Not For Themselves

1 Peter 1:12 KJV

Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

We live in a self-centered time

·       When parents brag about spending their children's inheritance

·       When our government wantonly spends into a debt our great grandchildren will be left to pay

·       When a person might steal from a neighbor not because they have need or even because the item has value but just because they can

In contrast to that God speaks of the prophets who preached His Word, not for the benefit they would receive, but for the benefit to future generations. They sacrificed everything for their great grandchildren and for those who would come many generations later.

·       They paid a price

·       They endured difficulty

·       They suffered painfully

For people they would never know and for children who could never pay them again.

If it had not been for men and women like this our country might never have come to be. People gave their reputations their fortunes and their lives that we can enjoy a freedom they might never have had.

Would to God we see a revival of that sort of spirit and heart; those who minister not unto themselves but those who come many generations after.