Why Most People Die With Their Purpose Still Inside Them

Our team thought it a great idea to start rewinding previous (but timely) episodes of our show during the times that Mista Yu is away from the microphone. All of these beautiful Blasts from the Past were previously broadcast, but we are sharing them with you at a time when you might need them most. Hope you enjoy the review!

What if the treasure you've spent years searching for has been with you all along?  We takes listeners on a profound journey exploring purpose – what Mista Yu calls "the P word" – and explains why many spend their entire lives searching for this elusive treasure only to discover it was within them all along.

• The greatest tragedy in life is not death but living without purpose
• We can't find purpose in others' expectations or material wealth
• Even millionaires often feel empty despite having everything money can buy
• Your job uses your skills, but your work fulfills your purpose
• The cemetery contains the greatest treasure of untapped potential
• Living a fulfilling life means making a positive difference for others
• Purpose requires us to serve and honor the one we love

Chapters

• 0:00 Episode Introduction
• 7:50 The Quest for Purpose
• 15:26 Manufacturer's Original Design
• 27:41 Creating vs. Watching Life Happen
• 32:46 Money Can't Buy Fulfillment
• 38:37 Untapped Potential & Final Reflections

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:01

Thanks again for listening to one-on-one with Mr U and your Inspiration Station. I'm really excited about today's episode and a chance to share another compelling story with all of you that I really hope changes your tomorrow. Let's not waste another minute, let's get into it. On this podcast, we're discussing the P word in great detail. On this podcast, we're discussing the P word in great detail. Many spend their entire lives trying to locate it, but never finding the greatest treasure this world has ever known. Before we're done today, you will gain some helpful practical tools to help you find fulfillment where you least expected it and what it means to live well. I'll answer nearly every life coaching question I've ever been asked, all on this one single episode. You don't want to miss this. They Call Me, mr you starts right now. What's up everybody? Welcome back to the All Purpose Pod for an all-purpose life. We're exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new mindset. We're boldly going where few have gone before. I'm your captain, baby, mr you Ha. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Welcome back to the all-purpose pod for an all-purpose life. We're your weekly mirror check before you go. Change the world wherever you are and however you listen to our podcast today. Thank you for making a Call Me, mr you, part of your morning, your day and your week. I got a heaping cup of the pink grapefruit power this morning, baby, and I'm ready. I hope you're ready.

Speaker 1: 1:55

We got a lot to talk about today, so fuel up, strap in. We're going to have some fun today, hopefully Now one of the greatest authors that I've ever known that I've ever read. He happens to be a spiritual mentor to my wife and I and has been for several decades now. He's going to be on front street for this episode. You know I listen to podcasts same way you guys do, and there's a tendency at times to want to be the newest, shiniest toy, to be the one that kind of breaks through those walls and does something so radically different and trying to just be, I guess, the next big thing. Well, here on, they Call Me, mr you. If it works, we'll talk about it, if it doesn't work, we won't. I don't want to try to reinvent the wheel. So some of the greatest thoughts on this topic came from my mentor, dr Miles Monroe. May he rest in peace. I'm going to share my top 10 of his most thought-provoking quotes, the ones that impacted me the most throughout my life. So you're going to hear the top 10 best quotes that I have from Dr Miles Monroe in context with what we're talking about today, so get your pen and your paper ready. You definitely want to take notes today. Hope you're as excited as I am today.

Speaker 1: 3:20

Number 10. The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose, and we discussed everything from marriage on this show to entrepreneurship, to health, mental and emotional health. We talked about a little bit of everything since our podcast began, but this is the episode that if we miss this, I think we miss everything. But this is the episode that if we miss this, I think we miss everything. If we don't catch this, we are perennially sitting on the sidelines hoping that things get better when the answer may be closer than we thought. If you don't mind, help me out with this little exercise Close your eyes, if you can, wherever you are.

Speaker 1: 4:01

If you're driving a motor vehicle or flying a commercial plane, please don't do that. Ok, but close your eyes if you can. I want you to picture this. Imagine walking through a city In search Of the P word City at the city road, at the endless road, highway after highway, squeezing through crowds, making friends and connections along the way, hoping, praying, seeking that treasure. You think you know what it will look like when you see it. You have your sack ready to grab it when you find it.

Speaker 1: 4:40

You search for years, countless days, weeks, months, years, but you still haven't found it. You hear others talk about it. You talk about their treasures. You can see the joy in their eyes and the excitement in their speech, but you haven't seen it with your own eyes. You've yet to find yours. You have enough sense to recognize that you can't take theirs from them and it with your own eyes. You've yet to find yours. You have enough sense to recognize that you can't take theirs from them and make it your own.

Speaker 1: 5:11

It's personalized, it's made just for you, it's crafted with you in mind. There is a specific treasure specifically made just for you. No one can utilize it like you, and certainly no one can utilize it like you, and certainly no one can appreciate it like you can. Literally, it's tailor-made for you, a manufacturer's original, if you will, even after you're long gone. No one can use it after you. No one can repurpose it or turn it into something else when you're no longer here. It can no longer be used by anyone else. It has a code that only you can unlock. Only you have the password that unlocks and releases its potential.

Speaker 1: 6:01

You are at the point of giving up on your quest. Though you search so long, you still can't find it. Maybe you're thinking there just isn't a treasure out there for you. Maybe you're just ready to give up. Now open your eyes. What if I told you that the treasure you've been searching so diligently for all these years that you watch others rejoice about that you hoped and prayed for many long nights was a little closer to home than you thought? What if this knowledge could have saved you miles and years? What if your treasure was actually in your possession the entire time? What would you think?

Speaker 1: 6:51

You know, I affectionately call our podcast and our blog series the all-purpose pod, or the all-purpose blog for an all-purpose life. Why do I do that? Well, it's not because I was hoping for something catchy or to get some kind of generic oohs and ahs. It's because I've come to the understanding that without purpose, we simply exist. We don't live, we don't blossom, we don't grow, we don't evolve, we don't excel, we simply languish. We misplace blame, we live unfruitful lives, unproductive lives.

Speaker 1: 7:35

I'm on a journey to start living at age 50. I'm just starting to understand now how important it is for me to walk in fulfillment. See, I can do things. I'm pretty talented. If you know anything about my professional background, I'm the epitome of a mixed bag. I've done technical support, customer service, logistics, government administration, border security, administrative assistance. I've done so many different things. Sales there's not a lot that I haven't tried or done at some point in time. Even retail, even small business ownership. My background runs the gamut of things that you can do, different career fields. But I'm on a journey now that I've never been on all that time, because I'm coming face to face with what's been missing. I'm coming face to face with what it means to be fulfilled, what it means to live a life worth living. I hope that our work here on they Call Me Mr U helps you to walk with us, to grow with us, to blossom with us, to begin to live with us.

Speaker 1: 8:59

Number nine God never requires anything of his creations that he didn't already build into them. Listen to that. Hear that God never requires anything of his creations that he didn't already build into them. In very practical terms, if your John Deere cuts out on you when you're mowing the lawn. Now I don't know, maybe you do, but I don't know anybody that will run into the house. Look in the yellow pages, if you still have those, and try to find a number for Husvana. I don't know who would do that. So if you're having a problem functioning or you're on a perpetual search for yourself, soul searching, you can look for a doctor and they may provide some educated guesses. They might try to give their best analysis to try to help you, or they may refer you to somebody else, or you can consult your BFF or your parent, but although they know a lot about you, they don't know the number of hairs on your head. They don't know your innermost thoughts and they can't be expected to. That job resides with the manufacturer. If the John Deere won't wear up so you can cut that grass, you can't call Husqvarna, you got to call John Deere. Stay with us, we'll be right back.

Speaker 1: 10:33

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Speaker 1: 11:21

If you made yourself and if that was actually possible, then you would call yourself. You'd be the solution for your own problem. But the truth of the matter is you didn't make yourself. You didn't create yourself. So calling your best friend or your parent or Husvana is not going to help you get the solution that you specifically need. Does that make sense? Good Number eight.

Speaker 1: 11:54

People generally fall into one of three groups the few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen and the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens. Every person is either a creator of fact or a creature of circumstance. He either puts color into his environment or, like a chameleon, takes color from his environment. Oh, I love that. I love that Even in 2021, there are still a vast minority of people who believe that giving back to the community, to the earth, to the disenfranchised, to the homeless, is not only admirable but a human requirement.

Speaker 1: 12:38

You may raise your hand and say I'm in that group. I'm in that group, but the fact that the rate of volunteerism and charitable giving is somewhere in the low 20% of the entire nation is really concerning and it calls to question whether we're really in that group at all, or do we just want to want to be in that group or we're really not. I'm not telling you to go out and join some cause and you don't know where the money's going. I'm not saying join this group because they say that they're helping the earth and they care about people. I'm not saying that, but it's something to think about. 20% is a very low number for an entire nation, billions of people.

Speaker 1: 13:26

So, with your best guess, who do you think is most likely to have located their purpose in life? The man that takes or the man that gives? I just want you to think about that one. If you're taking notes, you got your pen and paper ready. Write that idea down. Write that idea down, write that question down. With your best guess, who do you think is most likely to have located their purpose in life the man that takes or the man that gives. See, at this point you should have heard the P word at least a few times. So why does this mysterious and very misunderstood word matter so much? What does purpose actually mean? It means the reason for which something is done or the reason for which something is created. It speaks to a desired result, goal or objective. It is intention, it is will, it is designed for life, it's a determined resolve or a plan of action. That's Miriam Webster, by the way.

Speaker 1: 14:36

Ladies and gentlemen, so if asked to be put aside, if asked to put aside your job just for a moment, if asked to put aside your family and your short and long-term goals to start a business or travel the world or et cetera, what would you say is your objective right now, off the top of your head? What is your objective, what is your plan of action? What would be the primary reason you are here Now? I don't mean your family, I don't mean your spouse, I mean you. If you can give your best estimation, what would be the primary reason why you are here? It's not because mommy and daddy really liked each other a lot, a lot, a lot. It's bigger than that. It's more significant than that. What's your best, in your best estimation? What's the primary reason why you are here? To answer that question?

Speaker 1: 15:36

Open the door for fulfillment and understanding and self-value like you may never have experienced in your entire life, because most times, myself included, people tell you where they think you should be. They tell you what they think you should be doing or what you're best at, or you don't have the right education. Perhaps you're better off in food service. This is real life, y'all. Just something to think about. Number seven you must decide if you're going to rob the world or bless it with the rich, valuable, potent, untapped resources locked away within you. Did you hear that? Number seven you must decide if you're going to rob the world or bless it with the rich, valuable, potent, untapped resources locked away within you.

Speaker 1: 16:31

You know bucket lists have become very, very popular lately. They're the popular option for those who feel as though they need to make up for lost time. If you had to make a bucket list, what would be on it? How many items and where would they be on that list? That would benefit others more than you. Are any of the items on that list going to benefit somebody else other than you, or are they all just for you to benefit you, to give pleasure to you? If you want to skydive and climb Mount Kilimanjaro, that's for you. If you want to walk the Hollywood Walk of Fame, that's for you. If you want to travel to France and see the Eiffel Tower, again that's for you. But how do you spell purpose? Once we can recognize the work we should be attached to, then we have to manage the work in a fashion that's pleasing to the foreman.

Speaker 1: 17:30

There's one thing you're going to hear throughout some of the episodes, because it's a belief that I have, and I stand on this rock right here Everything that we have is really not ours. We don't own it. I know that you own your Xbox and you own your refrigerator, but I'm talking more macro than micro. On the scale of the grand scheme of things, we are given things to manage, situations to manage, households to manage. They're not ours. When you own something in today's times, with the mentality that we have nowadays, when you own something, if you mistreat it, you think that's okay because you own it, it's yours. So why is it anybody else's business? Let's use your own human body as an example. If we can go that way today, this was unplanned. So forgive me, but I want to address this real quick.

Speaker 1: 18:34

Your human body. You say that you own that body. It's yours, it's for your use. You can do with it whatever you want to do, no matter who it affects. Say, for example, that you think a certain kind of drug that makes you feel euphoric or feel a certain kind of way, you're okay with putting that into your body because it's your body, right, it's your mind, it's your heart, it's your blood vessels, it's your limbs. It's your everything. You can do with it whatever you want and treat it however. You want to Question is anybody affected by the choice that you made in this particular scenario? Is there anybody else that's affected by this?

Speaker 1: 19:26

Just think about that, because if you think that you own your own body, you're mistaken. You're managing it. There's certain things you should put into it and certain things you should keep out. You are managing a body that was given to you for a specific purpose, so it's not yours to destroy and damage all you want to. If you want to tear up your Xbox and your refrigerator, that's up to you, but when it comes to the grand scheme of things, we're given the role as managers, we're being given a work to do and the foreman gets glory for it. In this case, the foreman would be God. He gets glory for it when we do it the way he wanted it to be done. Now we're starting to talk be done. Now we're starting to talk about purpose. Now we're starting to creep into that realm where purpose lives and thrives. Let's keep going.

Speaker 1: 20:22

Number six people who changed the world have declared independence from other people's expectations. I need to sip on some of the power for that one. Number six People who change the world have declared independence From other people's expectations. We're given so much to manage Every gift, every ability, every skill, every resource. This isn't about us, and the truth is it never was. If you've been tracking with us so far in this episode, this may be where we part company. I may be in the minority in this, but again, I'm going toe to line because I'm not of the belief that every good deed should be filed under P for purpose. Let me try to explain that. Can you find and I know some, I've met some, I've been in a company of many Can you find some hip hop artists that have won awards for work that you may consider misogynistic, violent, void morally, and they're celebrated for it.

Speaker 1: 21:32

Their work is considered what they're born to do. They're telling you at the podium I thank my Lord and Savior, jesus Christ, for this work that I did, this misogynistic, violent, morally void work, sexist work. I thank my Lord and Savior, jesus Christ, for this award, for this work that I did. Think about the hypocrisy of that. Think about it now. Even if you don't like hip hop, catch my point there.

Speaker 1: 22:03

Do you know any authors that write fiction about some of the darkest, most deviant subject matter you ever seen in your entire life? How about artists who offer some of the most disturbing work imaginable, some of the imagery, the scenes, situations that are being depicted and their work sells for millions of dollars? Or journalists that embellish stories and make up things that didn't actually happen in order to sell newspapers? Or developers that destroy families in order to build the next tallest building for profit? Or politicians who twist facts and lie about data in order to push specific agendas that profit certain interests Other than you, other than you, the people? Is that what they were born to do as well, everything that we do, especially those things that we file under a good deed. It does not mean that that's our purpose.

Speaker 1: 23:09

I had a talk with a good friend of mine yesterday. We talked about the same thing. He is involved in a lot of different business ventures and even in our discussion, with all the things he has on his plate, all the things that he is definitely successful at, we came to the conclusion about 45 minutes into the conversation that there was just so much more that he felt like he should be doing Not more tasks, not more agenda items to put on the calendar, but just more substance, something more fulfilling than what he was doing. That's intense, man. If we look at just the good deeds that we do and don't get me started on good, because we talked about that in previous episodes as well we don't even know what good means. We think about what's good for us, but it's not even good. It's not good in the, in the way that that good should be described or considered.

Speaker 1: 24:07

If we can agree that a baby can't be born racist from his mother's womb, then it is reasonable to consider that every action and experience, a nurturing environment and a specific set of circumstances can shape what we discover and learn and how we develop right. Can we agree on that? Purpose has to be sought after. It's not handed to us. Purpose isn't just a collection of good deeds that we do so that we can feel good about ourselves or that we can get our attacks right off. Purpose is so much bigger than that. I'm hoping that as we move along here, you're starting to catch that. Number five, leadership is the capacity to influence others through inspiration, motivated passion, generated by vision, produced by conviction, ignited by a purpose.

Speaker 1: 25:01

King David was arguably considered the greatest King in biblical history. In my opinion, he was that. No arguments for me. King David was said to speak these words after a return from a long exile in Babylon. You can find this in Psalms, chapter 138, verse 8. It says the Lord will fulfill his purpose for me. Your steadfast love, o Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. Listen to what he is saying. He said the Lord will fulfill his purpose for me, not my purpose.

Speaker 1: 25:37

This particular psalm describes that those who are close to God Live in reality and those who believe in human power Live in a world of fantasy. Why is he saying that? Because if we think that we create our own purpose and that this wasn't already thought of before we even came out of our mother's womb. We're fooling ourselves. We don't have the capacity, as much innovative, creative ability that we have inside of us. We can't create our own purpose. It's already done. We can ignore it. Our own purpose it's already done, we can ignore it. We can cash it to the side in favor of something else, but we can't create our own purpose. We can't even make our own path. We can't even. Honestly, there's very little that we get right in life, if we're honest. We make mistakes all the time. We hurt people all the time we offend people, all the time we break our own promises and break our own vows. All the time we make very bad decisions, immoral decisions, all the time. We think things that are vile and disturbing and destructive all the time. Do you really think that we can create our own purpose and we can figure that out without the help of the manufacturer? Come on.

Speaker 1: 27:10

David was acknowledging in this moment two very specific points. One, that the Lord's purpose for him was at the top of the priority list. We got to work towards that. I know that, but that's heavy, it's big. We need to work toward that, whatever the Lord wants for us is what we want for ourselves. And number two, that in all his kingship, all his loyalty, he still understood the simple fact that he was still the work of the Lord's hands. It's more than just mama and daddy having a good time and here you go. It's bigger than that. If, arguably, the greatest king we ever heard of believes that, how much longer before we have to consider it ourselves. There is a purpose for all of us, every single person under the sound of my voice, and even those that are not listening, those that are a part of your life, connected to you, in your sphere of influence, but they don't have a say in what that is. They don't get to choose. It's been dictated for them. It's why we're here and many people go their whole life and never find that. Number four purpose doesn't make life easy. It makes life possible. Dr Monroe was the best. I just love it.

Speaker 1: 28:37

Networking with young entrepreneurs and business owners usually leads into discussions about fulfillment at work. I had one of those yesterday and earlier that week and last week. You might routinely hear this is not my dream job, but it pays the bills. You might routinely hear this is not my dream job but it pays the bills. Or, more commonly, a more commonly used response I'm working until I find a job that pays more. That's our view of fulfillment. I mean, that's what's going on out here, that's what's going on around us.

Speaker 1: 29:06

Many here in this podcast today may have had said the same thing out of their mouth, had the same mindset Fulfillment isn't something you can buy. Do you understand what I'm saying to you today? Fulfillment isn't something you can buy. It doesn't stop you from trying, but you can't buy it. Would you believe me if I told you that a millionaire friend of mine said that even with all of his millions of dollars, all of his assets, houses in several parts of the nation and the world, a car for every day of the week without a care in the world, still feels as though his life is incomplete, even somewhat empty. Would you believe that if I told you that? Believe it. It's not only a fact but it's very common, not just with my friend but with many people who are in that same financial situation.

Speaker 1: 29:53

If you look at the tabloids or some of these so-called reality shows that are not really reality, but they have some reality in them. These people are not happy with where they are. All the money in the world, all the resources, and they still find themselves missing something. I'm not advocating living in poverty, but we think it'll make us better people, but it won't. It's not a coincidence that people spend their whole life. People that spend their whole life serving others often feel better about themselves. That's not an accident. Let's move on.

Speaker 1: 30:34

Number three your job is your skill that they can fire you from at any time, but your work is your gift. No one can take that from you. Think of the coolest invention you've ever seen that was a result of a dream, an idea, a concept, a thought placed on paper and manufactured. An action was taken. It's not difficult to find somebody who spends every day fighting for relevance in their workplaces, hoping to make more, hoping to have an increased quality of life. They want more money and, if possible, they would love to be rich. They're not playing a power ball just for kicks. They want it quick, fast and in a hurry. They're not playing a power ball just for kicks. But it's not a given that these individuals have dreams. I talk to them every day. They got all these grand plans, but they don't have a dream.

Speaker 1: 31:22

A life worth living should lift people up and inspire generations to do and be better. It should make a difference in the best possible way. Question for you are we living that kind of life? Colossians 3 and 23 says you do Work heartily as for the Lord, and not for men. We find purpose In serving the one that we love. We find purpose in Honoring the one that we love. You can't put a price tag on that. Number two when purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable. Dr Monroe is on fire. When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable. Dr Monroe is on fire. When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable.

Speaker 1: 32:06

We can go back to the John Deere scenario. If you don't use the John Deere tractor or lawnmower in the way it's supposed to be used, in the way that the instructions tell you to use it, you can call a husband all you want. John Deere won't even help you because you misused the product, because you didn't understand or you didn't read it to specifications, you didn't use it in the proper way. Abuse is guaranteed.

Speaker 1: 32:37

We do that in our lives with these bodies, with these lives, with these opportunities that we have. We misuse them because we don't understand what our purpose is in all of this. Jeremiah 29 and 11 says for I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. If I talk about the welfare system, that means good health, life, all the things that we want as people, all the things that we strive for that we try to find, sometimes in the wrong places. One of the reasons that people struggle In their quest for purpose Because we, and myself included, have sought purpose in places when it is not intended to be found City to city, road to road, highway to highway. Purpose in places where it is not intended to be found City to city, road to road, highway to highway. Trying to find purpose in places that is not meant to be found. We can't find purpose in the expectations of other people, that's for sure.

Speaker 1: 33:31

Do you know that the acclaimed tennis legend, andre Agassi hated tennis? You ever heard that story? It's from several years ago. He was great at it, though, but he resented it One because he felt like it was being forced upon him and it wasn't his top priority in life, so to speak. But then, on top of that, it stole from his family, it stole time from them. It stole his personal time. He had to train. Even when he wasn't playing he had to train, and when he wasn't training he was playing. He had no time for himself. So he began to hate the skill that he had that made him so much money. See a job parallel there, like we were talking about earlier. Maybe Former New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio hated the sport of baseball and only saw it as a means to make money, and nothing more than that.

Speaker 1: 34:29

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Speaker 1: 35:19

He may be a legend in that game, but is that the kind of life you want to live where you are? Is that the kind of life you want to live? You want to go to your job and just hate it more than anything in life, but you just think about the check you're going to get, but don't know what you're going to do with that money. How are you going to apply that blessing of that finance? I'm taking you all the way to number one, the number one top 10 quote from Dr Miles Monroe. Drum roll please, number one.

Speaker 1: 35:56

The wealthiest place in the world is not the gold mines of South America or the oil fields of Iraq or Iran. They are not the diamond mines of South Africa or the banks of the world. The wealthiest place on the planet is just down the road. It is the cemetery. There lie buried companies that were never started, inventions that were never made, bestselling books that were never written and masterpieces that were never started inventions that were never made, best-selling books that were never written and masterpieces that were never painted. In the cemetery is buried the greatest treasure of untapped potential. I'm going to say that once more Number one the wealthiest place in the world is not the gold mines of South America or the oil fields of Iraq or Iran. They are not the diamond mines of South Africa or the banks of the world. The wealthiest place in the world is not the gold mines of South America or the oil fields of Iraq or Iran. They are not the diamond mines of South Africa or the banks of the world. The wealthiest place on the planet is just down the road. It is the cemeteries. There lie buried companies that were never started, inventions that were never made, bestselling books that were never written and masterpieces that were never painted. In the cemetery is buried the greatest treasure of untapped potential.

Speaker 1: 37:04

This is probably one of the truest statements I've ever heard in my life, because it's so true. If I just use my own experience, people who I've known that all the way to the end of their life never really felt like they were doing what they were supposed to be doing. People were happy what they did, they were happy with what they gave out, what the time they sacrificed, but they never felt fulfilled. Have you found fulfillment in what you do every day? Do you aspire to serve others Like you would like to be served? Is it important for you to live well? I want to tell you something today. I want to share this one last passage with you before we kind of go off in the air here. But this is about finances, but stay with me, because this is really about purpose, and this applies to your job, to whatever organization you're a part of. This applies.

Speaker 1: 38:06

Here's a scenario there's a poor person and a rich person. As a donation, they both give 15%. Okay, the poor person gives 15%. The rich person gives 15%. Who has given the largest amount? Who has given the greater percentage? One more time the poor person gives 15%. The rich person gives 15%. Same percentage. Who has given the largest amount? Who has given the greater percentage?

Speaker 1: 38:41

Here's a story, the story of a widow. She walked into the temple where people were beginning to donate to the treasury. Many rich people were given large sums of money, but a poor widow came and dropped in two tiny coins that weren't worth very much. Jesus looked at his disciples and said look at this. I tell you today that this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others did, because they gave out of their surplus, out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave everything she had, all she had to live on. You can find that account in Mark, chapter 12, verse 41 to 44.

Speaker 1: 39:28

The point there, hopefully, is clear. But the point is that God clearly doesn't deal in amounts, because if he did, all the rich people who gave so many large sums of money to the, to the treasury of the temple, would have been honored for that. Jesus would have approved of that If God thought about the amounts as being the most important thing. But see, god doesn't work in amounts. In that scenario, the poor person didn't give the biggest amount. The rich person did Same as in those that gave in the treasury. But God deals with percentages. She gave more than the rich person because she had less. Her percentage was higher because it was all she had. So, in essence, she gave more because she gave from a place of of lack. She didn't have a surplus, and that means a lot more.

Speaker 1: 40:33

When somebody gives something to you that you really need, you'll see that, whatever the gift is, you'll see that. You'll see that, whatever the gift is, you'll see that You'll see the value in it because you know that it came from a place where they gave you as much as they can give you. If it was more heartfelt, it meant something. If your mother gave you a gift and she works two jobs and goes to school and doesn't have much and she brought you that gift that you wanted, that means goes to school and doesn't have much and she brought you that gift that you wanted, that means so much more than if your rich friend gave you one of his gifts that he doesn't use anymore because he has so many gifts. Something to think about.

Speaker 1: 41:11

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Speaker 1: 41:51

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Speaker 1: 42:12

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