devotion.

 

The more he can give up from these things (unasked, without any bad feelings), the more chains he will free himself from and his spiritual strengths will be freed as well. Because every of this devotion is a restriction which keeps the man’s spiritual strengths chained up. When I give the object of my devotion, I will be richer by treasures. I don’t get any new but I give bigger place inside me to the spiritual man. So what I give is mine.

 

If I give anything to anyone, it will be mine because I don’t insist to it and I am not chained up any more.

 

If we walk on the right way, then we gradually recognize the fruitlessness of our possessions. The more spiritual a man is, the more he wants to be freed from everything which is unnecessary for the spiritual life. He gladly says goodbye to idols of the old-man because he feels that the love wants one thing from him: TO GIVE.

 

Many can say that it is easy to write down such truths but to do them is almost impossible.

 

As I have already mentioned, the phase of men are different.

 

Our duty is to give as much as we can; this is our duty the work. Idleness is the thing that really kills our spirit.

 

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.” Matthew 12.30

 

Let’s do our best to be workers according to our own spiritual phase.

 

If I can’t give from good feelings but my mind leads me to do so, I don’t really give but at least I try to walk on the way and there is an intention in me.

 

We must understand that the things, we have available, are to be served the “good”.

 

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6.19-21

 

We will be called to account what we did with the entrusted powers since everything we think as a treasure is a power.

 

Everything that doesn’t have a role and is over my needs is surplus. This surplus arises as a want at somebody else.

 

Earthly wealth, even if it is legally or illegally got or inherited, is for serving the “good” and I must give to the needy.

 

If a man wants to serve God, he will get every help that needs for it.

 

Since we live in the Earth, we need earthly possessions. If I serve the truth with my possessions, I collect heavenly treasures for myself but if these possessions selfishly serve me, then I waste and commit sins.

 

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4.17

 

“But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.” Luke 6.24

 

“Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver have corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flash like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you.” James 5.1-5

 

“And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” Hebrews 13.16

 

My brothers!

Let’s work on cutting off the chains of the devotion day by day. Let’s do our best to live as a spiritual man since we can’t take with us anything that is material. Let’s collect heavenly treasure and give what we have.

Because, what we give is ours.

                                         Gábor Gédert