A youth ministry initiative by RBC Ministries
where you can find devotionals and resources for youth.
A youth ministry initiative by RBC Ministries
where you can find devotionals and resources for youth.
By Rohit Chacko, India
The guidance of the Lord was clear:
“Why do you seek your own glory?”
He rebuked, “Seek it not,
For you shall lose your life.
Only in Me is there eternal rest!”
But the devil tempted the poet in words,
“Dear sir, look beyond, the world awaits!
Just bow a knee and your fame shall soar—
The horizons of your knowledge will grow leaps and bounds
Soon, better verses shall you distill.”
Then the Lord decreed aloud,
“Not by your skills,
Nor by your ability shall you succeed,
But by My Spirit,
And My Spirit alone.”
My soul was thrown in high distress.
I searched through tomes of misguided truth.
My torment increased thousands over thousands!
The more I looked to knowledge,
Greater my agony became!
Satan mocked my destitution,
And so did all the hordes of the fallen.
My dreams and ambitions lay crippled in the dust.
Only then, did I recall the words of the Lord—
‘Why do you seek your own glory?’
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What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving
with which he labors under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22
If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it.
But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world
but are yourself lost or destroyed?
Luke 9:24-25
