Proverbs 11:16
A kindhearted woman gains respect, but ruthless men gain only wealth.
There are no known short-cuts to gaining respect. You have to take the harder way. You can gain anything else easily, but it is harder to gain respect. Why is respect so hard to get? Because, it proceeds out of the actions that originate from the divine nature of Christ. You can never gain respect outside of it. You can gain anything by demanding your way through with the sinful nature of the Devil in you, but you can never gain respect from it. This is something that does not come from the sinful nature of the Devil in man. It only comes from the divine nature of Christ. It started in the garden of Eden. Adam and Eve lost that respect and never got it back. The Lord Jesus Christ came to give it back to those who believe, love and obey Him till the end. It does not come that easily, as we said it earlier. Today, man continue seeking this respect elsewhere. You will never find it outside the divine nature of Christ that must be formed in you. Man who obey the sinful nature of the Devil in them try very hard to gain this respect they very much want but they never get it. The furthest you can go by obeying the sinful nature of the Devil in you is gaining all the wealth you want but you will never gain respect. Man get very frustrated even though they have gained all the wealth in the world with them. They still do not get the respect they want. It does not come from the sinful nature of the Devil in you. You cannot gain respect from greed and covetousness. Respect comes from the direct opposites of these sins. If you do not learn this now, you will learn the importance of respect later. That day will surely come!
Luke 9:23
Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
How can you gain respect if you did not respect God's Son whom the Father had sent to this Earth?
How can you gain respect, if you do not obey Christ who had commanded us?
