HE SAW HIS IMAGE IN THE POOL OF WATER,GAZED AT IT,FELL IN LOVE WITH IT AND THEN DROWNED HIMSELF -Femi Obadun

focusing on self too long is dangerous

We  are learning the danger of focusing on oneself .The danger of self love.The Greek youth Nasrcissus saw his own image in the waters of a pond,He fell in love with it and when he found out that the image was his own reflection,and that he could not imaging his love for himself,he despaired and drowned himself.The word of God says thus: He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.(John 12.25).The problem with too many people is their over-love of themselves.In ancient Greek mythology,the hero Persus killed Gorgon medusa using the mirror effect.How did he do it? Medusa had the hair of serpents,protruding tongues and massive teeth.Such a dreadful creature, how could one deal with her? .Persus shined his bronze shield to create a mirror effect and then focused it on Medusa.She was so consumed by her own reflection,not mindful of the presence of Persus.She  focused on herself and so the mighty dreadful woman was killed.Esau in the Bible was only bothered with his body,he could not imagine himself go hungry, he could not endure hardship of his own body for a moment and so he sold his own birthright.Dear friend,Jesus Christ did not love his life even till the point of death on the cross,and that was why He became highly exalted.If we want power from God and real success in life,we must not focus attention only on ourselves,we must look also into helping others,carrying their burdens as much as we can.God bless you.