An aging King without children realized that if he dies he has no one to take over the throne. So he decided to adopt a son.
He
launched a competition & ten boys made it to the top. The King said
to them, "I have one last test & whoever comes top will become my
adopted son & heir to my throne".
He gave each boy a
seed of corn & told them to take the seed home, plant & nurture
it for three weeks. The ten boys took their seeds & ran home to
plant their seeds.
In one home, the boy & his parents were sad when the seed failed to sprout. The boy had done everything but he failed.
His
friends advised him to buy a seed & plant it but his God fearing
parents who had always taught him honesty refused to do so. The day came and the ten boys went to the palace. All the nine boys were successful.
The
King went to each boy asking–“Is that what came out of the seed I gave
you?" And each boy said "Yes, your majesty". The King would nod &
move down the line until the last boy in the line who was shaking with
fear.
The King asked him- "What did you do with the
seed I gave you?" The boy said "I planted it and cared for it your
majesty but it failed to sprout."The King went to the throne with the
boy and said, "I gave these boys boiled seeds and a boiled seed
cannot sprout. If a King must have one quality, it must be honesty and
only this boy passed the test.”
We live in a society where people will do anything and everything for success.
God sometimes does not give us things because He wants to teach us a lesson.
How
many people out there have achieved success the wrong way? How many
people send their children to expensive schools and build houses, buy
expensive cars with stolen money?
How many people are
occupying top positions yet they stole the certificates? How many people
occupy top position due to flattery and friendship, due to being
relative or of same caste? How many people are successful out there at
all costs?
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE CROWNED AS KINGS IN HEAVEN FOR BEING FAITHFUL UNTIL THE END? I PRAY THAT I BE FAITHFUL TILL THE END!!
Please
be faithful to God no matter what life throws at you, even if life
gives you boiled seed. Don't worry, honesty and faithfulness will
reward you in the long run and it will be due to your own talent and
capability. Learn to pass through narrow gate.
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