A Beggar's Mindset Can Rob You of Real Blessings!

There are two important mindsets that for us Truly Club ideally follow when it comes to blessings.

First is the Beggar Mindset, and second is the Farmer Mindset.

For today's post we will talk about the Beggar Mindset and how it afflicts our lives, hence stopping us from getting to our financial goals.

Many religious people have a beggar mindset.

They want God to give them fruits. But they’re not interested in planting and growing the seeds—so that they’ll have a lifetime supply of fruits.

Please know that we all start with as beggars.

I’m sure that when you were born, you didn’t come out as a 35-year old guy with a moustache. Or a 42-year old woman with cellulite on her legs.

You came out as a baby.

If a baby cries because he’s hungry, you don’t tell him, “Look for your own milk! You fat, lazy baby!” Or if a baby cries because he’s wet, you don’t toss a diaper in his direction and say, “Change yourself!”

Babies are beggars.

Here’s the problem. Some people never grow up! They remain babies for life.

The Israelites began in the desert as beggars.

When the Israelite slaves escaped Egypt, they had to cross the desert. When they got hungry, Moses prayed to God to feed them. So one morning, when they woke up, they saw white, fluffy stuff hanging from the trees.

The Israelites looked at it, picked it up, touched it, smelled it, tasted it, and asked, “What is this?” That question is the literal meaning of the word, manna.

Can you imagine? That’s like waking up one morning, looking out your window, and seeing pan de sal hanging from the trees. Wouldn’t that be fun?

After a few days, the Israelites began to complain. “Wala bang palaman?” (Our sandwiches are empty.)

So God sent low-flying, slow-moving, foolish birds called quails that said, “Catch me, catch me!” And the Israelites grabbed the birds, put them in their bread, and ate to their heart’s content.

Imagine eating food falling from the sky. (My kids and I watched a cartoon movie, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatball. If you watched it, you don’t have to imagine.)

How can life be better than that? But alas, there are problems.

So why does God gives us problems?

Simple answer.

To teach us faith, and to teach us how that you should not stay dependent on him. For we have a destination that we should be going to and that is the Promise Land.

We are truly rich when we get to the promise land. How to get there?

Well it's all on our next post.

God bless you always.

Truly Rich Club Cebu