Occasional Sunday Articles. Article No. SPS003. Good Things You Do For Others May Not Be From You. T

An inevitable feature of human life is imperfection and vulnerability. Even the Holy Bible emphasizes that and links it to what Adam and Eve did in the biblical Garden of Eden alias Garden of God.

Because of this fundamental feature of our lives, everyone of us: rich, poor, professional, famous, unskilled, beautiful, handsome, sporty, sexy, politically powerful, royal, commoner, etc., have needed and may still need help at some points in time in our lives. The need for help could be economic, social, political, emotional, physical, physiological, spiritual, etc; and is attained through decisions, actions, and prayers of among others: relatives, friends, colleagues, clients, customers, fans, decision makers, professional practitioners in different fields, or even people you don't know or even thought about. Strictly speaking, human life is all about perpetual interactions of different needs for help from people and subsequent receipts of needed help from others. There is absolutely no personal success that occurs outside this complex natural chain of human needs and receipts of help.

So, everyone of us have, indeed, needed and received help, and may still need and receive help in the future. Anyone objecting this, should come forward and tell us his/her unique life story! But then, why do some people help those in need for help and some others don't? This is the overriding question in this short article this Sunday.

Most decisions, actions, and prayers by people for helping others do not originate from them. They are directives from God. God help people who are close to him and have asked him for help, through other people and circumstances. People chosen by God to carry out his endeavor for helping people, may not even be aware that they are pursuing God's will and directive, when they help others. It is also God who directs people he want to help, to the people he has chosen for pursuing his helping endeavor. We will illustrate this complicated role of God in the concept of help as thus.

1) How many times have you put you own life in danger to help other people out of dangerous situation? 2) How many times have you helped others to become more prosperous than yourself? 3) How many times have you helped other people in your working place to be promoted to positions that are higher than your position? 4) How many times have you helped others to have better love relationships than yours? 5) How many times have you used your experience as "loser" to help others not to get into similar situation like yours? 6) How many times have you used your success as a "winner" to help others achieve similar milestones like yourself? 7) How many times have you helped others to get higher education qualifications like or more than yours? 8) How many times have you helped others despite the fact that you also needed similar help? 9) How many times have you given others part of what you had to help them, although what you had was inadequate to your own needs? 10) How many times have you helped strangers while there were some people who are closer to you who also needed help? 11) How many times have you been puzzled by people in need for help who omitted a chain of people capable of helping them, just to come to you for help?

The above examples describe Godly decisions, and show that helping others have nothing to do with excess or surplus. Because God does not categorize people, he can choose anyone from anywhere in the world to help someone in need for help.

Because the origin of your help to other people is from God, if those you have given help do not show appreciation, you should not be bothered about that. It is their problem with God who decided that they should get help from you. Don't complain about this lack of appreciation because God may not be pleased with you! God rewards those who pursue his will and directives for helping whoever he decides, in different ways and pace. The good things you do for others will never be in vain!