Rich Assistant vs. Poor Assistant

Luisa Teixeira

  • 4
  • Jun
  • 2015

Rich Assistant vs. Poor Assistant

  • 4
  • Jun
  • 2015

Today we will know in depth who is the rich assistant and who is the poor assistant.

What are the differences between them and above all, we will find out who we truly are. But so that I can see who I am, there needs to be a thirst to please God from my part. In fact, if my focus is on pleasing God, then I will be willing to “give up” what is wrong inside me.

* The rich assistant is the one that “gives up” her “I“, her wills;
The poor assistant defends her interests in a subtle way;

* The rich assistant has her eyes focused on pleasing God, that is why she is willing to sacrifice!
The poor assistant thinks she is pleasing God, but it’s just pure talk, because her attitudes reveal that she is far from Him;

* The rich assistant knows how to dominates her impulses;
The poor assistant acts hastily without thinking of the consequences;

* The rich assistant flees from sin, gossip, conversations that do not add anything;
The poor assistant allows herself to be led by malicious comments and wishes to know everything about others;

* The rich assistant is always available to meet and accompany the people;
The poor assistant is always in a hurry and her attending is superficial, done in haste with systematic words;

* The rich assistant has initiative, always tries to be active, in evangelizing, in attending, in her attention to her companions, in the organization of the church, in her responsibilities;
The poor assistant only does things when she is called or reprimanded;

* The rich assistant absorbs the spirit of the meetings and the Word of God burns inside of her;
The poor assistant does not pay attention to the meetings and even thinks that the Word is no longer for her but for others.

* The rich assistant learns with everything, practices it, and even teaches;
The poor assistant thinks she already knows everything and has nothing to give;

We could highlight other points that exist in the rich assistant and in the poor assistant; however, I believe that those mentioned above are already extremely enlightening for you to do a self-analysis and deeply see whom you have been.

Do not be “nice” to yourself, but go deep and transform once and for all your condition.

If you want to be a rich assistant interiorly, then be radical and act against your flesh, if not you will always be poor in spirit and will never catch God’s attention towards your life. And worst of all is that your salvation is at risk.

Who can decide per se, on being a rich assistant?

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27 comentários

  1. Thank you Mrs Lui for the post

    When we seek to please God as the primary level of our service to Him, we will do anything to keep a good relationship with Him (to be rich). If we spot in ourselves anything that doesnt please Him like gossip, malice, anxiety etc, we should not try to hide but we should get rid of them and be clean so that He whom we want to please is indeed pleased (seek to be rich assistants).

    I can conclude and say that sins lead us to spiritual poverty and thus kill us later but humbleness and seeking God leads us to spiritua wealthiness.

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  2. Dear Mrs Luisa

    Powerful topic. I remember telling my friend few days back. That i am an assistant but i never stopped to be a member. Member in what way? The things that i used to do which brought me so close to God before i was an assistant, i still does them.
    Your article just helped me to identify under which catecory I fall in.

    Thank you so much will Analays myself And learn from it.

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  3. This is the truth. When we are raised as assistants, we all want to learn more, do more in the house of the Lord, stay longer. But after some time, all those things fade away. We start seeing ourselves as old assistants and new assistants. I pray to God to remain the same as I was raised, when you just follow this burning thing inside of you, you just thirsty and you want to
    quench this thirst. If God can reminds me that I once said that “I want to save souls”.

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  4. Just reading this made me realise that I have been a poor assistant in some ways and I need to change this.Most of what the rich assistant does relates to ‘sacrifice’ sacrificing her own will,her emotions,time etc.
    Which just shows that this is the key thing we need to do

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  5. I am very impressed with what I have just read, I am not an assistant, but have been very observant with whatever goes on around me, and what you said there is very true, and so, one has to be very careful and live by example, as in these positions all eyes are on you both within and without.

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  6. I’m so grateful that I came across this post. It”s so helpful in the most practical ways. it’s worth mentioning that becoming the rich assistant comes hand in hand in living a sacrificial life, which has never been easy, but worth it in the end!
    Thank you so much for the lovely posy Mrs. Luiza

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    1. This is strong, it makes you analyze and it opens our Eyes in order for us as servants to see how we are before our Master God

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