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PURSUIT

My mum and I recently had a conversation about why people at the hem of affairs are not satisfied with a leadership position well done. Why do they have to run for more?  What is so important about the top seat that they can't let other people who have not had the chance to take it up and run? Why must it always be their faces we see and the voices we hear? It has become stale and irrelevant because we keep hearing the same thing without any touch of freshness or transformation.

I agreed with her on a questioning and lots of other ideas, but she said something that I couldn't argue neither did I agree. She said, "they are all greedy, and people who have tasted power don't want to stay ashore while people cross Jordan to rule." 
I struggled with her ideology. I couldn't say she was wrong because I have no proof yet. I can't agree with her because I know there are exceptional cases. So, I kept it somewhere that in the cause of time, I will have proof and be able to tell her there are exceptions.

But later on, I learnt that the pursuit for power is not wrong in themselves, just like I thought, but the balance of the conversation is - to whose advantage is the power being pursued. 

Is it to amass wealth, position, fame, recognition, and a show of I've got it all, which all leads to vanity. Or, are those things gotten to help humanity and glorify God? Is it to promote the kingdom's agenda, or to let people know it is attainable by you?

Brethren, these pursuits are neither good or bad, their usage and who they represent determines their labels. They are things, means to an end - God. If they don't point to Christ, then it's pointless. It is better not to have or pursue them.

But when you are first in God and for Him. And your heart is always set to seek and do the will of the Father. He will supply everything else like He said because He knows you will display Him well as your sponsor.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you -(Matthew 6:33; KJV). The representation of the King and the kingdom must be first all the time.

Shalom!
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