There once was a man who who owned the most luxurious car in the world, he paid a lot of money for it, he had it cleaned and serviced regularly…it was quite the masterpiece. People from all over admired him for it, some may say that he was worshiped for the stunning piece of machinery. He was liked, a role model, all who knew him longed to achieve what he had, to be able to sit in heaven on wheels. But, with all the glitz and glamour, there was a problem that everyone had overlooked: The car had no fuel and it never went anywhere.
Just across the road their lived a poor delivery boy, all he had was a rotten old scooter, the noise it made irritated the neighbours, others laughed and made jokes about it, it looked like it hadn’t been cleaned or serviced in years. But, the boy never missed a delivery, he went to and fro as was needed of him. With all of the filth, noise and unassuming boy driving the beat up scooter, no one realised: The scooter had fuel and it went places.
With all of our skills, talents, looks and charm, we may be praised, we may be the centre of attention and we may be considered a success. But in God’s Kingdom, if we are not fueled and empowered by the Holy Spirit. We’re never going to get anywhere.
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