Confronting My Own Greedy and Selfish Motives

As a sincere man of God, I feel the need to call this off. Even though I humbly serve the Most High and others, there is a sin which I am kind of struggling with. Even though I don't do it on purpose, it still needs to be confessed and repented of. As a Bible-believing, Holy Ghost-filled Christian, it is up to me to take immediate action and be responsible for my own actions. As followers of Christ Jesus, we ought to be in continual repentance, according to our sinful nature.

For example, being greedy is not only disrespectful to peers, but also disrespectful to self. Let's say if one conducts a giveaway at a place, and there is a gathering at that particular place. The conductor of the giveaway asked every individual to be mindful of the person standing behind another person. Whenever something like this happens, thoughts of greed runs through my mind, but not every time. A person is supposed to wait until everyone gets served first. As stated earlier, it does not happen to me every time. It is true that we sin everyday according to our sinful nature; so therefore, we must repent daily. Being greedy is a no no. It is unfair to our peers and everyone. My aunt once said, "A greedy person won't have nothing." That is absolutely true, because those who exalt themselves will be abased according to the Sacred Scriptures. If we have a problem with anything, we should go to the Lord for help, and He will fix it, no matter the situation. Sometimes; even rarely, I think about taking more than  what I am being offered. You see, we need to be considerate about others. It is like going to a formal dinner, or a party, or anything on any occasion, you ask for seconds, and the conductor asks you to wait until everyone else gets served. So I have no choice but to call this off and confess it. We are not perfect, but God still loves us unconditionally. If we are serving the Living God, then we must humble ourselves under His mighty hand.

LUKE 14:11

"For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted."

Another example, let's also say there is a duty which anyone may volunteer doing. If a little child wants to play cards with friends and wants to deal the cards each time. When the kid gets real selfish with dealing cards, an adult tells him or her to let someone else to deal the cards. This is somewhat the same with me. As a Christian, I attend church. As you know, the vast majority of churches across the nation does the "tithes and offerings", which is part of church service. After every person had gave, then a person prays for the blessing of the offering. Each time when I pray over them, I mostly feel the need to do it every time. One time, my cousin gave me a rebuke and told me to let someone else bless the offering sometines, because I was being a little selfish. I thanked him for letting me know about it and the reproof. As I said once before, "I think it is good to accept correction from someone when we get carried away doing certain things, even by accident. I believing listening and being humble are part of it. Pride is the sin that is of the flesh." When we are wrong on some points, when we get carried away doing certain things, and when we get greedy, selfish, and prideful at times, we need to be corrected on and rebuked for them.

PROVERBS 9:8

"Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee."  

As you already know, I detest greed, pride, and selfishness. But at some point, we must clean up our own backyard and confess our own faults. We all make mistakes, have our imperfections, and fall, but we can always get back up and confess our faults for the better. We all grow, and learn things as we walk with God. As Christians, there is always a hunger for more wisdom, discernment, knowledge, and understanding.

JAMES 5:16

"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." 

Well, this was a brief confession of my own errors. So I ask for your prayers as I continue to walk with our Lord and I pray for you. Thank you all for listening to me. 

Be God's!

-Brotha Vick for Life!