Indeed, humility is the foundation of all Christian virtue. We must always remember, however, that the promised exaltation by God can look an awful lot like failure in the eyes of the world, even death. As far as I am aware, none of the Saints died wealthy. Those who did attain some amount of wealth usually spent their lives giving it away.
What we must guard against is allowing the measurement of success that the world provides to be the primary influence of the use of our gifts and talents, our pursuit of humility, and our pursuit of the will of God for our lives.
Let me check around with our community, but I am pretty sure there are examples of saints dying wealthy.
For what it's worth tho, we are not really talking about Exaltation in the form of wealth. Surely, many of the Canonized Saints are such precisely because they were well loved/known during their lifetimes.
Fully agree that none of our motivation should be drawn from 'becoming recognized' in the eyes of the world. It should be for the glory of God -- if we do our duty well, we may end up becoming recognized but ONLY for the purpose of glorifying God.
I think we are on the same page; my title here is just intentionally click-baity haha
Indeed, humility is the foundation of all Christian virtue. We must always remember, however, that the promised exaltation by God can look an awful lot like failure in the eyes of the world, even death. As far as I am aware, none of the Saints died wealthy. Those who did attain some amount of wealth usually spent their lives giving it away.
What we must guard against is allowing the measurement of success that the world provides to be the primary influence of the use of our gifts and talents, our pursuit of humility, and our pursuit of the will of God for our lives.
Let me check around with our community, but I am pretty sure there are examples of saints dying wealthy.
For what it's worth tho, we are not really talking about Exaltation in the form of wealth. Surely, many of the Canonized Saints are such precisely because they were well loved/known during their lifetimes.
Fully agree that none of our motivation should be drawn from 'becoming recognized' in the eyes of the world. It should be for the glory of God -- if we do our duty well, we may end up becoming recognized but ONLY for the purpose of glorifying God.
I think we are on the same page; my title here is just intentionally click-baity haha
~Silas
Oh yeah, I get it. lol.
Humility, and the pursuit of virtue in general, are some of my favorite topics; especially in the context of our everyday lives, like work.
Well done!
Great newsletter this week! Love this community
Glad to hear you enjoyed it!